Vincent van Gogh, “Portrait of Père Tanguy” (Autumn 1887), painting (all images courtesy Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam and the Vincent van Gogh Foundation) The influence of Japanese woodblock prints on ...
Time was when Japan’s cheap prints of almond-eyed prostitutes, grimacing kabuki actors and brawling porters were as popular as penny dreadfuls, and treated with no more regard. Few Japanese mourned ...