Artistas japoneses contemporáneos en España : una aproximación al caso de Cataluña.

In this paper, contemporary Japanese artists in Catalonia are analysed through a sociological and an art history perspective. We take into account the context of the diaspora of Japanese masters around the world and the Spanish-Japanese political relations, as well as the general presence of Japanese people in Spain. As a result, we will analyse, among others, its general characteristics, its chronological evolution and the motivations that led those artists to leave Japan and settle in Catalonia. Moreover, we will focus on the training they received in Spain and how they merged it with their own tradition, the adaptation problems - both personal and professional - they have faced, the artistic circles in which they have been placed, or the appraisal their work has received.