Attracting a younger and wider audience to the Guimet Museum of Asian Art in Paris is the mission entrusted by the management of the establishment to the two curators “Manga. What an art! “. Japanese comics, which have been deeply embedded in popular culture in France for decades, are a dream medium. In addition to public plebiscites, it was the writers’ imagination that forged 9e Japanese art reflects beautiful echoes of ancient art and stories. The Guimet Museum has recognized this when it dedicated a modest section to manga in its exhibition “At the Palace of Prince Genji. 1,000 Years of Japanese Imagination”, in 2024.
To make them resonate, curators Estelle Bauer, curator of the museum’s Japanese collections, and Didier Pasamonik, from the world of comics, divided their comments into three spaces covering 1,000 square meters. The garden level dedicated to the main sections of manga dates back to the origins of comics in the satirical press of the 19th centurye century which was brought to the archipelago by the Englishman Charles Wirgman (1832-1891) and his colleagues Japanese punch or the Frenchman Georges Bigot (1860-1927) in Tobaéending with the influence of manga in fashion.
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