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This was not the case in Japan, where woodblock prints and mass-produced toys had been collected for generations and were not considered less for being reproductions.

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Monet never traveled to Japan, but he loved the Japanese masters. He was inspired by woodblock prints called ukiyo-e —you might have heard them described as “floating world” images.