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In March of last year, the Asia Week exhibition at Scholten Japanese Art examined the impact of the West on Japanese art and culture during the Meiji Period (1868-1912). This March, Scholten turns their attention in the opposite direction to consider the influence of Japanese art on the West, popularly known as Japonisme, and also contemplates the subsequent effect of influences traveling in both directions, resulting in the blending of art modes into an international style. This is our largest exhibition to date, including 101 works with representation by important French, Austrian, German, …