Alfred East is commissioned by the Fine Art Society to paint in Japan for 6 months in 1888, and Frank Morley Fletcher becomes introduced to Japanese woodcuts, helping through the next 22 years to teach about them in London and Reading, Yorkshire.
Alfred East is commissioned by the Fine Art Society to paint in Japan for six months in 1888, while Frank Morley Fletcher becomes knowledgeable about Japanese woodcuts and teaches them in London and Reading, Yorkshire for twenty-two years.