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Show BMPANESE ART, !! RUSSIAN WAR i i Colored Prints Here ; from Tckio. Curious English Translations Transla-tions of Text From Native Na-tive Vernacular. : i pse Oddities in the Wny of Color-jnj, Color-jnj, and Greater Oddities in TJso of Wordfl. If1 tur seeing the manner In which the llPiBjo-Japaneee Trar ,s Prosented pic-llAjjjij- to the people of Japan, ono can 'longer fwl surprise at the onthusl-vtiP onthusl-vtiP ft the little brown people It ftC windows of a Second South street IKtflshmcnt are filled with colored fofno imported from Tokio, which II-lbtrate II-lbtrate not only the Japanese artists KiMption of war, but the progress of jifAJiefC art The margins above- bc-1.1? bc-1.1? and on either side aro labeled with jipaaese characters. For the benefit English purchasers the publisher has tsdlr provided the English translate transla-te which is usually placed under tho est The quaint languago of the titles" It In many cases, more Interesting- than t! pictures. Taken together, they aro Irresistible The Japanese Fleet. Under a row of ships stretching away , th mathematical accuracy toward a prgeous sunrise, and a fleet of skliTs i litdlDg a troop of Jap soldlera on a ittgc "promontory," is the inscription: Japanese lleet drive away the enemy uJ the second army landed on Llao Tun?." In the sinking of tho Russian flag- ship the artist ha3 given full rein to lis Imagination. A Russian ofllcer :early as large as the ship Is lurching fsnvaTd with outstretched hands. An-tiber An-tiber is disappearing head foremost !ito an exploding shell. A third, with i igonlzed features, Is striving to keep J hi; head above water, and a small boat lii! pushing off with a satlsfled-looklng jj'trtw which pays no heed to the other ranlvors. The Inscription under this picture is "April 13, 1004. In the Ryojyun open-f!n; open-f!n; out Russia flagship of war being ,tTaked for a fleet Japan or slnked for pat under water enemy. Major General Gen-eral Lieutenant Makarofu died at once S,r.l Is true state had a few hurt Chief Klllru." Show Russian White Flag. P'J This explanation will be gratefully received by nil who have been In doubt fts to the real facts' In the case. The (rut picture shows a Russian in the jitickground raising a white flag. In the foreground a ferocious-looking Jap haa a Russian face downward on the j pound and is holding him by the collar etJ wrist. Other Japanese are be- , litorlng the resisting Russians with .ccBkets and plainly getting the best of i Rencounter. In this picture tho Jap-ustse Jap-ustse are fully as tall as their enemies. -The title 13 L "Russians are obliged to built the flag jef truce after severe battle." iln another picture the Japanese Hob-wn Hob-wn Is representee as going down with dismantled hulk, and we read: "The manner In which Commander Hlro3e who killed In second attempt to iMock Port Arthur, was very heroic." ' The bombardment , of Port Dalny, Rowing a burning house and sailors ,Kowh to pieces by bombs on the nain tet. Is entitled: i : 'The falling shots on the city of Dal-; Dal-; fly destroy It as fragments almost" The title, '"The sank of Varyag and 'Coreotz at the Port of Chemulpo," ex-r ex-r Tlan3 Itself Second Army of Occupation. 1 Again, we are shown an approaching railroad train and a body of gestlcula-tn? gestlcula-tn? Japs who have Just pulled down jlte Iron railroad bridge with a rope, tvith It is the explanation: JMay, 1604, Japan seconds army prestation pre-station Furlanton, China, an'd Is jy-mre to breaking the Iron bridge ;jtvtry place." J From an artistic standpoint the pic-:res pic-:res are striking, ua showing the development de-velopment of the Idea of perspective rtue changed taste in color. Per-. Per-. native and proportion are still faulty, !wSe8tlng the scenery of a stago rather j a nature, but they show a great Im-provement Im-provement over the non-peuspoctlvc of iT?, JaPaese aft. In coloring the Usta have thrown discretion to the :vnds. There Is no more of the dell- tinting and harmony of color char-itristlc char-itristlc of their painting, but a riot f hues that would drive the creator the colored newspaper supplement j suicide with envy. Nevertheless, the ! tWures are as true as most of the war , fhc.lUre9 Published during the Civil war In fact, strongly suggest the i African art of that period. |
