The wackos over on 2ch are all in a tither about this so-called "18th" Century art comparison.
Wow, but the Japanese mega-kool artwork is Kawanabe Kyosai's work "Meikyo Yamatodamashii" circa 1874, which ain't exactly 18th Century.
河鍋暁斎「名鏡倭魂 新板」（明治時代） omolo.com, on Flickr
D'oh! Finally it dawned on me that the art comparison was a Japanese rebuttal to this old Japan-is-so-fucking-weird Net meme...
