International studio (42.1910)

Japanese Art and Artists of To-day.—III. Textiles and Embroidery

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though to a foreigner
there may be much that
is incomprehensible. For
instance, who except a
Japanese would recognise
in a design composed of
a few shoots of bamboo
growing on a reed-bearing
island that this was in-
tended to show the first
beginnings of the islands
of Japan, formed, accord-

such as Indian madder,
but special reference
should be made to the
beautiful gamboge yellow
made by steeping the bark
of a tree, called the Ki-
wada, in cold water. Of
late years there has been
an increasing tendency to
substitute aniline dyes,
but only for the more

common manufactures. stencil plate in the possession of the writer

As regards the designs
most frequently met with,
it is interesting to note
that every Japanese child
is thoroughly trained in
the history, traditions, and
poetry of its own country.
The more celebrated
poems are collected into
a volume of 100 poems
(called the Hyak-Nin-Is'
shin), which everyone is
supposed to have by stencil plate from andrew tuer's "book of delightful and str

heart. There are also designs"
celebrated views, trees,
and temples in Japan, to
which every Japanese,
whether rich or very poor,
hopes at least once in his
life to make a pilgrimage.
Nearly all the designs on
Japanese fabrics contain
a poetical or other refer-
ence which it is supposed
that all Japanese will be
able to appreciate. None
of the designs are mean-
ingless to those who have
had a Japanese education, stencil plate from bing's "artistic japan"

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