International studio . ich have survived the feudalsystem of Japan. The Nihon Bijutsu Kyokai (Art Association ofJapan) has a building of its own in the same park,and recently held its fifty-fourth biannual exhibi-tion there, which, being the spring exhibition, wasrestricted mainly to applied art. But there weresome good examples of wood sculpture. Mori-Hosei showed his masterly techniijue in his latest•work called The Gathering of Seven Sages onKazan, a set of four groups in wood, illustrating aChinese classic story of an historic gathering offamous old sages at the mountain recess of Haku-rak
International studio . ich have survived the feudalsystem of Japan. The Nihon Bijutsu Kyokai (Art Association ofJapan) has a building of its own in the same park,and recently held its fifty-fourth biannual exhibi-tion there, which, being the spring exhibition, wasrestricted mainly to applied art. But there weresome good examples of wood sculpture. Mori-Hosei showed his masterly techniijue in his latest•work called The Gathering of Seven Sages onKazan, a set of four groups in wood, illustrating aChinese classic story of an historic gathering offamous old sages at the mountain recess of Haku-rakuten, a great Chinese poet, and the same artistsOugiingi has been much admired. Voshida-Homeishowed a group in wood of a boy carelessly mountedon a wild bull. Maeda-Shouns Listening to aMaster Musician—the figure of an old man listen-ing to the music of his sweet remembrances—,Matsuo-Choshuns Saint Nichiren, Vamamoto-Zuiuns Parting of the Stars, Kato-Keiuns Out inJhe Field, and Twittering Birds by Nakatani-Ganko,. were also interesting examples of wood the exhibits in metal work there wereexcellent examples of chasing and inlay of gold,silver and other metals on shi/michi by Kagawa-Katsuhiro and also by Okazaki-Sessei. Asahi-Gyokuzan showed marvellous skill in inlayingnaturally coloured wood, gold, mother-of-pearl andcoral on soft kiri (Paulownia) wood in a design ofred and white plums, and a bird on a gingko ceramic work was exhibited by Seifu-Vohei,Yabu-Meizan, Miyagawa-Kozan, and Miura-Chiku-sen. Embroidered screens by and byNishimura-Sobei attracted considerable attention. wcon nv mcki ins.*.! At this exhibition considerable space was de-voted to an interesting collection of work by PrinceFumi, an aristocratic connoisseur who followed theSekishu style of chano-yu. The collection consistedof paintings, sho (chirography), and accessories forthe chano-yu, commonly known as the tea cere-mony though in fact it is an inst
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