For the first time in Italy, an exhibition on the art of the shinhanga, an extraordinary opportunity to immerse oneself in the beauty and melancholy of an artistic movement that revolutionized traditional Japanese ukiyoe printmaking in the early 20th century by fusing classical elements with modernist sensibilities.
The exhibition boasts more than 80 original works by some of the most celebrated shinhanga masters, including Itō Shinsui, Kawase Hasui and Hashiguchi Goyō,
who by portraying vibrantly colored landscapes and beautiful female figures were able to capture the essence of the landscape and ferment of Japan in those years with that touch of nostalgia that accompanies
the disappearance of a world threatened by progress.
