Hartmann, Sadakichi, 1867-1944 · Boston : L. C. Page & co. · leaf 266
neces-sary embellishment. Japanese sculptureis almost always ornamental and pictur-esque. (Who but a Japanese would thinkof carving a moonlit scene ?) Somewhere the dividing line must bedrawn, and I think I am justified in doingas I have done. A sleeping cat necessa-rily does not rank as high, as a… … Dai-Butsu, Asakasa. ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE 207 art, and their work is, in a certain way,just as great as ours. Many of their oki-monos and netsukes, as the various littleivory ornaments are called, replete withlife and humour, reveal more true artthan the ambitious work of our averagesculptors.…
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