Japanism
Americannoun
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a custom, trait, or other feature peculiar to or characteristic of Japan or its people.
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devotion to or preference for Japan and its institutions.
Etymology
Origin of Japanism
Example Sentences
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Absorbed in his great mission of "Japanism," the War Minister draws freely & frankly on Chinese authors for inspiration, paints Chinese characters deftly, devours Chinese poetry.
From Time Magazine Archive
If you can but trust us, you will find us to be the greatest helpers in the fight against Naziism, Fascism and Japanism and the like.
From Time Magazine Archive
Japanism is a world communism of moral responsibility, ideals, obligations and honor, unlimited by time, unbounded by distance or area and irrespective of race or nationality.
From Time Magazine Archive
Araki sometimes abbreviates by the term "Japanism," urges Japan's representatives abroad to explain and spread its gospel.
From Time Magazine Archive
One cannot but be astonished at this mixture of "Japanism," savagism and eighteenth century taste, which constitutes inimitably the nude of Renoir.
From The French Impressionists (1860-1900) by Mauclair, Camille
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