Ukiyo-e and Western Art-Japonisme

Dont you find Japanese ukiyo-e just absolutely fascinating?
I can certainly understand why Claude Monet (1840-1926) and other impressionists of the 19th century were influenced by japanese art.

1 The lack of perspective
2 The absence of shadows.
3 The simple lines
4 sense of tranparency.
5 asymmetry,
6 Flatness
7 decorativeness

Monet was a great collector ofukiyo-e. he had a particular liking for Hokusai,Utamaro and Hiroshige, and not only had he collected together more than 230 japanese engravings by the time of his death, he also had a Jpanese bridge built over a pond in his garden.

Many of Toulouse- lautrec’s posters look as if they could have been woodprints bya Japanese artist.

Also don’t forget Vincent Van Gogh,
He became fascinated by ukiyo-e and this fascination resulted in
The Blooming Plum Tree
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As5BPMAuXg8
La courtisane
Portrait of Pere Tanguy,
all of which are instantly recognizable as Japanese-influendworks.

☆Van Gogh, Dreaming of Japan - Hiroshige, the Art of Travel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZbDL44O1yw

☆What did Van Gogh learn from Japanese prints?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boxyIJrNxRg&fbclid=IwAR28VJLLtRiAXhLam1_1iNTUjY48HtgshOnaN0IIdxAD6YsQL3BWwxYlRvc

Vincent van Gogh and Japan"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mnBo87-T80

☆What is Japonisme?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhleOd5WmqI&t=5s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PubHMeST-tg

☆FASZINATION JAPAN: Monet · Van Gogh · Klimt | Videopodcast
https://edit.diarynote.jp/home/diary/edit/?time_id=201902092128154335

※　Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. . Klimt’s primary subject was the female body, and his works are marked by a frank eroticism.. Among the artists of the Vienna Secession, Klimt was the most influenced by Japanese art and its methods.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Klimt