Ukiyo-e, or “pictures of the floating world,” set off a wave of _______________, of a love of all things Japanese in Western culture.

a. Impressionism
b. Postimpressionism
c. Pointillism
d. Japonisme
e. none of these are correct

d. Japonisme

a. Incorrect. Impressionism was influenced by Ukiyo-e, but was not a part of it.
b. Incorrect. Postimpressionism was influenced by Ukiyo-e, but was not a part of it.
c. Incorrect. Pointillism is a method painting developed by Seurat.
d. Correct. Ukiyo-e set off a wave of Japonisme in the Western world.
e. Incorrect. Ukiyo-e set off a wave of Japonisme in the Western world.