Detail: In autumn of 2009 the museum celebrates the centenary of its founding with this a conference and a series of exhibition. This show presents 120 Japanese colour woodblock prints which were published by circles of poets as particularly precious and luxurious private editions (surimono). The collection of the artist Marino Lusy (1880-1954) owned by the Museum für Gestaltung in Zurich has been on permanent loan at the Museum Rietberg since 2005, where it was studied by an international research team headed by John Carpenter, professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) of the University of London. The Lusy Collection is among the most important Surimono collections in Europe, and its outstanding quality and excellent state of conservation testify to Lusy's impressive connoisseurship and expertise. Part I of the collection was first presented as a special exhibition at the Museum Rietberg from 7 December 2008 to 13 April 2009. The Cologne exhibition shows part II.