Toward the end of his long and successful career as an architect, Frank Lloyd Wright remembered Japan, the scene of so much of his inspiration.
He spoke of "shrines for the artist pilgrims in need of worship or in search of light." Earlier he spoke of houses as "vessels of space," and the art as transcendental. "The Japanese lavish loving care on their beautiful things. To them beautiful things are religious things and their care is a great privilege."
Wright also lavished loving care on beautiful examples of Japanese art, in particularly the woodblock prints which he collected. "The Japanese print is one of the most amazing products of the world and I think no nation has anything to compare with it." Feeling as he did, he collected many examples.