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Japan : a record in colour (1901)

Menpes, Mortimer, 1855-1938, Menpes, Dorothy · London : A. & C. Black · leaf 552

An illustration from Japan : a record in colour, 1901, leaf 552
cter,some of which were not bad. As for the Saki, it tastedlike bad sherry ; but it had a most exhilarating effecton Inchie, and in a very short time produced in him amost natural and joyous frame of mind which enabledme to see a side of his disposition that under ordinaryconditions would never… … Workers carved it with a pair of large chopsticks as I havenever seen a chicken carved before in any part of theglobe. Not even Joseph of the Savoy with his flourishof fork and knife in mid-air could compete with Inchieand his pair of wooden chopsticks. No knives norfingers were used ; but the…

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

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