Exhibitions
Our extensive book and object collections give us the opportunity to put together exhibitions on specific themes.
The holdings of the Edo-bunko with its (mostly illustrated) exhibits from the Edo period are ideal for this purpose. Rarities from the library are also available for exhibition purposes. This requires contractual agreements that also regulate insurance coverage for the objects.
In recent years, exhibitions on the following topics have been shown from the various object holdings:
Popular Japonisme
Between 1850 and 1930, there was a Japanese fashion in Europe, starting in Paris, which influenced not only art but also large parts of everyday life.
Festivals in Japan
Colour photos by HAGA Hideo of festivals and celebrations in Japan.
Technology and culture of waterwheels in Japan
Black and white and colour photographs and schematic representations of waterwheels in rural Japan by WAKAMURA Kunio, Okayama.
Photographic impressions
38 black and white photos by Theodor Heinrichsohn.
Young people in Japan
Colour photos by Jens-Uwe Freese, Essen.
Felled giants - ephemeral splendour - Relics from the history of Japanese mining
Photographic impressions (black-and-white) by HAGIWARA Yoshihiro (Mainichi Shinbun, Tōkyō) and introductory explanations on coal mining in Japan.
The Japanese Red Cross in Paris during World War I
Photographs and documents on the work of Japanese nurses in Paris in 1915.
Porcelain paintings
The photographs show details of paintings on the ceramic works of Kondō Yūzō.
Agriculture, tea and silk
Historical picture postcards (enlarged) from around 1900.
French lacquer art of the 19th century with Japanese motifs
Black lacquer papier-mâché objects with Japanese motifs, manufactured by the Frères Adt company in Pont-a-Mousson.