The Kodak Salesman . at onetime. They couldnt explain it. butthey had it, some of them, and someof us have felt their supercilioussmile as we passed by, Kodak inhand. The professional photographersin Japan plied their art, had formany years, and Mr. Eastman onhis visit met a gentleman in Tokio, Mr. Asanuma by name, who hadbeen five years longer in the photo-graphic business than Mr. Eastmanhimself. But the amateur simply did notexist. The Japanese being a highlyartistic race—much more than weare—more sensitive, that is to artimpressions and art forms, lookedon this simple mechanical methodof p
The Kodak Salesman . at onetime. They couldnt explain it. butthey had it, some of them, and someof us have felt their supercilioussmile as we passed by, Kodak inhand. The professional photographersin Japan plied their art, had formany years, and Mr. Eastman onhis visit met a gentleman in Tokio, Mr. Asanuma by name, who hadbeen five years longer in the photo-graphic business than Mr. Eastmanhimself. But the amateur simply did notexist. The Japanese being a highlyartistic race—much more than weare—more sensitive, that is to artimpressions and art forms, lookedon this simple mechanical methodof picture taking by unskilled anduntrained hands as an invasion ofthe exclusive domain of art. Andbeing thoroughly conservative intaste, they would have none of fact, a clothing salesman in theGarden of Eden would have hadabout as much chance as a KodakSalesman in Tokio only a few shortyears ago. As though the useful lit-tle, joy-giving, story-telling Kodakever presumed to rival the arts! 4 .5^^ KODAK SALESMAN. At the banquet given lo Mr. Eastman by Messrs. Asanuma, Tokio,and Messrs. Kuwada, Osaka. On Mr. Eastmans ri^ht is , the oldest dealer in Japan. In front of Mr. Asan-uma, stands Mr. S. Kuwada, one of the largest dealers there. But whats the use? The Japanese,being practical as well as artistic,did awake and with characteristicenergy made up in their wakinghours for the time they had lost insleep. Now. as Air. Eastman observes,you will find a Kodak wherever yougo in Japan, and the Japanese asaddicted to the Kodak habit as weare. The Jap has found the Kodaka good thing—good in travel—theyare great travelers, the Japanese-—good in recording the home life towhich they are devoted to the pointof ancestor worshij)—and good forrecording the beauty spots in whichtheir own land abounds. The workof these Japanese amateurs has anartistic quality, too, that will com-pare with the very best of our ownamateurs. The dealer shops which Mr. Kast- man had time to v
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