Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Something characteristically Japanese.
- noun The influence of Japan on European art, especially in impressionism.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
Japanism .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A quality, idiom, or peculiarity characteristic of the Japanese or their products, esp. in art.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the
influence ofJapanese art andculture onEuropean art
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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At the head of this movement to forge a “modern self” is Takayama Chogyū, who, having abandoned the jingoistic Japonism (Nihonshugi) in favor of a Nietzsche-inspired egoism, now expounds a philosophy based on “instinct” (honnō).
Néojaponisme » Blog Archive » A History of Modern Japanese Literary Criticism: Act One, Scene 1 2009
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Japonism, the influence of Japanese artistic and stylistic themes, was already fashionable in the West in the second half of the 19th century.
The Gold Rush 2008
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Below a work from Hokusai, the artist most typical and best-known for the European fin de siècle craze known as Japonism.
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Posting this painting was inspired by a recently opened exhibition in Brussels:Oriental Fascination – Japonism in Belgium, which from today until 28 September 2008 will show for the first time in Belgium, Japonism in Belgium, from the collection of Feliks Jasienski in Krakow.
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Posting this painting was inspired by a recently opened exhibition in Brussels:Oriental Fascination – Japonism in Belgium, which from today until 28 September 2008 will show for the first time in Belgium, Japonism in Belgium, from the collection of Feliks Jasienski in Krakow.
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Below a work from Hokusai, the artist most typical and best-known for the European fin de siècle craze known as Japonism.
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Posting this painting was inspired by a recently opened exhibition in Brussels:Oriental Fascination – Japonism in Belgium, which from today until 28 September 2008 will show for the first time in Belgium, Japonism in Belgium, from the collection of Feliks Jasienski in Krakow.
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Below a work from Hokusai, the artist most typical and best-known for the European fin de siècle craze known as Japonism.
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Kansai Yamamoto is a somewhat controversial fashion figure in Japan precisely because he embraced Japonism, updated it with cut-to-fit tailoring (and hotpants), and packaged it wholesale to the west.
theartblog 2008
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