ABSTRACT
In viewing the subject of the pottery of Japan we have, perhaps, too frequently done so from our own especial stand-
point. We have admired those objects on which a wealth 0:1' decoration or painter's work has been displayed, and have considered 0:1' far less (moment the evidences 0:1' individuality in the choice 0:1' material and the :l'ashioning 0:1' the pot itseH. The Japanese have not been slow to understand the nature 0:1' the objects that have met with our greatest approval, and the immense quantities 0:1' ware which they have made for our especial gratification during the last thirty years testi:l'y, not only to their power of adaptation, but also to their unrivalled qualities as pottery painters.
