. The industries of Japan : together with an account of its agriculture, forestry, arts, and commerce. From travels and researches undertaken at the cost of the Prussian government. cter up to the close ofthe 18th century, is now much sought for. A few plates, 61 centi-meters in diameter, with fine landscape decorations, were consideredcheaply bought, even in Japan, some twelve years ago, at 25 yen(£5), and could scarcely be purchased in Europe, in view of thegreat risk of transportation, for less than four or five times thisamount. Porcelain still stands at the head of all the celebrated prod
. The industries of Japan : together with an account of its agriculture, forestry, arts, and commerce. From travels and researches undertaken at the cost of the Prussian government. cter up to the close ofthe 18th century, is now much sought for. A few plates, 61 centi-meters in diameter, with fine landscape decorations, were consideredcheaply bought, even in Japan, some twelve years ago, at 25 yen(£5), and could scarcely be purchased in Europe, in view of thegreat risk of transportation, for less than four or five times thisamount. Porcelain still stands at the head of all the celebrated products(known as Meibutsu) of the province of Hizen. It is said to bemade altogether in about thirty-six places, although Arita farexcels all the rest, and furnishes now, as 200 years ago, the mosthighly-valued wares of all Japan. Its porcelain is perfectly uniform,and adds considerable translucence to a pure white colour, besidesbeing hard enough for all the purposes of ordinary life. It burnsso easily that decorative art has in its surface, as in that of Faience,a fine field, and is aided also by the very plastic character of theexcellent material. Eein, Japan. II. Plate a. Arita Porcelain Box.
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