Japonisme, a French term also used in English, refers to the influence of the arts of Japan on those of the West. The word was first used by Jules Claretie in his book L'Art Francais en 1872. The widespread interest in all things Japanese--art, furnishings, costume, etc.--blossomed after the opening of Japan to Western trade in 1853-54. Western woman began adopting Japanese fashions & portrait painters were excited by the new color & patterns these costumes presented. The color harmonies, simple designs, asymmetrical compositions, & flat forms of Japanese wood block prints strongly influenced the composition of Impressionist & Post-Impressionist art.
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Japonisme. Edmund Charles Tarbell (1862 – 1938) Cutting Origami+Blue+Kimono.jpg)
Japonisme. Guy Rose (1867-1925) Blue Kimono+A+Woman+in+a+Japanese+Bath.jpg)
Japonisme. Jacques-Joseph Tissot (1836-1902) A Woman in a Japanese Bath+Chinese+Coat.jpg)
Japonisme. John Munnoch (1879-1915) Chinese Coat
Japonisme. Robert Lewis Reid (1862-1939), Blue and Yellow+++Japanese+Print+1898.jpg)
Japonisme. William Merritt Chase (1849 - 1916) Japanese Print 1898,+Girl+in+Blue+Kimono.jpg)
Japonisme. Robert Lewis Reid (1862-1939), Girl in Blue Kimono+++The+Japanese+Book+1900.jpg)
Japonisme. William Merritt Chase (1849 - 1916) The Japanese Book 1900+++The+Kimono+1895.jpg)
Japonisme. William Merritt Chase (1849 - 1916) The Kimono 1895++Blue+Kimono+1798.jpg)
Japonisme. William Merritt Chase (1849 - 1916) Blue Kimono 1898 ++Girl+in+a+Japanese+Kimono.jpg)
Japonisme. William Merritt Chase (1849 - 1916) Girl in a Japanese Kimono++Peonies+1897.JPG)
Japonisme. William Merritt Chase (1849 - 1916) Peonies 1897++Study+of+a+Girl+in+a+Japanese+Dress.jpg)
Japonisme. William Merritt Chase (1849 - 1916) Study of a Girl in a Japanese Dress++The+Black+Kimono.jpg)
Japonisme. William Merritt Chase (1849 - 1916) The Black Kimono++Woman+in+Kimono+Holding+a+Japanese+Fan.jpg)
Japonisme. William Merritt Chase (1849 - 1916) Woman in Kimono Holding a Japanese Fan++Making+Her+Toilet+1892.jpg)
Japonisme. William Merritt Chase (1849 - 1916) Study for Making Her Toilet 1892