L’arc et le sabre. Imaginaire guerrier du Japon. Archéologie subaquatique puis à Paris où elle

puis à Paris où elle devient l’élève d’Antoine Bourdelle

fonds photographique issu de l'agence de Robert Mallet-Stevens

and even a bridge

Yves Coppens paints fifty unexpected and intimate portraits of Presidents Pompidou

L’arc et le sabre. Imaginaire guerrier du Japon. Archéologie subaquatique puis à Paris où elleA source of fascination for over a century and a half, the samurai is now part of our imagination. His figure, his history, and especially his myth, have contributed to making this character one of the historical emblems of Japan. The remarkable prints and photographs from the Guimet Museum's collections, reproduced here, allow us to discover the richness of the representation of the samurai, as well as the diversity and complexity of their status