DESIGN OF TITLE PAGE. Butterflies and birds, known as _cho tori_.
_CHAPTER ONE_. The flower and leaves of the peony (BOTAN), as conventionalized on ancient armor (_yoroi_).
_CHAPTER TWO_. Fan-shaped leaves of the _icho_ or GIN NAN (_Salisburiana_), placed in books in China and Japan to prevent the ravages of the bookworm.
_CHAPTER THREE_. The design called “Dew on the Grass and Butterflies” (_tsuyu, kusa ni cho_).
_CHAPTER FOUR_. The pattern (_moyo_) known as bamboo and the swelling sparrow (_take nifukura susume_). The parts of the bird are amusingly conventionalized—in the Korin manner. The word FUKURA written in Chinese contains the lucky character FUKU (happiness).
_CHAPTER FIVE_. Maple leaves are associated with Ten Jin (Sugiwara Michizane), patron of learning. Children in invoking his aid in a little prayer count the points of the maple leaf, saying, “_yoku te agaru_”—assist us to be clever. In Japanese the maple leaf is called _kaide_, meaning frog’s hand.
_CHAPTER SIX_. The chrysanthemum pattern.
_CHAPTER SEVEN_. The water-fowl design, called _midsu tori_.
PLATES EXPLANATORY OF THE FOREGOING TEXT ON THE LAWS OF JAPANESE PAINTING
The Eight Ways of Painting in Color, Called the Laws of Coloring
(3) [Most Careful Method of Laying on Color. Plate VIIII.]
Most Careful Method of Laying on Color. Plate VIIII.
[The Light Water-Color Method. Plate XI.]
[Color With Outlines Suppressed. Plate XII.]
Color With Outlines Suppressed. Plate XII.
[The Rule of Proportion in Landscapes. Plate XVII.]
The Rule of Proportion in Landscapes. Plate XVII.
[Peeled Hemp-Bark Method for Rocks and Ledges (a) The Axe strokes (b). Plate XXIII.]
Peeled Hemp-Bark Method for Rocks and Ledges (a) The Axe strokes (b). Plate XXIII.
[Lines or Veins of Lotus Leaf (a). Alum Crystals (b). Plate XXIV.]
Lines or Veins of Lotus Leaf (a). Alum Crystals (b). Plate XXIV.
[Loose Rice Leaves (a). Withered Kindling Twigs (b). Plate XXV. ]
Loose Rice Leaves (a). Withered Kindling Twigs (b). Plate XXV.
[Scattered Hemp Leaves (a). Wrinkles on the Cow’s Neck (b). Plate XXVI.]
Scattered Hemp Leaves (a). Wrinkles on the Cow’s Neck (b). Plate XXVI.
[The Circle (1). Semi-Circle (2). Fish Scales (3). Moving Fish Scales (4). Plate XXVII.]