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Excerpt from Studies in the Decorative Art of Japan I have not attempted in these pages anything approaching an exhaustive examination of the decorative art of Japan. The area it covers is so extensive thati doubt if it is possible to do more than touch lightly upon its manifold phases; for even the most diligent student there always come surprises, and the end of his labours ever recedes into the distance. The art knows no limitations, and a hundred books would not be sufficient to set it forth in all its infinite Variety. Studies, somewhat intermittent I fear, seem to me to be all that is possible. The decoration of the temples has been treated as a distinct subject for although it touches the art of the people at many points, and on one side of it reveals the historic influence of the Buddhist religion as it came to Japan through China from India, yet stands apart as an art specially Japanese, inspired by the national purposes to which it was put. I am conscious that the method I have adopted for reproducing the designs is Open to much criticism, for it is limited only to their general effect - very imperfect sketches of light and shade, leaving the student or the architect to work out the ground-plan, or scheme of construction, for himself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.