Central Africa, Japan and Fiji: a story of missionary enterprise, trials and triumphs (1882)
Pitman, Emma Raymond, American Tract Society · New York, American tract society · leaf 141
Manners, Arts, Customs, cte. 127 kerchiefs, curtains, and various other articles of wearing apparel, and have done so for many centuries. These paper garments and handkerchiefs are, to Europeans, some of the curiosities of Japan. The arts of drawing and painting have been much developed among the… … rude, uncultivated savages, this nation was well acquainted with many of the fine arts, and owned in its midst many notable artists, whose names are still handed down. They are fond of letter-writing, and use numerous com- pliments in these productions. The camel’s-hair brush serves for a pen, and…
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