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Title: International studio
Year: 1897 (1890s)
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Subjects: Art Decoration and ornament
Publisher: New York
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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cteristics,such directions for the application of his resourcesare apt to leave him unmoved. The simple life,as traditionally understood in Japan, is sufficientlyidyllic to inspire in the cultured but small desireto exchange it. Hence I believe I am justified in asserting thatMr. Matsukata himself does not feel conscious ofany extraordinary magnanimity in bestowingon Tokio a museum conceived on a scale of magni-tude never yet attempted. It probably seems tohim merely the obvious and the logical means ofdisposing of wealth, which if put to personal,rather than to publicends, would bring himbut problematical bene-fit. The idea did not,like Athena from thebrow of Zeus, spring tolife from the brain ofits creator, fully armed.Rather was its evolu-tion a gradual growth,gaming stability and THE ENTRANCE FOYER WITHBLUE AND GOLD MOSAIC CEILING AND STAINEDGLASS WINDOWS DESIGNED BY FRANK BRANGWYN (Drawn by Frank Brangwyn) THE CENTRAL COURTYARD, WITHSTONE-PAVED CLOISTERS (Drawn by Frank Brangwyn)
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character as it grew, and acquir-ing steadily that unity and com-pleteness which are inclined todevelop most consistently when an enterprise isthe product of a single mentality, as opposed tothat which is a matter of boards, committeesand joint control. So far from being in any wayconnected with the Japanese government, theterms of Mr. Matsukatas gift to the nationcarefully preclude all possibility of its becominga state-directed concern. On the contrary, it hasbeen bestowed for, rather than on, the people,the control being kept in the hands of the Mat-sukata family and its descendants, by whom itsaffairs will be administered in behalf of the nation.When one considers the unfortunate frequencywith which commissions for public buildings are placed in unsuitablequarters, one recognizesthe soundness of per-ception that has ledthis modern Maecenasto enlist as architect anartist such as FrankBrangwyn, who notalone realizes to the fullthe housing conditionsdemanded by works ofart, but who,

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