Excerpt from Selected Relics of Japanese Art, Vol. 1 T has not been generally recognized in the West that the famous Buddhist temples of the central provinces of Japan, especially of Kyoto, have been for centuries, and still are the custodians of ancient masterpieces of Oriental art, as important for their respective histories of culture as are the better known aesthetic treasures of European, and especially of Italian cathedrals. Since I first began to listen to these unique voices of the past, it is now fully twenty years; and again and again have I returned to the classic and pine-shaded shrines of Miyako with the same reverence and soul-hunger which Santa Croce, the Frari, and San Francesco of Assisi ever inspire. It is not in the favourite curio-shops of the ports, nor even in the private collections of the nobles, that the full depth of Chinese and Japanese art can be sounded. As in Europe, the devotion that could -rise to supreme beauty was lavished upon holy altar-pieces, the tombs of the saints, and sacred memorial offerings. Here lie embalmed forever the spirits not only of generations of artists, but of extinct schools, and of millenia of national epochs. The world is now to be con gratulated that at last, with the illustrations of the present work, it will possess the materials for this fascinating study that have heretofore been monopolized by a few favoured travellers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Selected Relics of Japanese Art, Vol. 10 Panoramic 'pictures' of Niraya - two plates (collotype) Vanavasis an Arhat (collotype) Wooden Images of Génbo and jplo-j - twp plates (conga/m) Panoramic History ol'the-iheiji'lperiod - two plates (collotype) Bodhi-dharm'a in a.re'd Robe; (wood-cut) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Selected Relics of Japanese Art, Vol. 19 XXVIII. Cock and Hen - two plates XXIX. The Loss of Meng Chié's' XXX. Flowers and Birds (wood - gut). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Selected Relics of Japanese Art, Vol. 13 XXIV. Landscape: Wild Geese - two plates (collotype) XXV. Waterfall (collotype) XXVI. A Hundred Demons Wandering About at Night - _two plaiesofigtxpes) XXVII. Origin of Kitano Shrine -c r.. E a va., XXVIII, Bamboos and a C'r'ane (collotype) XXIX, Pine Woods - two plates (collotypes) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Selected Relics of Japanese Art, Vol. 6 In the Kondo of Horiuii, which was cast in 607 and those of S'akyamuni and his two attendants made by Tori in 623 (see vol. Sixty years of difi'erence in the date of origin is next to nothing in the case of a work of art more than a thousand years old and it is almost impossible, even for an able expert, to discern the priority of the two simply from the style and skill in casting. The thin body and the face, and the strange form of the sleaves are somewhat in the style of Tori, and so we must not be too rash in assigning it to a later date than Tori himself, for we can never know whether these peculiarities are of Korean art or due to Indian influence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Selected Relics of Japanese Art, Vol. 17 In our further research, we came across an account by Prince Sanetaka Sam-6 (died 1537) from his diary, under date of l6th day, 3rd month. 8th year of Taiyei (1528) Looked over the Sutra of Causal Events (illustrated) and written by the Imperial hand of Emperor Shému: a very rare and valuable one, I thought it. The fasciculus in the Fine Art School retains the print ofa seal, which is still legible, thus: Treasure handed down in Kofukuji. Thinking from these facts that this manuscript was once possessed by the temple, K6fuku11, Nara, and in the periods Taiyei and Kyérokn (l52l - l53l) it was so much esteemed among the nobility that it was secured by the Nakayama family, we suspected that the fourth section, perhaps, would have been deposited about that time. The former half ofthe fourth section must have been lost after it was withdrawn from Nan-in, and before the latter half was recovered and came into the possession of the Art School. Some careful research may, perhaps, cause this to appear again to us. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Selected Relics of Japanese Art, Vol. 9 XV. Landscapes - two plates (collotype) Said [0 be by Ma Kuez' XVI. Han-shan and Shih-te Said 10 be by I'm Hui XVII. Monkeys - two plates (collotype) Sat'd lo be by Mokuan. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.