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>>7408286
>Btw, western artists from the 1800s loved Asian art btw. Read about Vincent Van Gogh, he was a total weeb that was fascinated with the "ebil" Japanese art you hate so much.

You’re ignorant of art history yourself, starting with the Portuguese contact Japanese artists became fascinated by Western techniques and started changing their own styles.

An example comes from the famous series 36 Views of Mount Fuji. In the woodblock Kōshū Misaka suimen, the artist (Hokusai) paints two views of Mount Fuji, the reflection in the water is the old Japanese traditional style depicting an idealized Mount Fuji, with the actual mountain being painted with realism rising above the lake. There was a synthesis with European techniques during the Edo Period, and denying it is just choosing to be ignorant of Japanese art and culture of the time. Yes, the government wanted to suppress foreign influence, but that doesn't mean all the Japanese artists rejected foreign art techniques as well.

The most famous woodblock artist of the era (same one who made The Great Wave) was taking inspiration from European art.