Seeing as this was a few years after Perry's gunboat diplomacy, Japan had finally opened up trade relations with the rest of the world. It's no wonder that during this period, Japanese items were a huge hit with the upper classes at the time, birthing the first Japanophiles. In other words, weebs were a 19th century thing! (Edited cuz typo)
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Mastengwe@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
To that woman- those are just objects.
Zefjor@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Seeing as this was a few years after Perry's gunboat diplomacy, Japan had finally opened up trade relations with the rest of the world. It's no wonder that during this period, Japanese items were a huge hit with the upper classes at the time, birthing the first Japanophiles. In other words, weebs were a 19th century thing! (Edited cuz typo)
craftyindividual@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
Absolutely, even Van Gogh had a go at Japanese art.