Japan: its architecture, art, and art manufactures (1882)
Dresser, Christopher · London, Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 334
red with a conven-tionality which remindsus of our early stainedglass, and many oldtapestries. Whoeveroriginated this methodof treatment, it is cer-tain that it character-ises Japan as much asit does the works ofour own country. We have seen thatthe drawings of goodJapanese artists aresimple in… … Fig. 147. 3i8 JAPAN: ITS ARCHITECTURE, endow their delineations of plants, birds, insects, and fishes ; andno other people can make drawings live as can the Japanese. When we draw a bird, we are content to imitate its form ; andeither to produce the general effect of the object copied, or toportray…
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