hrough that
lovely flower-land of the Far East, which my father has here so
charmingly memorialised in colour.

DOROTHY MENPES

_November 1901._

Contents

CHAPTER I PAGE
ART AND THE DRAMA 1

CHAPTER II
THE LIVING ART 29

CHAPTER III
PAINTERS AND THEIR METHODS 49

CHAPTER IV
PLACING 75

CHAPTER V
ART IN PRACTICAL LIFE 91

CHAPTER VI
THE GARDENS 105

CHAPTER VII
FLOWER ARRANGEMENT 113

CHAPTER VIII
THE GEISHA 123

CHAPTER IX
CHILDREN 135

CHAPTER X
WORKERS 151

CHAPTER XI
CHARACTERISTICS 199

List of Illustrations

1. Miss Pomegranate _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE
2. An Actor 2
3. Watching the Play 4
4. The Bill of the Play 6
5. A Garden 8
6. The Road to the Temple 10
7. The Street with the Gallery 12
8. Sun and Lanterns 14
9. Summer Afternoon 16
10. Apricot-Blossom Street 18
11. Outside Kioto 20
12. A Blond Day 22
13. A Blind Beggar 24
14. The Giant Lantern 26
15. Sun and Lanterns 32
16. The Scarlet Umbrella 36
17. Leading to the Temple 38
18. By the Light of the Lanterns 40
19. "News" 42
20. A Sunny Temple 44
21. On the Great Canal, Osaka 46
22. After the Festival 52
23. The Lemon Bridge 54
24. Bearing a Burden 58
25. The End of the Day and the End of the Festival 60
26. In Front of the Stall