Japan in art and industry. : With a glance at Japanese manners and customs (1893)
Régamey, Félix, 1844-1907 · London : Saxon · leaf 86
ere exist no vain distinctions of pure art and applied art. It is in this way that the humblest thing is notwithout its elegance, seeing it comes from the handsof a workman having in him the stuff of an artist,while, on the other hand, the artist, to obtain byhimself the realisation of his dream,… … STONE* STONE is sufficiently abundant in Japan, but islittle used for building. The tori-i and the toro,i.e. the portico and the lantern, are two of the fewobjects that the Japanese execute in stone. Theformer is a decorative object placed in front of thetemples ; the latter, besides serving a like…
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