The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17
japan Fast y,
Turning to-
Ways Of est
Influence Being Felt Not
Only in Dress but If
Many Other Lines. .a

limitations of the West have not
been more successful than West
ern limitations OF things IaVa-
nese. says s. Takagi in the Jdidn
Mdydsine for October. The kimohos
sometimes worn by Western ladies A.
illustrations Of Japanese womeirS
Dress are usually nothing more than
undergarments, and produce on tn.
Japanese mind much the same effect
as IL japanese ladies appeared among
the Western public with their corsets
or petticOats on the outside. Others
again appear in japanese womcn's un-
dress attire. or even In dressing gowns
OF Japanese ladies, believing that thu
are in the garb OF a we'll dressed lady
Of fashion.
Those a and gaudy garments
with embroidered flowers or scenery
are never worn by japanese women
as outer dress. II worn at all they
are ENTERTAINMENTS and when their
edges show beneath a skirt or through
a sleeve 1t is thought a bit taking
by the fashionable. Such gay colors
are confined in any case to girls be-
low 10 years Of age. In fact tho
general color and design Of Japanese
zoe VI W "CStVih oiuc w
quite out Of taste with Japan.
The Japanese lady as a rule has
unerring taste as TO dress: she has no
fancy for such primary colors a. ed.
blue or yellow. II worn at all they
must be compounded. She prefers
austere shades and then we'll mixed,
as tea color, indigo or gray. But
when Western women come to Japan
and order Japanese kimonos they In
variahly prefer colors which no Japa-
nese lady would tolerate. chiefly IN
large and fiaring designs and, gay
colors.
The remarkable thing is thas somo
japanese women are beginning to DO
Influenced by this foreign taste In
dress. Evil communications corrupt
good In recent years. there
fore. We have been forced to witness
In japan an increasing preference 6or
louder tones in dress: so that 1t 10 now
no infreQuent sight to notice ladies
Of 80 arrayed in SNOWY designs, es.
pecialiy about the neck and breast,
IN skirt borders. which can only, b
regarded as due to Western infue4ce.
Again II IL noticeable that Western
women. when they want a Japanese
parasol always select those with sH6wy
designs. butterflies or cherry blossoms
It may be. things which in Japan are
used only by children. No Japanese
woman would dare appear with suth q
highly decorated parasol: but never-
theless the Japanese woman Is now
using the foreign parasol with gay
emhro!deries thereon. which shows the
IN At.pna ~ tho fpyairn Woman mn
Japan. Also the foreign custom of
using printed calico and chintz is COM
ing into vogue among Japanese ladies'.
In table ware too there is observable
a certain degree of foreign influence.
There is "A kind of ware known rs
Yokohama goods, with a vine design
in gold and red. which was specially
manufactured for foreign export, n
this * now beginning to he used by
some japanese. 1t is sometimes called
the n!shikide, or broCade finish, and Is
now being used among the Japanese,
especially for plates.
The native Japanese plate is of
small diameter, not more than four
inches. u owing TO Western influence
plates Of eight or nine inches are now
being used. Thus the export goods
are coming to lie taken locally. In the
same way foreign influence is seen in
the increasing use of glassware among
tho japanese, porcelain having been
used hitherto.
an. c,uno, On into , .Jan,ncse shon
nowadays without seeing some evil
dcncc of Western influence. In the old
shors business was carried on accord
,ur tn a credit system and all attempts
at flsrinC advertisements were re-
gar,lcd ns IA sign of humhuE. while the
shops We're hung At IN" entrance with
gloomy curtains, no attempt being
made at attracting customers. The
merchant Was content To sell II people
wanted to buy II ne depended on
those WIFI" had confidence III NM TINS
was no doubt du" I" IN" eNlls OF the
T"kusawa days "Aeh II d n~neIchAhts
shop looked too prosperous ne WIS APT
10 he imposed on ny rcpu'S''lohs OF
accommodations III money ~ "sS'st us
fcudal i"rd' Al any r''e al 'he "rst
class establishments oi o'n Japan
aimed at quletn'Ss ana uh"S'eiita'.oh
in business something IKE ccr'''" o'S
British hfh's'
Any n iami'iar Win TOXIC OF
twcnty years ag" W"i remember "naI
low. gloomy nu!'dihES hs "rn'S' sucn
as the Mitsul OF IN" Sn'rnklEa' had
then. There was no such thing as a