Amaterasu
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The Amaterasu event is the first collaboration between a Japanese artist, the designer Eiko Kobayashi, and the Gustave Moreau National Museum.
The public is invited to discover the connections between Gustave Moreau's artistic universe and traditional Japanese crafts.
Mythological figures from Japan and France
The show begins at 6pm with a parade of ‘kimono dresses’ inspired by the poetic encounter
of two great mythological figures from Japan
of Japan and France:
- Amaterasu, the Japanese goddess of the Sun, is the most important deity in Shintoism, illuminating everything on earth. According to myth, she gave birth to the
of all Japanese emperors,
- Salome, the biblical heroine, symbolises the femme fatale who, by dancing, obtains the head of the prophet John the Baptist. She is a haunting figure in Gustave Moreau's work.
Traditional Japanese materials
The fashion show features costumes made from traditional Japanese materials such as Nishijin-ori (a traditional Japanese silk fabric), Arimatsu shibori (a method of dyeing by knotting) and Mino washi (a type of traditional Japanese paper recognised by UNESCO), which combine ancient and contemporary aesthetics. Six musicians (string quartet, percussion and koto) will accompany the models during the fashion show.
Eiko Kobayashi's crush
Designer Eiko Kobayashi, founder of Be-Japon, fell in love with Gustave Moreau's work and the museum during a visit in 2022. It seemed obvious to her
that her creations would resonate aesthetically with the works of the symbolist painter.
The painter was interested in the art of Japan, and particularly appreciated the harmony of the costumes and colours... The museum's collections include a number of Japanese objects that he bought on the art market, such as prints (the ancestors of manga), which he copied in the form of watercolours.
Eiko Kobayashi est créatrice de « robes-kimonos » et styliste de mode.
En 2000, elle commence à organiser des spectacles pour promouvoir la culture japonaise à travers la beauté moderne de ses kimonos, à l’origine un costume traditionnel japonais. Ses performances
combinent costume, musique, danse et art. En coopération avec les ambassades japonaises elle a présenté des spectacles dans plus de 12 pays.
Be-Japon
Be-Japon est une organisation culturelle à but non lucratif basée à Tokyo, au Japon. « Be » signifie beauté en japonais, Be-Japon s’est donné pour mission de présenter la beauté du Japon en montrant « la tradition et la création » de la culture japonaise. Eiko Kobayashi est fondatrice et directrice de la structure.
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