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                  [Fujiyama, by Murata Tanryu. Plate I.]

                   Fujiyama, by Murata Tanryu. Plate I.


                    On the Laws of Japanese Painting

            An Introduction to the study of the Art of Japan


                             Henry P. Bowie



      [Title-page design: Butterflies and Birds, known as Cho Tori]
Paul Elder and Company Publishers
1911





CONTENTS


Introduction by Iwaya Sazanami
Introduction by Hirai Kinza
Preface
CHAPTER ONE.  PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
CHAPTER TWO. ART IN JAPAN
CHAPTER THREE. LAWS FOR THE USE OF BRUSH AND MATERIALS
CHAPTER FOUR.  LAWS GOVERNING THE CONCEPTION AND EXECUTION OF A PAINTING
CHAPTER FIVE. CANONS OF THE AESTHETICS OF JAPANESE PAINTING
CHAPTER SIX. SUBJECTS FOR JAPANESE PAINTING
CHAPTER SEVEN. SIGNATURES AND SEALS
EXPLANATION OF HEAD-BANDS
PLATES EXPLANATORY OF THE FOREGOING TEXT ON THE LAWS OF JAPANESE PAINTING
Footnotes





ILLUSTRATIONS


Fujiyama, by Murata Tanryu. Plate I.
The Tea Ceremony, by Miss Uyemura Shoen. Plate II.
Chickens in Spring, by Mori Tessan. Plate III.
Snow Scene in Kaga, by Kubota Beisen.  Plate IV.
Tree Squirrel, by Mochizuki Kimpo.  Plate V.
Tiger, by Kishi Chikudo.  Plate VI.
Bamboo, Sparrow and Rain.  Plate VII.
Fujiyama from Tago no Ura, by Yamamoto Baietsu.  Plate VIII.
Most Careful Method of Laying on Color.  Plate VIIII.
The