Meiji Art Toyohara Chikanobu: Excursion to View the Cherry Blossoms, (1887) Toyohara Chikanobu: A Mirror of Japanese Nobility (1887) In the years after 1867, when Emperor Meiji ascended the throne, Japan was once again invaded by new and alien forms of culture. The introduction of Western cultural values led to a dichotomy in Japanese art, as well as in nearly every other aspect of culture, bet..
