Young Woman Holding Japanese Objects - James Tissot (1864-5)

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Young Woman Holding Japanese Objects - James Tissot (1864-5) - lemm.ee

That smart phone in her right hand seems awfully long.
To that woman- those are just objects.
Seeing as this was a few years after Perry’s gunboat diplomacy, Japan had fi ally opened up trade relations with the rest of the world. It’s no wonder that during this period, Japanese items were a huge hit with the upper classes at the time, birthing the first Japanophiles. In other words, weebs were a 19th century thing!
Absolutely, even Van Gogh had a go at Japanese art.