Tokyo celebrates 150 years of Italo-Japanese relations

(AGI) Tokyo, Mar 3 - Activities in celebration of the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Italy and Japan are continuing in Tokyo. With the opening of a Caravaggio retrospective, Italy is taking centre-stage in Ueno, the cultural centre of the Japanese capital, where a Botticelli exhibition is also underway and has already attracted over 150,000 visitors. Then in mid March, at the Auditorium, Riccardo Muti will conduct a concert of the 150th Anniversary Orchestra, comprising young Italian and Japanese musicians. In addition, a Giorgio Morandi exhibition opened recently at the Tokyo Station Gallery, which presents a hundred works by the artist, a 20th century Italian icon, while the Edo Tokyo Museum is hosting an exhibition on Leonardo Da Vinci with the Codex on Flight and the Madonna of the Yarnwinder, one of the artist's masterpieces. This structured itinerary, which offers the Japanese public a broad cross-section of Italian culture and way of life, also with sporting, promotional and scientific events, is the result of the synergistic cooperation of Italian institutions, coordinated by the embassy with the valuable contribution of Japanese partners. (AGI). .