The exhibition “Women in Japan. Four centuries of ukiyo-e and shin-hanga.” of the Diputación de Zaragoza has exceeded 20,000 visitors in its first month at the Sástago Palace.. The exhibition, which opened its doors on October 3, brings the best Japanese engravings to the public for the first time through works from the prestigious Pasamar-Onila collection. This exhibition can be seen until December 29.
This is a unique opportunity to get to know the art of the land of the rising sun and to discover its most characteristic styles and genres, such as the ukiyo-e (a style that dates back to the 17th century), the shin- hanga (which in the twentieth century revitalized the ukiyo-e genre) or the shungaa genre dedicated to sex and eroticism.
The exhibition offers 146 Japanese prints from the 17th to the mid-20th century.; six illustrated books of the 18th century and 19th centuries; and other pieces from the 19th century, as a magazine and an illustrated scroll from the same period.. The Pasamar-Onila collection is composed of a thousand Japanese engravings, of which a great diversity of bijinga prints, a Japanese artistic genre that reflects “beautiful women”, can be seen in the palace of Sástago. Among the authors of the works are artists such as Eisen, Yoshitoshi, Utamaro, Hokusai (author of the famous wave next to Mount Fuji), or Hiroshigerepresentatives of the best of Japanese art.
ORIGINS, INFLUENCE IN EUROPE AND BEAUTIES
The exhibition is divided into several cultural areas y the woman is the protagonist of all of them. The works that are located in the courtyard of the Sástago palace show the origins of the Japanese printThere will also be pieces that will show the influence of Japanese art in Europe through its collectors.
The exhibition continues in the hall of arches. A whole area shows the work of Utamaro, one of the greatest creators in the history of printmaking, related to the genre “Japanese art”.bijinga“, the beautiful women according to the artist’s canon. Another area follows in the wake of the master and focuses on Eizan and his disciple Eisen, to end the tour in a space dedicated to the influence of the “History of Gengi“, written by a woman around the year 1000 in the prints of authors such as Kunisada or Eisen.
RENAISSANCE IN THE 20TH CENTURY, SEX AND EROTICISM.
The last part of “Women in Japan” is exhibited in the Room I and focuses on printmaking in the Meiji period. (since 1868). The tour continues in Room II, focusing on the twentieth century with works that reflect the renaissance of Japanese printmaking between the early twentieth century and after World War II with special emphasis on women artists.
He concludes the exposition with “The shunga genre: sex and eroticism in the ukiyo-e print.“, with works from the 18th and 19th centuriesThe exhibition will take visitors on a journey through the history of Japan, from the imperial court, with its ladies, courtesans and poets, to famous places such as Edo (present-day Tokyo), Mount Fuji, the Sumida River or the beds of lovers.
DATES AND GUIDED TOURS
“Women in Japan. Four centuries of ukiyo-e and shin-hanga” can be viewed at. until December 29, from Tuesday to Saturday from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm and from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm; and on Sundays and holidays from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm..
Guided tours can be booked through the website of the Sástago Palace.. Guided tours can be booked from Tuesday to Saturday at 11.30 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. to visit the palace, and at 12.30 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. to visit the exhibition. On Sundays and holidays, visits are only during the morning hours. In addition, there are guided tours for children (for children between 3 and 9 years old) on Saturdays at 6.30 pm.