This stylistic classification has been used to describe late 19th-century genre scenes, set within domestic spaces. Intimism is closely associated with works produced by Edouard Vuillard and Pierre Bonnard. The visual characteristics of intimism overlap with contemporary movements and groups such as impressionism, Symbolism, and the Nabis.

A leading member of the group of avant-garde artists who called themselves the Nabis, Pierre Bonnard worked in a broad range of media and styles. In addition to his primary work as a painter, he was among the most inventive draftsmen and lithographers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Bonnard was born in 1867 in Fontanay-aux-Roses, a suburb of Paris. He received a classical education with instruction in philosophy, literature, and Greek culture.

Chinoiserie, a style inspired by the arts of China and neighboring Asian countries, first appeared in American silver in the colonial period, but did not reach its height until the mid-19th century, when wealthy Americans importe

John Rudolf Wendt (1826-1907) was one of the United States' finest silversmiths during the 1860s and 1870s. Born and trained in Germany, Wendt produced many exceptional objects in the Neoclassical taste.

Today, the modern city Toyohashi encompasses the former castle town of Yoshida. In this view, the castle, caged by scaffolding, undergoes repairs.