Japan : its architecture, art, and art manufactures (1882)
Dresser, Christopher · London : Longmans, Green : New York : Scribner and Welford · leaf 303
cil. By this means he would gain the free use of the pointand the brush ; whereas by our method the free use of both isimpaired. Their method of writing leads the Japanese artists to dispensealtogether with the maulstick ; and however minute his work—and no people can draw more minutely or with… … The absorbent character of the Japanese paper not only givesprecision of touch, but also leads to the simplest form beingchosen for the expression of an object. The Japanese thusacquires knowledge of the value of touches, such as no other peoplepossess. But, in order to make myself understood, I…
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