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When Japonism Bewitched Europe

  • Imari porcelain, around 1680, Sèvres—Cité de la céramique (Sèvres City of Ceramics, photo © World Imaging).

    Imari porcelain, around 1680, Sèvres—Cité de la céramique (Sèvres City of Ceramics, photo © World Imaging).

  • A work from Volume 15 of Hokusai manga, published in 1878 by Tōhekido. (Photo courtesy of the National Diet Library.)

    A work from Volume 15 of Hokusai manga, published in 1878 by Tōhekido. (Photo courtesy of the National Diet Library.)

  • Left: Edouard Manet (1832–83), Portrait of Emile Zola, 1868, Musée d’Orsay; right: Claude Monet, Madame Monet in Japanese Costume (La Japonaise), 1876, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

    Left: Edouard Manet (1832–83), Portrait of Emile Zola, 1868, Musée d’Orsay; right: Claude Monet, Madame Monet in Japanese Costume (La Japonaise), 1876, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

  • Left: The Japanese delegation to the 1867 International Exposition in a photo from Le Monde Illustré;right:the 1878 exposition catalog of Japanese exhibits. (Both photos courtesy of the National Library of France.)

    Left: The Japanese delegation to the 1867 International Exposition in a photo from Le Monde Illustré;right:the 1878 exposition catalog of Japanese exhibits. (Both photos courtesy of the National Library of France.)

  • The May 1889 issue of Samuel Bing’s monthly magazine Le Japon Artistique. (Photo courtesy of the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections.)

    The May 1889 issue of Samuel Bing’s monthly magazine Le Japon Artistique. (Photo courtesy of the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections.)

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