Geisha eller samuraj?

Geisha eller samuraj?

by Monica Braw

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During the second half of the 19th century, Japan became extremely popular in Europe and the United States. Artists showed completely new grips and motifs, kimonos became a fashion item, porcelain was decorated with Japanese straws and insects, home furnishings for the growing middle class used Japanese patterns and motifs, furniture art was renewed. The theater played dramas and musicals with geishas and samurai. Hundreds of thousands of fans were imported. Enthusiasts made a pilgrimage to Japan and bought loose and solid, from Buddha statues to cloth stencils. Huge private collections were sold and bought at large auctions, exhibitions were organized and the first museums, specializing in Japan, were founded. Japonism is generally perceived as something that originated and developed in the western world. Monica Braw shows in Geisha or samurai that it was no coincidence that Western art, architecture and crafts were inspired and transformed by Japan. There was one agent: Japan. Monica Braw is file. dr in Japanese history and was 1983-1993 Svenska Dagbladet's correspondent in Tokyo. She is the author of most novels and short stories as well as non-fiction books about Japan and Japanese culture. In 2011 she received the Order of the Rising Sun from Japan and in 2021 the King's Medal in 8th size in high blue ribbon for her work Under andra hälften av 1800-talet blev Japan oerhört populärt i Europa och USA. Konstnärer visade helt nya grepp och motiv, kimonon blev ett modeplagg, porslin dekorerades med japanska strån och insekter, heminredning för den växande medelklassen använde japanska mönster och motiv, möbelkonsten förnyades. Teatern spelade upp dramer och musikaler med geishor och samurajer. Hundratusentals solfjädrar importerades. Entusiaster vallfärdade till Japan och köpte upp löst och fast, från Buddha-statyer till tygschabloner. Enorma privatsamlingar såldes och köptes på stora auktioner, utställningar ordnades och de första museerna, specialiserade på Japan, grundades. Japonismen uppfattas i allmänhet som något som uppstod och utvecklades i västvärlden. Monica Braw visar i Geisha eller samuraj- att det inte var en tillfällighet att västerländsk konst, arkitektur och konsthantverk inspirerades och förvandlades av Japan. Det fanns en agent: Japan. Monica Braw är fil. dr i japansk historia och var 1983-1993 Svenska Dagbladets korrespondent i Tokyo. Hon är författare till flertalet romaner och noveller samt fackböcker om Japan och den japanska kulturen. År 2011 erhöll hon Den uppgående solens orden från Japan och år 2021 Konungens medalj i 8:e storleken i högblått band för sitt arbete

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