Fables illustrées par des maîtres de l'estampe japonaise. Amérique du nord Breton Landscapes

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of questioning the ambiguous status of certain staged images and of examining how these "scenographies" are called upon to evolve

such as formalism

the Italian Modigliani

from his childhood friends to his last students

Fables illustrées par des maîtres de l'estampe japonaise. Amérique du nord Breton LandscapesThe Meiji Restoration of 1868 opened Japan to cultural and commercial relations with the West. This was a time when collectors were passionate about Japan and its civilization. This edition of La Fontaine's Fables, published in 1894, is aimed at them. The five artists of La Fontaine's Fables were illustrators well known to the Japanese public: Kajita Hanko, Kan Tomonobu, Okakura Shsui, Kawanabe Kysui, daughter of the famous Kawanabe Kysai (1883 1889),