Excerpt from Catalogue of Rare Objects in Brass, Leathers, and Wood Illustrating the Art of Old Japan Collectors and connoisseurs are only too well aware that it is becoming increasingly difficult to secure really fine examples of the arts of old Japan. In certain kinds the original source of supply may be said to be exhausted. But in J apan, as elsewhere, religious art, when at its best, was unquestionably the greatest art; and because of its religious character, and for other reasons, hardly any of this has heretofore reached us. Peculiar circumstances, which Will be explained farther ou, have, however, enabled the enterprising and enlightened owner of the present 001 lection to bring together examples of Buddhist art of the best periods, in number sufficient to afiord a fair general view of its history and development in J apan. 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.