International studio (25.1905)

In the wooden ware two elaborate tables were
noticed. The one catalogued as C%7W<f
H7?^%/.27- A/a?^, by Mr. Ikeda, was certainly a
notable production. In it the severe structural
lines imparted such a sense of solidity and repose
as readity permitted of the intricate carvings being
effectively massed in a fret just below the top.
The idea of the CaTwal A?a72</,
which was shown by Fujiwara, was based upon
floral influence for awAj/ir, which adhered quite
faithfully to the natural forms. The pine trees of
Sumiyoshi Beach were adequately depicted in a
carved writing box by Akira Yokoyma.
Very charming and very wonderful things were
shown in the department of embroidery, the large
wall-hanging describing a lion, by Iida, having been
a triumph in the needle worker's art, and the cherry
blossoms and goats by Nishimuro was equally
commendable for painstaking workmanship. Then
an accomplished series of framed pic-
tures of the seasons was exhibited by the
same artist. A subject by Tanaka
that was admirable for pictorial quali-
ties was a monkey suspended from
the branch of a pine tree jutting dia-
gonally into the picture. The mellow
colourings of the one entitled
with its dark water and pale-green sky,
were subtle auxiliaries to a carefully felt
arrangement. One of the most telling
subjects among the textiles, which were
not confined altogether to the em-
broideries, was a marine, showing a
flock of wild ducks, done in Yuzen
dyed cut velvet, by Iida.
Perhaps, after all, the most interest-
ing contributions to the entire section
were the working designs and plans for
articles of manufacture and construc-
tion. And a design for wall paper
with chrysanthemum aw A/ by Geiko
Uyino, and the front and side eleva-
tions of a gate with chrysanthemum
decorations by Morita were creditable
examples in this held.
Now that Japan has opened up her
country to the reception of Western
ideas, it is to be hoped that the plastic
nature of so sensitive an artistic race
may not suffer from the contact—
may not lose that subtle charm and
grace which distinguishes her native
craftsmanship.
M. 1. G. OHVER.

s

OME RECENT DESIGNS FOR
DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE.

of which we
give illustrations, was designed by Mr. J. H.
Brewerton, of the firm of Brewerton & Shepherd,
for Mr. S. A. Lindsey, the well-known artist.
Economy being essential, as much as possible of
the covered space inside the four square walls had
to be utilised for the primary use of living in, and
as little space as possible devoted to the only
secondary use of communication, that is to say,
passage ways. One of the essentials was a large
room with a north light for a studio, which could
be used occasionally as a reception room. A studio
with a north light only is often found depressing
and bad for the health, and consequently one long
room was planned right through the house, with a
window south commanding views of the sea; and


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BY YAMA I.AKI