The pictorial arts of Japan. With a brief historical sketch of the associated arts, and some remarks upon the pictorial art of the Chinese and Koreans (1886)
Anderson, William, 1842-1900 · Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin · leaf 520
CH A RAC TERISTICS. 2 3 7 Fortunately the scope of the Ukiyo-yi designer's motives was not confined to the delineation of the eounterfeit emotions of men who tore passions into shreds for the amusement of their audience. His genuine power was drawn forth in transcripts of social life, where he was… … Fig. 131. Goto Sanemoto and the daughter of Yoshitomo. From a drawing by Kikuchi Yosai. or concealed the feelings of the people themselves ; and how well he has succeeded may be imagined by all who know the albums of the last seventy years, but the full extent of his success can be realized only by…
Art · Art, Korean
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