one can preserve the quintessence of the country, and the other can make the latecomers imitate their predecessors. Apart from paintings, even carvings are not allowed to be exported. France's preservation of national quintessence can be seen in one class. ("Talking about Paintings", "Taiwan Daily News", 1923.09.22) The content of another series of discussions was related to France's art export policy at that time.
The cabinet department "specialized in phone database public education and fine arts" mentioned in it should be the "Ministry of Public Education and Fine Arts" established by the French Third Republic. However, the purpose of "Taiwan Daily News" in selecting this news is not to simply introduce the French cabinet's policy. In fact, just like the crisis of art exodus in France,
East Asian countries including Japan also faced the problem of the outflow and destruction of cultural relics in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Among them, after the rapid westernization of Japan after the Meiji Restoration, which resulted in the destruction of cultural relics, the "Law on the Preservation of Ancient Shrines and Temples" enacted by the Japanese government in 1897 and the "Law on the Conservation of Historic Sites and Natural Monuments", which were further extended in 1919, are based on the Cultural policy driven by this awareness.