Japan : its architecture, art, and art manufactures (1882)
Dresser, Christopher · London : Longmans, Green : New York : Scribner and Welford · leaf 431
re numbersof common things were made (like the ordinary wares of thecountry or those produced for the European and Americanmarkets) that anything like a factory system existed. It isimportant to remember that a Japanese potter, lacquer-worker,or other handicraftsman, may become as famous as a… … Fig. 174.—Oven. ART, AND ART MANUFACTURES. 41; selves up to the production of the excellent, the beautiful, thelovable ; and whether their food is of the poorest or the best theydo not seem to care. Their whole pride lies in the production ofmeritorious works.
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