Bridge at Kanuyabashi, near Kyoto, Japan
Collection: Asia
Title
Bridge at Kanuyabashi, near Kyoto, Japan
Subject
Architecture, Japanese
Japan
Description
On verso:
No. 229. BRIDGE AT KANUYABASHI, NEAR KOYTO, JAPAN.
A Japanese landscape differs from every other in the world. On account of the peculiar growth of trees it is as quaint as the people and their dwellings. The Japanese genius touches perfection in small things. No other race ever understood half as well to make a cup, a tray, even a kettle a thing of beauty, or how to transform a little knob of ivory into a small world of droll humor, or how to express a fleeting thought in half a dozen dashes of the pencil. The grand and massive is not congenial to the Japanese mental attitude. Hence they have achieved less success in architecture than in other arts. The prospect of a Japanese town from a height is monotonous. Neither tower nor dome aspires heavenward, nothing but long, low lines of thatch and tiles. Japanese architecture finds its expression in the small bits of ornamentation that meet the eye everywhere, in the elaborate metal fastenings, in the carved friezes, the curiously decorated tiles, the dainty gardens with their dwarfed trees.
A8523
Creator
[Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)]
Source
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Publisher
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Date
ca. 1900
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Stereographs
Identifier
229
Citation
[Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)], “Bridge at Kanuyabashi, near Kyoto, Japan,” Digital Canton, accessed December 26, 2024, https://canton.digitalsckls.info/item/540.
Original Format
Stereograph
Physical Dimensions
7 x 3.5 inches
Title
Bridge at Kanuyabashi, near Kyoto, Japan
Subject
Architecture, Japanese
Japan
Description
On verso:
No. 229. BRIDGE AT KANUYABASHI, NEAR KOYTO, JAPAN.
A Japanese landscape differs from every other in the world. On account of the peculiar growth of trees it is as quaint as the people and their dwellings. The Japanese genius touches perfection in small things. No other race ever understood half as well to make a cup, a tray, even a kettle a thing of beauty, or how to transform a little knob of ivory into a small world of droll humor, or how to express a fleeting thought in half a dozen dashes of the pencil. The grand and massive is not congenial to the Japanese mental attitude. Hence they have achieved less success in architecture than in other arts. The prospect of a Japanese town from a height is monotonous. Neither tower nor dome aspires heavenward, nothing but long, low lines of thatch and tiles. Japanese architecture finds its expression in the small bits of ornamentation that meet the eye everywhere, in the elaborate metal fastenings, in the carved friezes, the curiously decorated tiles, the dainty gardens with their dwarfed trees.
A8523
Creator
[Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)]
Source
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Publisher
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Date
ca. 1900
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Stereographs
Identifier
229
Citation
[Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)], “Bridge at Kanuyabashi, near Kyoto, Japan,” Digital Canton, accessed December 26, 2024, https://canton.digitalsckls.info/item/540.Original Format
Stereograph
Physical Dimensions
7 x 3.5 inches