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Japonisme
Japonisme was the fashion for Japanese art and design in Europe and America in the later nineteenth century, after Japan opened to the West. Japanese woodblock prints influenced Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and Art Nouveau. The site presents it as part of the cultural legacy of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Japonisme. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/japonisme
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- “Japonisme.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/japonisme. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Japonisme’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/japonisme (Accessed: ).
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