The Empire of the East a Simple Account of Japan As It Was is And Will Be
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They are of various kinds. Sometimes there is a mark signifying the reign or part of the reign of an emperor, or the name of a place at which the article was made, or, more frequently still, the name of the particular potter whose handicraft it was. Sometimes Chinese dates are found impressed on the article without any regard to chronological correctness. Indeed, Chinese dates are to be found on Japanese porcelain indicating a period long anterior to that in which the manufacture of porcelain w...as known in Japan. These spurious dates have proved pit- falls for collectors. The mark is sometimes impressed with a seal or painted ; occasionally it is merely scratched. The investigation of these marks is a recondite study assuredly full of interest, but, as I have said, prolific in pitfalls for the unwary or the too-credulous. CHAPTER XII JAPANESE ART (continued} SCULPTURE METAL WORK PAINTING T) ROB ABLY of all the Japanese arts there is none JL more interesting or instructive than that of sculpture in wood and ivory.
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