Ricordi di viaggio. Dipinti dal Giappone al Castello di Agliè

Place: Castle of Agliè. Address: Castle of Agliè, Piazza del Castello, 2, 10011 Agliè, TO As part of the castle visit route, you will find Ricordi di viaggio. Dipinti dal Giappone al Castello di Agliè, the new installation featuring 21 Japanese paintings, restored by the Fondazione Centro Conservazione e Restauro “La Venaria Reale”; these are works of extraordinary vitality that restore the graphic freshness and elegance of Japanese artists. There are nineteen paintings on paper, mounted on western papier peint in the format of traditional hanging scrolls, and two refined silk kakemono, purchased in Japan by Tomaso Duke of Savoy-Genova, during his journey commanding the corvette Vettor Pisani between 1879 and 1881. Musical frogs playing drums, crows, courtesans with parasols, women at mirrors and men flying in a hot-air balloon have been restored to their original intensity. Already documented in the residence by the 1908 inventory, these paintings thus return to life in the visiting route, accompanied by 28 Japanese garden vases in blue and white ceramic, purchased in Yokohama in 1880: ancient containers for