Japan: its architecture, art, and art manufactures (1882)
Dresser, Christopher · London, Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 430
FiG. 174.—Oven. I ART, AND ART MANUFACTURES. 413 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. … Fig. 175.—Kiln. In buying from one of these men a specimen of his work Ifound that he could not count money, and that he had little or noidea of its value. The buying and selling was done exclusivelyby his wife and daughter ; and as the money system had changedmuch in the last twenty years, this…
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