People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1893 — JAPAN’S FINE ART. [ARTICLE]

JAPAN’S FINE ART.

Oriental Paintings That Were Becentlp Opened to the Public. The opening of the Japanese exhibit in the Palace of Fine Arts a few days ago .drew a great many people, wh» wenitxway delighted as wall as aston-ished-at what they saw. The .entrance to rthe exhibitis guarded on one side by a great bronze eagle, on the other by a broaze cast of a, protecting deity. A bas-snelief of dragons in clouds, done in bronze, stands just beyond, and near by is a representation of the Kasaka pagoda, an exquisite piece of carving. At the entrance hangs magnificent tapestry of silken chrysanthemums, and a painting of carps by 'Tukok, greatest of Japanese artists. Just beyond the silken hangings of the entrance is a huge gorilla carved in cherry wood. Cases Jontaining carvings in ivory and wood of favorite deities and heroes occupy the center of the room, while the walls are hung with tapestry and paintings on silk or paper. The most noticeable pictures ane those of the sacred mountain Fuji-san, one being of the top veiled in mist, and the other in cloisonne work of the mist Blearing away. A magnificent bronze is that of a stump with a rooster perched upon it, while on the ground beside it is the old hen with her brood. The long tail feathers in bronze are supple enough to have been transferred from the living to the bronze fowl. The entire exhibition is a revelation in Japanese art Money talks. Yes, but never gives itself avvajr. -U erid’s Fair Puck.