New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-17

patterns filled in with bright oolored yitrhaoe ma'er
like cloisOnn6 enamel - ..,
SudO copper and lead the sentOku do copper iea an
speer said have been accidentally produced IN niS
and tin; purple alloy copper ana lead the Gln-shnu
ichi six parts copper and four silver and the saKudo
copper with from two to five per cent gold winch shoS
rich purple color that has been initiated - 81,
These alloys arc seen here in many specimens W
rspOussf metallic ornaments for swords tobacco poches
and pipes And still more remarkable example on
metal work Il found in the Moltme -" veins ID tle
wood work showing homogeneous union OF dherent
cOOrcd metals, silver copper and blue aloy pIOhuccu
by OVERLAPPING and hammering plates OF tho various
metals together until after an long and complicated
process thin sheet IL produced showing veins OF me
metals employed This process has been Initiated by
In the centre Of The porcelain gallery "a huge incense
burner over eight feet high with IT'S stand when Wai
dedicated in 1870 IN = temple at Toxic where u remained
until the overthrow OF the TOkugtna Shotgun he genera
who the first subject Of the Mikado IN l5O5i lhe
figure orownng this splendid bronze is. | believe OF
modern make. n Is needless 10 say 10 those Nc'eu III
japanese bronze that the works OF Gorosa whose ae
sccudauts in the ninth generation are sun u'l"
workers. are represented here. There are pIohI''
,yrouglt by sovmu who founded school early Ia the
eighteenth century and whose designs and castings are
gf ,ys,Is "i nj. school MANY Of these were cast 80
perfectly to require no finishing with chlse "hle
in other cases the cSel has produced al the ~,
this done. and how the vase escaped inellIus III %
cNdeHy ticat neat remain, u ii9 SLY 81 r,stiuS
chsolng inlaying and combining metals thal c,lIl"l'
cglirsficl.s and bot,chold articles Much than
this is the keen sense oi the beauty flowing lines, INC
subtle expressions OF action and character IN hSut7,
whether human or animal, and the evident inIts, on
rare artistic intelligence one reason Tor TINS j. lolh'"
out by Gri, The dccacy Of touch. freedom OF move
mcut and perfection Of finish visible on japanese WORK
are the result of long hereditary Application ana con
ccutratc skill Hidden away m seque-teret Nla-S Vi
Occupyiug the workshop in cites TOT cen NltN,
generations Of craftsmen wrought upon one clae' Oh
objects. until from the WOrkman's hand i Dnih ,Ho
oil ,puug OF long pedigree OF thought ana deNtelilJ'
FEATURES OF THE COLLECTION.
There japanese porcelans and pottere OF Whch
group -atsma poercS described in my la7t letter
is most important The examples OF cioisonne enamel
OF painting upon silk shown in the kakemonos, ana OF
silk embroidery and patterns together with the
great number Of pines and pipe cases bearing exquisite
ornaments Of metal work, cover thoroughly ana Judl
rio~y the broad range of japanese art Ilmpld WOck
crystal balls. six inches in diameter Chlhese
carvings in transparent grecnish jade the hardest ana
heaviest OF all the stones OF when MI iitDef IL
Bishop OF New York possesses nc COLLECTION these are
among the varieties assembled in these galleries. nave
aimed only indicate the chic features OF Mr. walters
Oriental departments but it is well 10 bear two Iaci III
mnd-flS that the Oriental art of to-day ha, sunk into
dccIdcucc and China and Japan now yield lew examples
OF their best periods Ana, secondly, 1t Is worth
remembering that such illustrations nj TIE Ds pro-
ductiou~ OF Oriental art are contained IN MI NatesS
galleries been brought together else @herc III lls
hemisphere amt only few private collections III Europe
can bear comparison with his
Nj. Walters has placed within the reach or American
artists and artistic hgudcmftsmen educational lnlL-
cuccs and stimulating -estiOns which have ALREADY
IrOtCl Of direct value. Fol with wise discrimination his
constant effort has been more IN the direction oi stcu
in chHrtct oristc examples % the bcautfu, either ID
foIlu color material, than Of the mercy curious