Japan: its architecture, art, and art manufactures (1882)
Dresser, Christopher · London, Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 288
achild, and there is a simplicity about their manners which has allthe frankness of infancy. Indeed, we have here the charm ofchildhood preserved in grown man. This being the case, we mustlook for the expression of humour in their art, whenever oppor-tunity occurs ; and humour and grotesqueness are… … IlU. 111. —iAI rtu;. OF A PHI.NTED DkLsj IAL.-lu, lO>..SISTING OF THE LEAVES OF THE FIR-TREE, RAKES,BROOMS, AND DIAPER PATTERNS. 272 JAPAN: ITS ARCHITECTURE, angles, holding on by his tentacles, while two were performingon musical instruments, and a fourth watched the performancefan in hand. The…
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