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Whenever I look at this van Gogh's painting, Almond Blossom, I think about Hokusai's work.
I don't know if van Gogh saw this printing but it's known that he was influenced by Japanese's art like many of his contemporaries and bought some of them.
Or it's quite a coincidence!