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"Theo m'a ecrit qu'il t'avait offert des estampes japonaises.
C'est assurement le meilleur moyen pour reussir a comprendre la direction qu'a prise actuellement la peinture claire et coloree.
Ici, je n'ai pas besoin d'estampes japonaises, car je me dis toujours que suis ici au Japon.
Et c'est pourquoi je n'ai qu'a garder les yeux grand ouverts et peindre les impessions que je recois."​




. Vincent van Gogh
 
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Van Gogh's health and mental stability deteriorated. He shaved his head to look like a Japanese monk. In Arles he was feeling himself like being in Japan. He wrote to his sister:



"Theo wrote that he offered you Japanese woodblock prints.
That is certainly the best way to understand which direction the light and colorful painting has taken.
Here I need no Japanese woodblock prints, because I am here in Japan.
This is why I only have to open my eyes and paint the impressions that I receive."​
 
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