ukiyo‑e japan: calligraphy, kimono + samurai

“The jour­ney through sev­en sec­tions me­an­ders be­tween the per­sua­sive fem­i­nine world of the geisha and the leg­end of the faith­ful samu­rai war­riors. The cul­tur­al world is im­mor­tal­ized in por­traits of ac­tors and scenes from nō and kabu­ki the­ater, and the world of na­ture is ide­al­ized through paint­ings of flow­ers, birds and landscapes.”
—Geisha Samu­rai: Memòries del Japó

“From the deep-root­ed in­ter­est in man­ga to the pro­found in­flu­ences of ori­en­tal art in Eu­rope, with a spe­cial em­pha­sis on mod­ernism in Barcelona it­self, this ex­hi­bi­tion is a vi­brant trib­ute to the di­ver­si­ty and cul­tur­al rich­ness of Japan.”
—Met­ro­pol­i­tan Barcelona

“The Japan­ese do not hear progress with­out lis­ten­ing to where it came from.”
—Fer­ran López Ala­gar­da, curator
 

 

Last week, I vis­it­ed an amaz­ing new ex­hi­bi­tion ded­i­cat­ed to Japan­ese tra­di­tion­al art and at­tire at Palau Mar­torell in Barcelona.

 

It was a great plea­sure to see such unique and colour­ful pieces.

 

I re­al­ly hope to trav­el to Japan and see more of this beauty.
 

Thank you to Kos­tiantyn Churikov for great com­pa­ny and the pret­ty pictures.

Ad­di­tion­al pho­tos via Palau Mar­torell.

Geisha Samu­rai runs thru 8 Sep­tem­ber 2024.

 

—pur­ples­finx

Flom­mist Veroni­ka Veziro­va, a.k.a. Pur­ples­finx, is an il­lus­tra­tor and graph­ic de­sign­er based in Barcelona. In­spired by cul­ture of all kinds, she writes on top­ics that in­clude art his­to­ry, cre­ativ­i­ty and folk­lore. Her oth­er works in­clude man­ga and psy­che­del­ic po­et­ry. Copy­right © 2024 Veroni­ka Vezirova.

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