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Japan : a record in colour (1901)

Menpes, Mortimer, 1855-1938, Menpes, Dorothy · London : A. & C. Black · leaf 64

An illustration from Japan : a record in colour, 1901, leaf 64
ary dining-room, yet perfectlybalanced, one that held infinite joys : there werethe miniature bridges, lakes, and gold-fish, themountains, the valleys, and the ancient turtles — allcorrect as to colour and marked by that exquisitetaste which only a Japanese landscape-gardener candisplay. It was a… … Art and the Drama right that I began to feel hopelessly wrong.It seemed that I was the only blot in these perfectsurroundings. And at last I became so shy that Ireally didnt know what to do with myself, and Ifelt that the only thing left for me was to take off myclothes and dig a hole in the…

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

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