Sorry that I didn't post so much thee last days. Yeah I know this is getting more and more regular.
But today I will make up for the lack of postings.
I will begin with a page called Néojaponisme. It is a website who handles everything japanese. I just stumbled over this page and I quite can't tell where they are going. Thy seem to be political and philosophical, how strong I still don't know. But if you want to see something that is more than a conglomeration of mindless links and pictures (not that my “blog” is exactly that...) you are on the right homepage. Perhaps we let them talk for themselves:
We have taken the name Néojaponisme as a convenient rubric for our pursuits. This is not a revival of that specific Japonisme visual design style of the 19th century (now often construed as “Neo-Japanesque”), but we do indeed identify ourselves as impudent inheritors of the original Japonisme spirit. We too are non-Japanese inspired by Japanese culture, and we too hope to advocate Japanese products and creative culture that may have been devalued or ignored in Japan. But let us correct the fundamental philosophy of the previous movement in two areas:
First, we expand the idea of Japonistic Japanese inspiration beyond pure visual aesthetics to a broader appreciation of myriad creative fields.
Taken from their Manifesto which you can find here
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