Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-08-07
THE JAPANESE FACE.
Prominent Moa OF Japan Who
Rose mblo Americans.
photographs of Noted State and Army
Leaders That Might Pass for Those
OF Disting uished Men Of tho
United States.

ne typical lice Oh INC JdpuuSSc ioSo
has become familiar in this country
within a year through the pictures
printed in the papers. At first it may
have made rather an unfavorable i'm
preston upon the physiognomists and
observers in general, but as people
have become better acquainted with it
through the study of its peculiarities it
must have grown in favor. 1t differs
from the face of other Asiatic races; 1t
is obviously distinct from the Chinese,
the Tartar, the Ilindoo, the Malay and
the Persian face. 1t bears q nearer re-
semblancc to the Corean face than to
any other in Asia. But in facial out
lines, as in mental characteristics, the
Japanese are more like the European
races than are any other Asiatic people.
Prof. Griiiis, of Toxic, says that there
are two marked varieties OF feature in
Japan which are strikingly portrayed
in their own pictures. These are the
broad, Fat face of the lowest class and
the oval face, with full nose, OF the
higher. Prof. Griiiis has been further
led to believe that the japanese, whose
origin has been lost in antiquity, are
mixture Of two separate races, the one
of which had extended southwark from
Siberia, hairy and broad featured,
while the other, which approached
from the southwest, had the Hindu
stani physiognomy and smooth skin.
To this day the natives of the chief
island, Nippon, regard those OF the
lesser island. Ycso, who are called
Amos, as of inferior quality. The face
here spoken Of as typical OF the natives
of Japan is that of the well-born Nip
ponese, people who probably owe
their origin TO a cross between the
primitive Amos and the later corners
from India.
The face of the milkado, as printed
from Toxic portraits of him, says the
New York Sun, is one which, apart
from it's complexion, resembles that OF
many Americans who may be seen in
the streets of New York any day. At
first glance it seems to have a rather
sullen expression, but when closely
studied it gives an idea of intellectual
ity, thoughtfulness, steadfastness, eau
tiousncss, energy and observation-disclosures.
1t is eminently indicative of the mans
long and successful reign. All the fea-
lures of it are we'll formed, and the
bearing of the head is in accord with
his traits, as known to the world. Any
physiognomist, after thoroughly ex-
aiming the emperor's face and head,
would very surely pronounce q most
favorable judgment upon them. The
face of his wife, the empress, is oval,
full of intelligence, kindly, and might
be taken for that of a fine-looking
American or European woman, in SC
far as form and expression are con.
cerned, yet not, perhaps, as regards
complexion, though it is truth that
many Japanese women of rank, who
rarely go out of the house, are fair com
plexioned.
The premier, Prince Ito, the great
diplomatist, would pass here for Col
orado senator or a North Dakota specu
lator in town lots. Gen. Yamagata
looks not unlike the late Robert Louis
Stevenson, novelist. Marshal Oyama
bears some resemblance to Grover
Cleveland. Viscount Mutse would be
fine looking for white man. Vice AID
miral Ito's double may be seen upor
every block on Broadway any fine
afternoon. DR.. Depew, the BowerJ
peach" would smile if he saw one O
the Japanese portraits in the Suns col
lection of them, and Thomas c. Plat
would smile if he saw another. TIL,
faces of a group of young Japs in {
photograph belonging to the Sun lool
like those Of any group of young
Americans at Yale, or Harvard, o.
Princeton.
The typical Japanese face, as drawn
and colored by native artists, bear
less of resemblance to the American
or European face than when it il
photographed, for the methods O
Japanese art are peculiar. The rea
style and spirit of the face are bes
brought out by the camera. 1t is
face that must be studied very closel,
and very long and very often by any
one who would get a proper compre
hension of it, or who would seek t,
gain an insight into japanese characte
by means of it, or who would attemp
to interpret the history of Japan by tn,
distinctive physlognomy of its peculia
people.
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