Japanese art - Finestre sull'Arte

Udine hosts Italy's first major anthology exhibition on Shigeru Mizuki, master of Japanese manga

Through Aug. 30, 2025, the Udine Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art - Casa Cavazzini is hosting Mondo Mizuki, Mondo Yokai, the first major Italian anthological exhibition dedicated to Shigeru Mizuki, one of the most famous masters of Japanese mang...
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Japan is told through art: exhibitions, festivals, and installations from north to south in 2025

The year 2025 promises to be a crucial year for Japan's cultural landscape, with a nationwide program of events. Exhibitions, reviews and art installations will transform islands, cities and rural areas into exhibition stages, offering a multifaceted...
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In Gradara, Keita Miyazaki's first Italian solo exhibition evokes wabi-sabi philosophy

Set in the landscape of the Marche region, the village of Gradara-famous for the castle where Dante set the tragic love story of Paolo and Francesca-hosts at MARV - Museo d'Arte Rubini Vesin, the first major solo exhibition in Italy by Japanese artis...
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MAO of Turin showcases 50 haori and juban: men's kimonos of the 20th century

Early twentieth-century Japan takes shape and color through clothes that are not just examples of precious workmanship, but true cultural documents. This is what Haori proposes . Men's Suits of the Early Twentieth Century Narrate Japan, the exhibitio...
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Rome, exhibition celebrating Yoshitaka Amano's 50-year career at Palazzo Braschi

From March 28 to October 12, 2025, the exhibition Amano Corpus Animae dedicated to Japanese illustrator Yoshitaka Amano arrives at the Museo di Roma in Palazzo Braschi. Conceived and realized by Lucca Comics & Games and curated by Fabio Viola, pr...
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Hokusai in Pisa, many masterpieces and some uncertainty

The Hokusai exhibition that opened at Palazzo Blu in Pisa on Oct. 24, 2024, and will be open until Feb. 23, 2025, is now nearing its close. Once again, the patrician palace overlooking the Arno River has offered in the fall-winter period, a major exh...
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What secret lies behind Hokusai's The Great Wave? An exhibition on the subject in Treviso, with 150 works

The Luigi Bailo Civic Museum in Treviso welcomes from March 29 to September 28, 2025 the exhibition HOKUSAI - Water and the Secret of the Great Wave, conceived and curated by Paolo Linetti, in collaboration with the Mnemosyne Association, organized b...
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At the MAO of Turin, Linda Fregni Nagler's exhibition and the Japan of flower sellers

From December 5, 2024 to May 4, 2025, the MAO Museum of Oriental Art in Turin presents Hanauri. The Japan of Flower Sellers, a new exhibition that invites visitors to discover Japan through the interpretation of artist Linda Fregni Nagler (Stockholm,...
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