LANGDON WARNER BRINGS BACK JAPAN ART DATA

"The Japanese trip from which I have just returned was in part the result of an offer by the New Imperial Institute of Research of Japan to the Fogg Art Museum to cooperate in investigations of early Western and Eastern art," stated Professor Langdon Warner '03, in an interview with a CRIMSON reporter yesterday. Professor Warner has made numerous trips of exploration and excavation in central China and Thibet in search of remains of Maya civilization and has just gotten back from a visit in Japan.

Finds Japanese Erudite

"The Japanese scholars are considerably more erudite than we realize", he continued, "and we certainly will have to keep busy to stay abreast of them. According to 4 this present unwritten agreement we have with the Imperial Institute they help us to get to the oldest records and examples of Japanese art while we assist them in studying our Western culture.

"The real object of my visit was to study and try to catalogue the sculpture of the Eighth century. This is chiefly centered around Nara, and so, using this town as headquarters, I managed to visit and inspect most of the temples and monasteries in the vincinity. I spent a great deal of time in the monastery of Horyuji. This is the oldest standing wooden building in the world. It was built in the Seventh century, and is a veritable treasure house for the most interesting and priceless of relics".