“…While this is not the focus of this paper, it is interesting to note that Japanese culture had an enduring influence on Western art, not to mention Japonism, and some avantgarde movements were influenced by Japanese traditional art. It's possible that in some way Japan's modern artists as well as some ikebana artists were imitating western art that had imitated Japanese traditional art which had been rejected by Japanese modern artists (Starrs, 2011).…”