Many Impressionist works that once appealed to Japanese taste failed to sell at all.
The style declined quickly after its creator's death, probably because it did not agree with Japanese tastes.
Yasubei wanted to make a bread that was more to Japanese tastes.
The way the market in prints moves is very much governed by developments in Japanese taste.
The old masters did not have Japanese good taste and might not have wanted it.
There has been a shift in Japanese tastes from designer merchandise to bridge fashions.
The Japanese tastes are broad, to say the least.
But to sell, they had to accommodate Japanese tastes.
In terms of Japanese tastes, the astringency and acidity were not accepted at the beginning.
His formulation was less buttery and appealled better to the Japanese taste.