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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 1334226, member: 2844&quot;]The goofy Satsuma faces are a result of the downward quality spiral of Satsuma, ever since they started to make these wares to meet Western demand.</p><p>Satsuma ware was beautiful and very Japanese before they decided to cover their wares with an abundance of Samurais and Immortals.</p><p><br /></p><p>Everyone in the Western world did and still does.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>During the Edo period (1639-1858) the only Westerners allowed to trade with Japan were the Dutch, from the man made (and fan-shaped <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) island of Dejima. The island was created especially for the Dutch because no outsider was allowed to live on Japanese soil. Japan wanted the extra income, but its citizens should not be exposed to foreign ideas.</p><p>But as you can see, Dejima was connected to Japan proper by a bridge.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Plattegrond_van_Deshima.jpg/1280px-Plattegrond_van_Deshima.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>By the time Japan finally opened up to other Westerners in 1858, the custom of having Japanese wares in well-to-do homes was firmly rooted in Europe.</p><p>Japanese-inspired Art Nouveau started in France, and Dutch painter van Gogh painted his Japanese influenced paintings while in France.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one dates from 1887, with van Gogh&#039;s collection of Ukiyo-e in the background:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Van_Gogh_-_Portrait_of_Pere_Tanguy_1887-8.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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