The sun., 1891-09-06
yorES fnom JiPtM
Life In and Wear SNkosaua BooSs ana
Act IN I've MlAAAn,. Er,nlrc.

The;sGe Item. of int ,rrst n every number
OF the JrpnHSss tt,lI"'t'. prpi.~lei in loSo~
hama. aul some ara ~ b. iodl.d in COPS that
has recently {, M to THE sGN o ii''c.
ON the front pa..e til r. Is IN advertisement
In which Hung nx, wgo,s probably a china.
MAJ. announ 'es to l 9xJaarna thit no has luss
established himself rs u portra p.in' sr, md
keeps a large stock Of c strs " ,oSest prices"
The Yotnhamr AMI kohs Ascot ti"n ef
Guides z YES notice thai It's member. he'ougto
the kaiyusha amt ure al ne service f 10 irt -.
There ara maav.sts.mssS aiv.rtse.; e. ruaa
from Yokohama TO CIins-e .lnl thee pnris. ....
In a f.e a Amer Sky houses, constructed
OF plnnks AMI bamboo " u ata y roofs, wore
burned and became sesth.nc macs"
When Count Itngaki arrived n SainIo he had
a atrumphsi reception, and hity mea in Artnof
welcome MIN by shouting jiTu Eansat!"
The Jill Shlnpo gives tho age OF he seven- -
teen mem be-s of the Japarese priyy Council
Two OF thsm are nearly 10 years olL four OF
them are over go and the Others are about 50.
THe Home Mpnfster, Shtpasawa- publishes
tho census Of tho sities aRd towns o. the jap
aness empre. The LARGEST city In Japan is
Tokyo, which has a population o. l.l4l99l.
ard the next largest Is Osaka. the population
OF which 's 410&j09
Dur n the month ot June there were 5,57S
persons who took books from the Tokyo Free
Il Y
and Chinese languages. Among the 36.6s1
volumes drawn. 74ss' were books OF " history.
| biostaphy. and geography" 6753 OF law
and politics" 5000 OF literature and Ian.
guase." j.sT7 Of natural philosophy. msdf.
cine. and thematcs." AHA OF engineering.
the arts, and industries" 2ts7 OF philosophy
and educatton.' and the rest were Of . miscsls
lance kind.
The ateiers OF the Japanese wood-carvin9
artists are to be found Ia all the cities OF Japan.
and abound in Kyoto. Yokohama, Tokyo
Nikko. and Nagasaki. These artists are 49,
sisted BY their wives. children. and pupils.
Nearly all OF them work with both hands. aud
many are am biiextrons. A wood carver viii
crouch upon the door. hold the piece OF wood
with his feet as with vtse. and cut indsnt.
bore. and finish 1t with either hand. He trusts
in his artistic sense rather than In o ans or
drawings even in complicated designs. and
transfers directly from his imagination to the
wood, seldom retouehing what be has passed.
His work tools, which are few and simple. are
OF that marvellous steel whIch Is found
only in Japan. Even the cheaper works Of art
are ingenious. Here are screens whose panels
serve rs fields on which are magnificent land
scapes, battles Of ancient races wonderful
waterscapes illustrated myths and fables, or
| the figures Of dem.goda and heroes. Hero are
other screens In which wicker work, twisted
ropes. chain cables. braided ribbons. scaly sur
| fidelity to fact Idols and d minutive pag odass
dragons ant groups OF tortoises. monkeys.
cranes. lis hes. weapons. and articles OF furnt-
ture and decorat on afford unlimited onportu-
mites to study the versatility aud imaginative
power OF the Japanese mind.
! Hai Q again l. q secretary or ebO1ized wood.
g, feet deep. 5is feet wida, and "a high. In the
highelt development OF japanese wood carv.
/ ing. 1t has taken artist 5000 days to make
Il and put it together. Ten years out Of ths bess
/ part OF hiS lie. and represents his creative
/ fancy IN u score OF moois. On this sec -starY
over 400 difersnt ideas are evolve |. all per-
! tectly carried out auu all harmon. ling Among
| themselves.
In Japan the artists are moro numerous
than the artisans. ami receive less paw. Tho
great wood carv-rs earn 81 IL day. bur canabi0
carverS Of less brill anry are satisfied with 25
or 30 cents. unor which they can lie altisfac-
| tory. The entire japanese race is OF ar.istio
taste. and wood cnrverJ have in r.ceat tnl3S
| enters! upoa q new era OF prosperity.