8 DECEMBER 1906, Page 26

Impressions of Taiyo - Ye : the School of the Japanese Colour - Print

Artists. By Dora Amsden. (Gay and Bird. 5s. net.)—This little book tells us things we desire to know about a fascinating subject. The writer is at her best when conveying information rather than pouring forth ecstatic praise. Mrs. Ameden says that Hiroshige "fought towards the middle of the nineteenth century against the introduction of cheap inferior pigments which were taking the place of the native dyes." Let us hope that so patriotic as well as scientific a people as the Japanese will return to the use of their own colours, which gave such splendid results in the past.