(25 July 2016) An extensive program of events that took place and that will take place throughout 2016 (and for the first part of 2017) dedicated to the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the first Treaty of Friendship and Commerce between Italy and Japan, signed on 25 August 1866: a treaty that began the diplomatic relations between the two countries. Among these appointments, from July 29 to September 4 an exhibition in Rome. The “Masterpieces of Japanese Buddhist sculpture” will indeed be exhibited at the Scuderie del Quirinale. The exhibition, organized by Bunkacho with Special Palexpo Agency and MondoMostre support, is organized by prof. Takeo Oku, with the collaboration of the School of Psychology and Educational Sciences and the Department of Education of the University of Bologna and with the patronage of the President of the Republic. The Scientific Committee – as stated on the website of the University of Bologna – is made by Professor Raffaele Milani and Francesco Lizzani, Laura Ricca, Claudio Strinati, Hidemichi Tanaka. The chair of Aesthetics of the Department of Education has supported the many years of research and organization which led to the realization of the event and the exhibition catalog. A video, directed by Francesco Lizzani and Enrico Masi, will be screened in Room 8 of the Scuderie del Quirinale, to facilitate the understanding of a figurative and cultural world that is far away, yet invisibly connected to our through the joint to our common human universal roots. (Red)
