Excerpt from Painting in the Far East: An Introduction to the History of Pictorial Art in Asia Especially China and Japan Martin of Stockholm Sir William van Horne Mr. A. D. Hall; Mr. A. W. Bahr; the Director of the Shimbi Shoin; and Mr. Sei-ichi Taki, the editor of the Kokka. I wish to record my gratitude to these and the many other collectors and museum authorities in Europe and America, who have shown me much kindness and greatly aided my studies; and to my wife, who has helped me to prepare this new edition and compiled a fresh index for it. 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.