Menpes, Mortimer, 1855-1938, Menpes, Dorothy · London : A. & C. Black · leaf 432
much to spoil the child-life of theWest. Their own artistic training is perfect; andalthough Japan is the land of ceremony, and thechildren are brought up with a certain strictness ofpropriety unknown in the less ceremonious West,their utter naturalness and absolute freedom fromseeking after… … Children is a curious formality and staidness about him andhis companions which never degenerates into shyness. Once I drifted into a country village in search ofsubjects for pictures, and I found to my astonish-ment that every living soul there was flying a kite,from old men down to babies. It was…
Art -- Japan · Japan -- Social life and customs 1868-1912
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