Category:20th Century

Landscape Gardening & Arrangement of Flowers in Japan.

Lotus flower, Kazumasa Ogawa,Hand-coloured phototype, Japan,

Arts and crafts of old Japan. CHAPTER VIII Landscape Gardening & Arrangement of Flowers in Japan.

THE BURIED MOON. AN ENGLISH FAIRY TALE.

Fairy tale, buried moon, east anglia, england,

The Buried Moon by Edmund Dulac. Fairy tales of the Allied nations.

Charm conferring peace and felicity. Chinese superstitions.

Charm, peace, felicity, Chinese, superstitions, Henri Doré, Buddhist, Taoist,

The annexed is a peace-conferring charm, and is commonly styled P‘ing-ngan-fu.

Napoleon Bonaparte attired in a Royal Tailored sack suit.

Napoleon Bonaparte, Royal Tailored, suit

THE personal Napoleon, the Napoleon of private and social life, loved the world’s finer things.

An actor of the Noh in full costume. Kagekiyo. Japan.

Cctor, Noh, costume, Japan, Theater, Arts,

Kagekiyo. This plate illustrates well the voluminous nature of the medieval ceremonial garments.

Temple gardens of Japan

White cherry, Kitano, Ella Du Cane, Japan, Garden

Of all the gardens in Japan, the temple garden is a peaceful, secluded place, reminiscent of ancient Japan and times gone by.

Easter eggs from Bukovina, Romania.

Easter eggs, Bukovina, Romania, Helmuth Theodor Bossert

All the Easter eggs are in the Hamburg Ethnological Museum and come from Bukovina (Romania).

The Fire-Fly’s Lovers. Fairy tale of old Japan

Princess, Fire-Fly, prison, Japan, fairy tale,

The fairy tale of Princess Hotaru-himé.

Ornamentation in Chinese porcelain painting.

Ornamental, treasures, Chinese, Painting, porcelain, Dolmetsch

Ornamental treasures. Chinese. Painting, by H. Dolmetsch.

Kiku. The Chrysanthemum. Mythological Japan.

Japanese, Kiku, Chrysanthemum, flower,

The chrysanthemum is the flower of autumn and is sometimes referred to as the national flower of Japan