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While researching my own question [How important was the invention of blue
towards anime?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/42351/1458), I landed
relatively quickly on [Hokusai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokusai), which
was one of the key instigators of
[Japonisme](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japonism).

> Japonisme, is the study of Japanese art and artistic talent. Japonisme
> affected fine arts, sculpture, architecture, performing arts and decorative
> arts throughout Western culture

Although Japonisme mainly influenced the European art, it also had an effect
on the Japanese art scene.

So did Japonisme also lead to, or influence the creation of manga/anime as we
know it nowadays?


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How did Japonism, if at all, affect manga/anime?


Short answer is no. Beyond making the world aware of the early, pre-war
concept of manga, there is little to nothing to do with modern post-war manga.
The influences are just a footnote in history in terms of European art
movements.

Post-war manga we know as manga today is starkly different from the
prototypical manga of the type, such a the compiled work of Hokusa Manga.


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