 The decorative painting, with the small tree in the foreground, the high vantage point and the lack of depth, is strongly influenced by the art of the Japanese printmakers, which Van Gogh admired enormously.It is difficult to overstate the impact that Japanese art had on Van Gogh.In a letter to Theo, he said, "All my work is in a way founded on Japanese art, and we do not know enough about Japanese prints.