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>denying it is just choosing to be ignorant of Japanese art and culture of the time.
Show me anywhere did I say Japanese were never contacted by Westerners.
What you say doesnt change the fact that the Japanese made paintings that were stylized and it didnt look like 1:1 copies like European paintings did. The artwork speaks for itself if you look at the painting you posted.
>with the actual mountain being painted with realism rising above the lake
I dont care if you say this is supposed to be realism, the colors and bold outline of the mountain speak otherwise. This wasnt a photocopy like a European does when painting a portrait. Even if Japanese started to incorporating references more, this never changed the stylized final pieces they produce.
You seem to keep ignoring how Western artists were fascinated and influenced with Asian art. Westerners in 1800s understood then that Asian artists had the creative style and design, why Europeans were only about copying 1:1.
https://mymodernmet.com/van-gogh-museum-japanese-woodblock-prints/

Like I said, theres an ongoing theme of Japanese improving upon Western techniques with their own style. That is how anime started in the first place with incorporating Western techniques in their own Japanese style. That is what happen with the woodblocks. Doesnt change the fact that Woodblocks have more creative energy in them than Europeans copying still life 1:1