An Artist's Letters from Japan. John La Farge

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       John La Farge

      An Artist's Letters from Japan

      Published by Good Press, 2021

       [email protected]

      EAN 4057664592880

Table of Contents

       ILLUSTRATIONS

       FROM TOKIO TO NIKKO

       THE SHRINES OF IYÉYASŬ AND IYÉMITSŬ IN THE HOLY MOUNTAIN OF NIKKO

       IYÉMITSŬ

       TAO: THE WAY

       JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE

       BRIC-À-BRAC

       SKETCHING

       NIRVANA

       SKETCHING.—THE FLUTES OF IYÉYASŬ

       SKETCHING.—THE PAGODA IN RAIN.

       FROM NIKKO TO KAMAKURA

       NIKKO TO YOKOHAMA

       YOKOHAMA—KAMAKURA

       KIOTO

       A JAPANESE DAY.—FROM KIOTO TO GIFU

       FROM KAMBARA TO MIYANOSHITA—A LETTER FROM A KAGO

       POSTSCRIPT

       APPENDIX

       LETTER OF IYÉYASŬ

ILLUSTRATIONS

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The Great Statue of Buddha at Kamakura.	Frontispiece.
The Kuruma	5
Castle, and Moat with Lotus	9
At the Well	11
Ancient	15
Nō Dancer with Mask, representing the Saké Imp	19
Modern	23
The Lake in Uyèno Park	28
A Torii	32
Our Runner	36
In the Great Avenue of Cryptomeria	39
Nikko-san	43
The Waterfall in our Garden	47
Portrait-statue of Iyéyasŭ in ceremonial Dress	53
Avenue to Temple of Iyéyasŭ	55
Sketch of Statue of Iyéyasŭ Tokugawa	57
Stable of Sacred Horses	61
Sacred Font	65
Young Priest	68
Details of Bases of Cloister Walls, Inner Court	71
Detail of Cloister Walls, Inner Court	75
Lintel, Bracket Capital	77
Inside the "Cat Gate"—Gate to the Tomb	79