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1. Japonisme in Britain

   Whistler, Menpes, Henry, Hornel and nineteenth-century Japan

   By Ayako Ono

   Japan held a profound fascination for western artists in the latter half of the nineteenth century and the influence of Japonisme on western art was pervasive. Paradoxically, just as western artists were beginning to find inspiration in Japan and Japanese art, Japan was opening to the western world...

   Published April 5th 2006 by Routledge