. Nine years in Nipon. Sketches of Japanese life and manners. spray of Cherry Blossom, by Shunzan. A style of pictorial ornament very much in favour, andpartly founded on the floral philosophy already described,is illustrated in the next cut. The combination of ele-. Fish, Fruit, and Flowers. Japanese Art in Relation to Nature. 245 ments is not quite accidental. Each part in the composi-tion has a meaning usually in relation to the otherelements of it, and it requires a certain amount offamiliarity with Japanese modes of thinking and ways oflooking at things to enter fully into the enjoyment o
. Nine years in Nipon. Sketches of Japanese life and manners. spray of Cherry Blossom, by Shunzan. A style of pictorial ornament very much in favour, andpartly founded on the floral philosophy already described,is illustrated in the next cut. The combination of ele-. Fish, Fruit, and Flowers. Japanese Art in Relation to Nature. 245 ments is not quite accidental. Each part in the composi-tion has a meaning usually in relation to the otherelements of it, and it requires a certain amount offamiliarity with Japanese modes of thinking and ways oflooking at things to enter fully into the enjoyment ofsuch simple and pretty designs. A student of ornament will find much which is worthyof his attention in designs even of such austere simplicity,and specially worthy of note is the direction of eachdominating line in relation to associated lines, in regardto which Ruskin has said much, the truthful force of whichevery Japanese designer would at once feel. A pleasing object which oftenmeets the eye in the countryis the egret or paddy bird, ofsnowy white plumage and grace-ful form. The wading birds gener-ally are favourite themes of theJapanese artist, and are found inevery form of ornamental work—on painted screens, fans, hangingscrolls, and bronzes. To the
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