The world of women, kimonos and Japanese eleganceUtamaro courtesans, Parisian women in kimonos and Japanese women dreamed of by European painters reveal how Japanese prints, fashion and objects transformed the female image in the 19th century.
Around 1780 -1900Period covered by the works
Edo, Paris, Brussels, London and ArlesMain homes
Print, oil, portrait, fashion, fan, textile, ukiyo-e and JaponismPractices and reasons
°12,000Cumulative works of the artists represented, overall estimate
Hand paintedReal oil painting, no print.
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Around 1780 -1900 · Ukiyo-e, Japonism, fashion and Western outlook
Utamaro courtesans, Parisian women in kimonos and Japanese women dreamed of by European painters reveal how Japanese prints, fashion and objects transformed the female image in the 19th century.
The commercial opening of Japan in the mid-19th century accelerated the circulation of prints, screens, fans, porcelain and textiles in Europe. Western artists discovered cut frames and flat colored areas and a new relationship between figure and decor. At Kitagawa Utamaro, Edo's courtesans and beauties belong to a precise visual and social system; their hairstyles, kimonos and gestures distinguish ranks, seasons and activities. Monet, Van Gogh, Stevens, Manet or Tissot then reuse these signs according to very different intentions. The kimono becomes fancy clothing, a social accessory or pictorial surface, while the fan and the print signal the modernity of an interior. This fruitful dialogue remains asymmetrical: several Western images construct an imaginary Japan and transform women into emblems of exoticism. Comparing the works allows us to distinguish them japanese models of their European reinterpretations. The selection "Women, kimonos and Japanese elegance" notably compares La Parisienne Japon and La Courtisane Takigawa. His reading favors space.
From the Edo kimono to the Parisian salon, the line and the fabric circulate; their meaning changes with the look that depicts them.
Course & style
Journey, subjects and pictorial language
Utamaro and the beauties of Edo
Portraits, hairstyles and kimonos give bijin-ga a graphic presence and strong social precision. This milestone illuminates the "Women, kimonos and Japanese elegance" collection by prioritizing space.
Opening and circulation of images
Japanese prints and objects are reaching European workshops, where framing and flatness are becoming new resources.
Japanese fashion and reinterpretations
Monet, Stevens, Manet, Tissot and Van Gogh transformed Japan into a pictorial, decorative and sometimes exotic language.
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Kimono
Cut, pattern and color make the garment an active surface as much as a cultural marker. This trait guides a space-centered reading of "Women, Kimonos and Japanese Elegance".
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Framing
Cut figures, diagonals and flattened spaces shift Western compositional habits.
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Object
Fan, screen and print introduce Japan into the modern interior and social scene.
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Context
The comparison distinguishes ukiyo-e codes from European projections on Japanese women.
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Six readings specific to Women, kimonos and Japanese elegance
Works, visual language and historical landmarks make up a journey exclusively devoted to Women, kimonos and Japanese elegance.
Parisian fashion01
The Japanese Parisian
The kimono and imported objects transform the bourgeois interior into a theater of Japanese taste.
Landmark work of Women, kimonos and Japanese elegance. Reading "Women, kimonos and Japanese elegance" through space.Edo Bijin-ga02
Courtesan Takigawa
Hairstyle, gesture and textile design identify a figure in the urban world of Edo with great economy of means.
Landmark work of women, kimonos and Japanese eleganceJaponism Theater03
The Japanese
Camille Monet poses in a spectacular kimono in front of fans, a brilliant and deliberately constructed image of Parisian exoticism.
Landmark work of women, kimonos and Japanese eleganceReinvented print04
Japanese: Oiran
Van Gogh enlarges a figure from the print, intensifies the colors and surrounds it with an invented decoration.
Landmark work of women, kimonos and Japanese eleganceStyle05
Kimono
Cut, pattern and color make the garment an active surface as much as a cultural marker. This trait guides a space-centered reading of "Women, Kimonos and Japanese Elegance".
Reading key for women, kimonos and Japanese eleganceStyle06
Framing
Cut figures, diagonals and flattened spaces shift Western compositional habits.
Reading key for women, kimonos and Japanese elegance
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