Japan and the Japanese illustrated . —1 _/- e^^i>%t STATUES FROM THE TEMPLE OF THE FIVE IltrSDRED GENir. of their plumage. All this is done in the manufactory, but by the hand. Nothingis printed except the papers for wall-hangings or the woodwork. The embroidresses,who make the screens which serve for blinds and shutters, work beautifully; theyemploy silk, and reproduce, according to the subjects, either the lustrous tissue ofleaves, the velvet down of birds, the thick fur of quadrupeds, or the brilliant scales offish. The silk plaiters add to the woodwork and the hangings of rooms a beauti
Japan and the Japanese illustrated . —1 _/- e^^i>%t STATUES FROM THE TEMPLE OF THE FIVE IltrSDRED GENir. of their plumage. All this is done in the manufactory, but by the hand. Nothingis printed except the papers for wall-hangings or the woodwork. The embroidresses,who make the screens which serve for blinds and shutters, work beautifully; theyemploy silk, and reproduce, according to the subjects, either the lustrous tissue ofleaves, the velvet down of birds, the thick fur of quadrupeds, or the brilliant scales offish. The silk plaiters add to the woodwork and the hangings of rooms a beautifulornament composed of garlands and knots of various colours, headed by groups of EMBROIDERY. 2:j3 flowers and birds. These delicate arts of embroidery and braiding are also appliealjlcto the heavy stuffs brocaded in gold and silver, of which the Court mantles and lonwtrailing dresses are made. We also find crape and gauze of extreme fineness, adornedwith needlework of the purest taste. The Obi, or girdle worn by all Japanese wom
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