This thesis deals with the appropriation and adaption of western style vanishing point perspective in Japanese woodblock printing culture. The thesis combines literary research and visual analysis...Show moreThis thesis deals with the appropriation and adaption of western style vanishing point perspective in Japanese woodblock printing culture. The thesis combines literary research and visual analysis to provide an overarching meta-perspective on the development of the vanishing point perspective and its associated traits in ukiyo-e of the Tokugawa period.Show less