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The Van Gogh Museum's Japanese summer will open on July 7 with an exhibition on "Women of Tokyo and Paris" put together by Dutch designers Viktor and Rolf, the museum said Friday.
The cutting edge duo have scripted a special dance performance for the exhibit, which promises an insight to the differences and similarities in women's lifestyle in Japan and France in the 19th century.
Visitors will be able to follow a day in the life of 19th century Japanese and French socialites.
As well as paintings and drawings the museum will display dresses, kimonos, toiletries and musical instruments.
The exhibition is part of the Van Gogh Museum's Japanese summer, which runs from July 7 to October 22 with three shows featuring various aspects of 19th century Japan.
Lovers of Japanese art can take in "Wonders of Imperial Japan: Meiji art from the Khalili collection", which comprises more than 200 major works including Japanese-inspired paintings by Van Gogh.
Another exhibit, "A Tokaido Make-over", shows photographer Guus Rijven's contemporary vision of the Tokaido coastal highway alongside 19th century woodcuts of Tokaido by Utagawa Hiroshige.
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AFP 161309 GMT 06 06
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