Alphonse Mucha’s cycle of paintings the Slav Epic has gone on display in
the Japanese capital Tokyo. The exhibition is part of a Year of Czech
Culture in Japan organised in connection with the 60th anniversary of the
renewal of diplomatic relations between the two states. The Slav Epic
exhibition, which is expected to attract up to a quarter of a million
visitors in three months, was opened by the Czech minister of culture,
Daniel Herman. There has been some opposition to the sending of the
paintings to Japan, with restorers warning that the canvases could be
damaged.