Anglo-Japanese

…He was also active in the fields of furniture, stage and costume design. He was particularly influenced by Japanese ukiyo-e prints at the Great Exhibition in London in 1862, with their clarity of outline and color, asymmetrical and light design, and developed a unique style that he called “Anglo-Japanese” in the fields of interior and furniture design. He placed emphasis on simplicity, lightness and beauty of proportion in form, rather than on materials and structure, and played an important role in the popularity of “art furniture” in the 1970s. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…家具，舞台および舞台衣装といった分野でも活躍。とくに1862年のロンドン万国博覧会で日本の浮世絵に接し，その輪郭と色彩の明晰さ，アシンメトリーと軽快なデザインに影響を受け，インテリアと家具デザインの分野で〈アングロ･ジャパニーズ〉とよぶ独特の様式を展開させた。彼は材質や構造よりも，形態の簡潔さと軽快さ，比例の美しさに重点をおき，70年代の〈芸術家具〉の流行に重要な役割を果たした。…

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