Japanese culture during the Meiji Restoration:. a. included poetry influenced by Abstract Expressionism and Classic Romanticism.
b. was entirely inspired by recent Chinese models.
c. was characterized by a period of fascination with Western art, followed by a period of reaction, during which artists searched for authentic Japanese modes of statement.
d. was ignored by European and North American artists and writers.
e. was unaffected by foreign influences, unlike the economic and governmental areas of Japanese life.