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Show foundation without the bother or expense of a tile chimney. For actual comfort th Korean house is to be preferred o the Japanese as in both countries the people liv 1 the floor and in Korea the floors are delightfully warm,while in Japan theflors evenI/mug}l covered with the thick straw mats, are usually cold and uncomfortable especially without slippers, which are not worn in Japanese rooms. In Korea, as i Fapan, paper is used for windowws, and in some parts of China it is employed for thi "purpose. The Chinese also use it o line clothing. Throughout the Orient paper hold a prominent place in alll manne of ceremonies and.fistials, and dozen of native mill are hept in operation through the manfacture of special papers fir such purposes. China vast quantities of these papers are manufactured to be converted into spiri money, tapers, incense wrappers, fire-crackers and to satisfy many other ceremonia requirements Aside from all ofthese utilitarian and religious purposes the papers of the Orien are used in great quanities, for brush writing, which requires a soft, rather absorbent papu the direct antithesis of what the Occident considers desirable. In the Occident awily-sized, non-absorbent paper is roquired. With pointed metal pens and rapi /Inwwg chemisal nk in which the colouring is dissolved, a hard, impervious paper i needed, and i the Occident this form of writing paper has been deceloped. Inthe Orient however, as before stated, the writing instrument for many centuries has been the brush and the fluid used. for writing a suspension of fine particles of carbon in water; fo this combination the best results are had by the use of soft, absorbent paper. In bot the Occident and.the Orient the paper suits admirably the respectioe purposes of each but neither could use successfiully the paper of the other Paper was originally mads fo calligraphy-printin of any kind swas not invented until @ number of centuries after the adoent of paper; printing, therefore, had n ng/lnmw upon the invention of paper.Th first printing, in both the Orient and th ident, was influenced entrely by the paper at hand -paper that had been mad primarily and essentially for writing. Wi /w to this day two distinct schools o printing, each the direct result of paper w6 have two distinct schools o writing, the Oriental with a brush and the octldfldfll with a pen. The Oriental mod Digitalimag © 2004 Marriott Library, Universiy of Utah. All ights reserved |