Japonisme and Japanophobia: The Russo-Japanese War in Russian Cultural Consciousness.

The article discusses the Russo-Japanese war in the context of the emergence of Japonisme. The author provides an in depth analysis of the impact of the war on Russian art and literature. He examines how the war manifested itself in Russian cultural consciousness on the domestic front. The nationalist response to the belligerent colonialist expansion of Russia in the Far East is discussed. Studies that investigate the causes and military operations of the war are highlighted. These include papers by writers Petr Vykhodtsev, Paul Bushkovitch, and Barbara Heldt.