tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post4340464304150772771..comments2024-03-20T23:43:28.613+00:00Comments on Caroline's Miscellany: Kew Gardens, culture and empireCarolineLDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-57846602457926912062013-03-18T02:28:19.953+00:002013-03-18T02:28:19.953+00:00This building, its location and its history really...This building, its location and its history really DO raise complex questions about the meanings of cultural exchanges. But there was such a passion for Japanese visual culture at the end of the 19th century, it mainly seems to me to commemorate British interest in Japan.<br /><br />That raises another issue. Passion for Japanese culture had swept Western Europe in the 18th century as well, in a way that we cannot say about, for example, Argentinian culture or New Zealand culture. It must have been very appealing to sophisticated Brits and Frenchmen.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com