. Japan, a record in colour . ring a puce dress,as she does in England or anywhere on the manager does not know what puce means, nor,probably, does the lady ; but he sees no reason why sheshould not wear puce if it pleases her. Accordinglypuce is worn, irrespective of scene harmony, and thelady is content. In Japan such an occurrence wouldbe out of the question; but our Western stage isalready such a jumble that any little eccentricity on thepart of the leading lady in favour of puce or anythingelse she fancies would be scarcely noticeable. They tell me, put in Mr. Fukuchi, that
. Japan, a record in colour . ring a puce dress,as she does in England or anywhere on the manager does not know what puce means, nor,probably, does the lady ; but he sees no reason why sheshould not wear puce if it pleases her. Accordinglypuce is worn, irrespective of scene harmony, and thelady is content. In Japan such an occurrence wouldbe out of the question; but our Western stage isalready such a jumble that any little eccentricity on thepart of the leading lady in favour of puce or anythingelse she fancies would be scarcely noticeable. They tell me, put in Mr. Fukuchi, that thereare dramatic authors in England who are not artists—that they do not all understand colour harmonies andline. Can this be true ? I had to tell him that suchmen were not uncommon with us. Fukuchi lookedserious, and was silent for a long while, meditatingas to how it would be possible for a dramatic authorto produce a play without a scientific knowledge ofart and drawing. I fail to understand this, he said 22 A BLOND DAY. Art and the Drama after some minutes thought; I cannot I have finished writing my play, and when I havetalked with the chief actor, I make my drawings must make the pictures, and I must give carefuldirections to the costumiers and the carpenters. Icannot understand how your dramatic author does the little man was genuinely perturbed. v/ i The pictorial side of a Japanese dramatists workinterested me keenly, and I begged Fukuchi to tell mehow he, as an author, prepared his drawings for thecostumier, stage-painter, and carpenter. Well, if youlike I will show you, he said ; I am now writing ahistorical play, the scenes of which will be like this,and to my great amazement Fukuchi at once beganto draw in a rapid masterly manner the scene of agentlemans house and garden. No detail, howevertrivial, was overlooked, and the infinite pains and carewith which he executed these delightful little drawingsboth astonished and charmed me
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