. Studio international . be found in remoter parts of the country. It might be extremely difficult to determine justhow far the presence of the mountain has con-si iouslv or unconsciously affected the design ofthese roofs, but it must be acknowledged that theinfluence of Nature is exceptionally great in love of Nature in the Japanese, much as has aid about it. cannot be too clearly insistedon. To the Western connoisseurs of Japaneseart it should be clear that this love is revealedin almost every Japanese artistic product. Whatwas there in the mind of the artist who madea tobacco-pou
. Studio international . be found in remoter parts of the country. It might be extremely difficult to determine justhow far the presence of the mountain has con-si iouslv or unconsciously affected the design ofthese roofs, but it must be acknowledged that theinfluence of Nature is exceptionally great in love of Nature in the Japanese, much as has aid about it. cannot be too clearly insistedon. To the Western connoisseurs of Japaneseart it should be clear that this love is revealedin almost every Japanese artistic product. Whatwas there in the mind of the artist who madea tobacco-pouch OUt of the peel of an orange, ifnot to show his appreciation of the beautyin the natural skin of the fruit? What could have in- spun that prompted tin- Japanese artist to make a vase out of the knotted root of a tree,had it not been to show his admiration for thebeauty of the natural twisted root? Not only inail obje< ts is this love so clearly manifested, but inutilitarian purposes as well. What could ha\i 1II I n.
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