The illustrated catalogue of Japanese fine art exhibits in the Art Palace at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Mo., U.S.A.
This is a 1904 catalogue of Japanese fine art exhibits at the St. Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposition, published in Kobe by the Kwansai Shashin Seihan Inatsu Goshi Kaisha and compiled by Charles Lang Freer. Its plates show Japanese decorative arts from the period: cloisonné vases and dishes, lace and embroidered textiles, metalwork bowls and mirrors, and painted hanging scrolls of birds, a standing woman, and carp. A designer might take from them the glaze and enamel colour, the dense floral and wave patterning, and the composition of paired vessels on a plain ground.
