Comment by the_af

Ignore the downvotes.

I think in general the answer would include the fact that computer reproductions of art are seldom color accurate. Every step from taking the picture to compressing it to displaying it in your monitor is lossy/distorted. The colors and texture of paintings are better appreciated by looking at the real thing.

However, I don't think this is true of Japanese prints. I'm no expert, but I think they were made to be reproduced -- and in fact, many reproductions exist. Color fidelity is probably not a thing. Prints are also small, so that's not a factor either.

In this case, I would say the thing you get out of it is the knowledge that you are looking at "the real thing", a physical piece of history. Whether this is important to you, only you can decide. I've long decided I don't care enough about the Mona Lisa to go look at it in person; reproductions are enough for me. I can make a different decision for other pieces of art that feel more meaningful to me.