East-West Cultural Exchange in Art (Part 2).

(From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI))

Byline: Takashina Erika

Paris, 1885 (2) - Yamamoto Hosui's One-man Paris Exhibition On the morning of May 12, 1885, just prior to the announcement of Victor Hugo's deteriorating illness, readers found on page two of Le XIXe siecle, one of Paris' foremost daily newspapers, an article like this: "Yet another medium has been discovered, which demonstrates how effortlessly the Japanese are adopting European ways. We were invited yesterday to the opening ceremony of an art exhibition at a special gallery on the Boulevard des Capucines, organized personally by Yamamoto, the artist himself, in the French ...