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    A Grammar of Japanese Ornament and Design
    A Grammar of Japanese Ornament and Design
    A Grammar of Japanese Ornament and Design
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    A Grammar of Japanese Ornament and Design

    By Thomas W. Cutler

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    The lovely images in this rare collection comprise one of the most comprehensive surveys of mid-19th-century Japanese art and ornamentation. Included are graceful details from landscapes, floral motifs, abstracts, illustratons of sea life, and other subjects-ideal for use in a host of art and craft projects. Over 300 figures on 65 plates.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDover Publications
    Release dateDec 3, 2012
    ISBN9780486155869
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      A Grammar of Japanese Ornament and Design - Thomas W. Cutler

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      Paperbound unless otherwise indicated. Available at your book dealer, online at www.doverpublications.com, or by writing to Dept. 23, Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, NY 11501. For current price information or for free catalogs (please indicate field of interest), write to Dover Publications or log on to www.doverpublications.com and see every Dover book in print. Each year Dover publishes over 500 books on fine art, music, crafts and needlework, antiques, languages, literature, children’s books, chess, cookery, nature, anthropology, science, mathematics, and other areas.

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      Title page from original edition

      Bibliographical Note

      This Dover edition, first published in 2003, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published in 1880 by B. T. Batsford, London. Color plates have been reproduced in black and white in this edition, and the Analysis plates have been moved to the beginning of the Analysis section.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Cutler, T.W

      A grammar of Japanese ornament and design / Thomas W. Cutler.

      p. cm.

      A republication of the work originally published in 1889 by B. T. Batsford, London.

      9780486155869

      1. Decoration and ornament—Japan. 2. Decorative arts—Japan. I. Title.

      NK1484.A1C87 2003

      745.4’.0952—dc22

      2003055668

      Manufactured in the United States of America

      Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, N.Y. 11501

      THIS WORK

      IS

      (BY SPECIAL PERMISSION)

      MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED

      TO

      HER ROYAL HIGHNESS

      THE PRINCESS LOUISE, MARCHIONESS OF LORNE,

      BY

      HER ROYAL HIGHNESS’S

      OBEDIENT SERVANT,

      THE AUTHOR.

      PREFACE.

      IN this work, which I have ventured to call ‘A Grammar of Japanese Ornament and Design,’ my aim has been to present a carefully selected series of characteristic examples of the natural and conventional ornament of the Japanese which shall furnish a general and comprehensive view of the leading features of their Decorative work.

      The absence of any such work, and my own ardent admiration for the Decorative Arts of Japan, resulting from eighteen years’ pleasant study, led me to undertake this, which I hope will be of value to the Decorative Artist in whatever field he may be working, and of some interest to the Art-loving public. The subjects are all faithfully copied from the originals, and produced by the process most calculated to retain their spirit, all reductions having been made by photography.

      In the introductory pages I have given a brief sketch of the History of the Japanese people, and of their industrial Arts, some knowledge of which is necessary to the proper appreciation and understanding of their Decorative work, which is strictly national in character. This is followed by a short examination of the chief elements and characteristics of their ornament, which, although conscious of its imperfections, I trust may be of some service in the effort to discover the spirit in which their work is conceived, and the method of its execution; a subject of much interest to all lovers of their productions, and one which is yet far from being well understood.

      I am indebted for much valuable information to various published works, notably M. Bousquet’s ‘Le Japon de nos jours,’ Mr. F. O. Adams’s ‘History of Japan,’ a paper on ‘Pictorial Art in Japan,’ read before the Asiatic Society of Japan by Mr. W. Anderson, various articles in the ‘Japan Mail,’ and Mr. A. W. Franks’s ‘Oriental Porcelain and Pottery’; I would also acknowledge my indebtedness to numerous friends, particularly Messrs. G. C. Pearson, W. Anderson, F. V. Dickins, and E. Dillon, who, from their long residence in the country, and intimate knowledge of the language, have been able to furnish me with reliable information upon many subjects.

      I must record my special thanks to Mr. Bradley Batsford, not only for the care and anxiety he has shown to render the work in all its branches as satisfactory as possible, but also for the great assistance he has rendered to me.

      For the shortcomings and imperfections in the text I have to crave indulgence, making no claim to literary ability, and the book having been compiled in the spare hours taken from professional work.

      THOMAS W. CUTLER.

      5 QUEEN SQUARE, W.C.,

      August 1880.

      Table of Contents

      DOVER BOOKS ON FINE ART

      Title Page

      Copyright Page

      PREFACE.

      LIST AND DESCRIPTION OF PLATES.

      INTRODUCTION.

      ARCHITECTURE.

      SCULPTURE.

      PAINTING.

      LACQUER.

      CERAMICS.

      TEXTILE FABRICS.

      METAL WORK.

      ENAMEL.

      DECORATIVE ART.

      ANALYSIS.

      PLATES

      LIST AND DESCRIPTION OF PLATES.

      ANALYSIS.

      BIRDS.

      PLATE

      I.—CRANES. Fig. 1 from

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