The exhibition itinerary, which revolves around the photographs of the Yokohama school and the globetrotters’ experience of travelling, follows a thematic itinerary, alternated by three small areas presenting eight precious album-souvenirs with Japanese varnish covers, 20 rare greetings cards, 12 polychrome xylographic prints by the best masters of ukiyo-e such as Hokusai, Hiroshige and Utamaro. The 140 original photographs are authentic masterpieces made between 1860 and 1910. During this period Japan witnessed an unusual combination of Western photographic technique and the mastery of local painters, heirs to an ancient and refined tradition, capable of perfectly applying colour even on tiny surfaces. The photographs are also related to some examples of Japanese decorative art, including an 18^th century samurai armour, masks from classical nō theatre and some splendid kimonos. Ideally accompanying the visitor is the figure of Henry II of Bourbon, brother of the last ruler of the Duchy of Parma, protagonist with his wife, between 1887 and 1889, of a long journey to Japan, from which he returned with an enormous collection of Japanese works of art.