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Japan : a record in colour (1901)

Menpes, Mortimer, 1855-1938, Menpes, Dorothy · London : A. & C. Black · leaf 220

An illustration from Japan : a record in colour, 1901, leaf 220
. He said nothing ; but it came out that he hada fresh impression in his mind, and he could not go onwith the old impression until he had worked off thenew one—something he had seen on his way up to thehouse. The painters always live with fish, and birds, andanimals of different sorts. They have… … ; Painters and their Methods as well. They always study nature, and I believe thatis the keynote of their art. The technique of Kiyosais work was most fascinating.I had come away from England with all sorts of theoriesconcerning the technical part of an artists work, andwhen I got to Japan I found…

Art -- Japan · Japan -- Social life and customs 1868-1912

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