After recovering from our holidays in Paris, we got home to take care of business. After getting all in order, we decided to take in a show at the Asian Art Museum in SF, about Japonsime. As the sign says, how Japanese art influences western artists, particularly the Impressionists.
Most of the objects shown were made for the European market, and would not have been found in a Japanese household.
Below, a desk set -- completely unknown to the Japanese except as a product for western customers.
My favorite was this luminous vase.
What was interesting was not just the effect of Japanese art on western artists, but the reverse -- how Japanese artists were inspired by the works from the west.
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