Youth and Age

Mortimer Menpes

1901

Watercolour

Source: Japan, A Record in Colour, facing p. 198

The last chapter in Menpes's book is entitled "Characteristics," and here the various virtues of the Japanese are recorded, from self-control and politeness, to aesthetic sensibility. He has clearly noticed their family feeling, and respect and care for the aged, as well. — Jacqueline Banerjee

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Bibliography

Menpes, Dorothy. Japan: A Record in Colour. London: Adam & Charles Black, 1901. Internet Archive version of a copy in the University of California Libraries. Web. 7 July 2019.

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