Finery and fantasy. Kimonos in Japanese ukiyo-e prints

From 24 February, the Museum of Palazzo Poggi will host an exhibition on Japanese kimonos that developed thanks to the imagination and dedication of entire generations of anonymous craftsmen and painters of the past. 

Kimonos, true masterpieces of textile and dyeing art, are one of the most appreciated manifestations of Japanese artistic inventiveness. In the prints on display, one can admire the sumptuous and colourful kimonos of the great courtesans and actors of the kabuki and nô theatre, but also the simpler and more sober kimonos worn in everyday life.