>>54512967>germansThat was after the first shinkansen.
>In what way?As far as 19th century painting goes, ukiyo-e inspired a move toward increasing abstraction, sharp outlines, bold colours, an emphasis on shape over form, etc. You can see the influence most obviously in styles like impressionism or (especially) art nouveau (art nouveau, in turn, being immensely influential for modern graphic design). So artists like Degas, Mucha, Monet, Van Gogh were all heavily inspired by (and had robust collections of) ukiyo-e prints.
More broadly, after Japan was forcibly opened in the mid 1800s, there was a massive market in the West for not just Japanese visual arts but decorative arts as well (look into Japonisme, for instance).
In terms of graphic design more broadly, you can see the direct influence of Japanese art in today's emphasis on flat, bold shapes, an emphasis on simplicity, bold colours, thick outlines, etc. Obviously it's hard to draw a directly between, like, modern, flattened/abstracted logos and ukiyo-e, since ukiyo-e's been filtered through dozens of styles and cultures over the past two centuries, but it's nonetheless integral to the development of many of the most important and influential styles and forms since the 1800s.
