Japonisme and the Birth of CinemaIn Japonisme and the Birth of Cinema, Daisuke Miyao explores the influence of Japanese art on the development of early cinematic visual style, particularly the actualit films made by the Lumire brothers between 1895 and 1905. Examining nearly 1,500 Lumire films, Miyao contends that more than being documents of everyday life, they provided a medium for experimenting with aesthetic and cinematic styles imported from Japan. Miyao further analyzes the