CONNECT Magazine Japan #113 April 2022

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SPIRIT OF JAPAN Ukiyo-e Theater Installations from Paris Jessica Craven (Saitama)

Most everyone who has lived in Japan for at least a year or two has probably seen a ukiyo-e exhibitーthese woodblock prints are pretty uncontested as Japan’s most iconic art form. While the ukiyo-e (literally, “images of the floating world”) already display a high level of craftsmanship and capture dream-like images of the Edo period, “Spirit of Japan” exhibition by Danny Rose Studio makes the world and stories behind the prints more tangible than ever before.

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