Show art of japan A certain fastidiousness a certain love of scrupulous tind md cleanly order fordori belongs to the Japa niso character we wa find it in their manners mani iera their habits melr furniture in all their workman ship tho the word exquisite so BO often vaguely misapplied la is an epithet truly applicable to tho the art of japan the faults of this character are a tendency to tho the smallness which often goes with neatness neat nesB the japanese do not wok well under the pressure of abundant ideas ideja and torrential emotions emo tlona they do not fall into the excessive extravagance which sometimes bohets besots the chinese dut but their unfailing benso of at stylo style compensates pen pon sates in fit groat great measure for theli lack of moro more genial exuberance taste with them as with artists like velasquez and whistler becomes nc n mere nega negative tivo avoidance ono might well compare the japanese genius to lo some aspects with the latin genius as it Is shown in much of the poetry ot of the romans romano and of the frenchi french where a telling economy of at words worda and fineness of 0 handling are made arnado to compensate tor for a Blight noss or oven corn com absence of matter laurenc binyon la in the atlantic |