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Abstract
Richard Lindau resided as a diplomat in Japan between 1866 and 1868, where he acquired in Edo (Tokyo) an extensive and exceptional collection of Japanese art. After being named German consul in Barcelona (1876), Lindau offered his collection to the public by opening his residence in the centre of the city as a Japanese Museum. This paper aims to recover the history of this forgotten collection, which constituted one of the first private museums of Japanese art in Southern Europe.
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RICHARD LINDAU AND THE MUSEUM OF JAPANESE ART IN BARCELONA Richard Lindau resided as a diplomat in Japan between 1866 and 1868, where he acquired in Edo (Tokyo) an extensive and exceptional collection of Japanese art
This paper aims to recover the history of this forgotten collection, which constituted one of the first private museums of Japanese art in Southern Europe
Dos meses antes de que Japón firmara el tratado de Kanagawa, con el que se puso fin a dos siglos de aislamiento nacional, Londres mostraba a sus habitantes una colección de artesanías japonesas que fueron descritas como piezas únicas; a singular cargo of curiosities has just been brought to the metropolis from Japan, one of the most sealed countries of the globe1
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Richard Lindau residió como diplomático en Japón entre 1866 y 1868, durante los años de transición entre el shogunato Tokugawa y el nuevo sistema imperial Meiji. Este artículo recupera la historia de la colección olvidada de uno de los primeros museos privados de arte japonés del sur de Europa. Dos meses antes de que Japón firmara el tratado de Kanagawa, con el que se puso fin a dos siglos de aislamiento nacional, Londres mostraba a sus habitantes una colección de artesanías japonesas que fueron descritas como piezas únicas; a singular cargo of curiosities has just been brought to the metropolis from Japan, one of the most sealed countries of the globe. Es en este contexto que, de entre las piezas japonesas que empezaron a llegar a la España de la década de 1870, Barcelona vio nacer una de las primeras colecciones de arte japonés del sur de Europa abiertas al público: el Museo de Objetos Japoneses del cónsul Herr Richard Lindau
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