Menpes, Mortimer, 1855-1938, Menpes, Dorothy · London : A. & C. Black · leaf 136
ds of the dullAmerican or British merchant who had neither ideanor concern as to the beauty of the work he buys. Unfortunately, to a great extent these traders arelowering the standard of painting in Japan. Not afew of these sixty men who came to meet me would dowork they did not care about, not… … The Living Art some of these friends were good enough to write along discourse in one of the Japanese papers on myaddress, saying how much pleased they were to findan artist from England with my ideas of Japaneseart — one who condemned the notion so commonamong them that it was necessary to pander…
Art -- Japan · Japan -- Social life and customs 1868-1912
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