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Japan : a record in colour (1901)

Menpes, Mortimer, 1855-1938, Menpes, Dorothy · London : A. & C. Black · leaf 468

An illustration from Japan : a record in colour, 1901, leaf 468
ed, the genuine workers of Japan. My first object on arriving in Tokio was to findsome Japanese who would be capable of gatheringtogether a series of splendid craftsmen to work forme. As luck would have it, I found my man—aperfect little genius of a fellow — on the evening ofmy first day in Japan,… … Workers London house, when my attention was attracted by-seeing a little creature, looking like a monkey witha great box on his back, bound suddenly into theroom, evidently by aid of the managers foot inthe adjoining hall. Not in the least perturbed, hebegan to unstrap the box from his back,…

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

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