ASIA: JAPAN. 

 The exports of wall paper are stated below: 



397 



The following shows the exports of European or machine-made 

 paper: 



MANUFACTURE OF HANDMADE PAPER IN JAPAN. 



The province of Kochi leads all others in manufacturing hand- 

 made paper, and after this come Gifu, Ehime, Nagano, Shidzuoka, 

 and Hiroshima, in the order named. 



The number of "home industry" paper-making establishments 

 in Japan in 1895 was 62,500, with a total output valued at some 

 8,000,000 yen ($4, 104,000). The province of Kochi, with 7,200 

 paper-making establishments, manufactured in 1895 paper valued at 

 about 1,000,000 yen ($513,000), and the others mentioned averaged 

 3,500 establishments, with a total output estimated at 700,000 yen 



($359,i)- 



The whole business is carried on very unsteadily. The toughness 

 and flexibility of handmade paper adapt it admirably for many 

 domestic uses not already named. Rain and sun umbrellas are 

 made of it; when used for any purposes by which the article is ex- 

 posed to moisture, the surface is oiled or varnished. It was also 

 used by the Japanese army as underclothing while campaigning in 

 northern China during the late war, and it is sometimes employed 

 in place of leather and of cloth. 



