Guimet research plan 2026 2030

The Musée d ' Ennery ’ s

collections in context

As part of the axis on the history of Asian arts , a project will also be dedicated to

the collections of the Musée d ' Ennery , attached to the Musée Guimet . They include

about 8 000 objects of various typologies , mainly from Japan , but also from China

and Vietnam . In the past , they have mainly been studied from the point of view of

their formation in the light of the historical context of the late 19thcentury and the

networks of sociability ( in particular with the work of Elisabeth Emery ) . This is why

this project will focus on the study of the objects themselves . Given the size of the

collection , we will conf ine ourselves , to begin with , to coherent groups of relatively

modest size : kakiemon porcelain – intended for export in the 18th century – whose

importance of those in the collections of the Musée d ' Ennery has recently been

recognized ; nanban chests , which their early reunion by Clémence d ' Ennery makes

remarkable as such ; decorative masks inspired by the theatre and the so - called

Kobe dolls , objects considered negligible because they were produced in

a commercial context and therefore ignored by research ; the objects of the Chinese

scholar . It will be a question of placing these collections in their historical context

of creation , of documenting them as well as of approaching them with renewed

questions , specif ic to each corpus .

This long - term project can be the subject of a regular research workshop , with 6

to 8 sessions of 3 hours per year . It will require the cooperation of various European

and Japanese specialists depending on the corpus , and partnerships with

universities or with the École du Louvre will be possible within the framework of

master ' s degrees . It can also be enhanced by regular study days and mediation

tools of fered to the public visiting the Ennery museum .

It should also be noted that , as part of a vast project to renovate and enhance the

Hôtel d ' Ennery , a new collection will be installed from the end of 2027 and for

a period of 50 years in the spaces on the ground f loor ( not occupied today ) and

in a newly created museum basement : the collection of Japanese ukiyo - e prints

from the Edo period by Georges Leskowicz .

This collection , initiated in the early 2000s , now rivals in its richness and excellence

the largest private collections of prints in the world . Indeed , the masterful works of

Hiroshige and Hokusai rub shoulders with those of Utamaro and Sharaku , among

the outstanding artists of this period . The complete series of Mirrors of Japanese

and Chinese Poetry by Hokusai or the very f irst prints of the series of 69 stages of

the Kisokaido road by Hiroshige and Eisen are some of the treasures of this set ,

which has nearly 4000 pieces .

The coexistence , on the same site , of two collections , that of Clémence d ' Ennery

and that of Georges Leskowicz , as exceptional as they are complementary

( one essentially composed of decorative arts , the other of graphic arts ) will open

up new and fruitful perspectives of research around themes as varied as Japonism

in France , the reception of Japanese arts in our country , their influence on the

artistic movements of the second half of the 19th century and throughout the 20th

century etc

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