"Japan: From Myth to Manga", the Great Wave and the Japanese Imaginary, in the Franz Mayer

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It is known as “Under the Wave of Kanagawa” or “The Great Wave”. It is not a piece, but a series of woodcuts printed by the Japanese graphic artist Katsushika Hokusai, his opus magnum and part of the series “Thirty and six views of Mount Fuji”, printed with the original wood during the 19th century, in the Edo period.The Indigo blue of the chopped sea shows its threatening willows, ready to devour three fishing boats and its entire crew, while b…

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Doraemon, Sailor Moon and even the 'The Great Wave Kanagawa' are many of the artistic references of not only the youngest in Mexico or Japan, but of numerous international generations who have grown up with the art of the Japanese country and who will be able to revisit their childhoods through the exhibition 'Japan: from myth to manga' at the Franz Mayer Museum. The entry Doraemon or 'The Great Wave' enter the Franz Mayer with exhibition 'Japan…

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A wave of Japanese creativity, from the millenary tradition to icons of pop culture such as Sailor Moon, Astro Boy and the ternurines, floods the rooms of the Franz Mayer Museum with the exhibition Japan, from myth to manga, a collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) of London. From ancient Japan to the anime seen in the Franz Mayer Museum With more than 150 objects coming from the vast V&A collection, which includes 15th century …

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Mexico City, Mexico. Doraemon, Sailor Moon and even the 'La gran ola Kanagawa' are many of the artistic references of not only the youngest in Mexico or Japan, but of numerous international generations who have grown up with the art of the Japanese country and who will be able to revisit their childhoods through the exhibition 'Japan: from myth to manga' at the Franz Mayer Museum. The gallery exhibited in Mexico City presents a tour in which thr…