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University of San Francisco - Summer 2012 | ||
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Japonisme: Cultural Crossings between Japan and the West (Softcover) (1st Edition) by Lionel Lambourne, Phil Cleaver (Designer), Beulah Davies (Editor), Vv.Aa. Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2007 ISBN-10: 0-7148-4797-6 / 0714847976 ISBN-13: 978-0-7148-4797-9 / 9780714847979 From the moment of the very first contact in the sixteenth century, Japan has always possessed an irresistible fascination for the West. The fascination was if anything increased when Japan closed its borders in 1638, and for over 200 years the only contact was through a small colony of Dutch trader |