Hartmann, Sadakichi, 1867-1944 · Boston : L. C. Page & co. · leaf 342
rated animalpainter. In sculpture, the ape watchingan eagle, by Takamaru Kowun, the lead-ing professor of wood-carving; the statu-ette of the Buddhist divinity Kwannon,the largest ivory carving ever made, by thefamous Ichikawa Komei; and the splen-did bronze relief of the goddess Benten,remarkable… … Sessei. — Bronze Relief of Goddess Benten. MODERN JAPANESE ART 271 to Japanese sculpture of recent years. Hepraises it in the following ^vords: Taking the simpler bronze reliefs ofthe Nara school of the seventh centuryas his starting-point, he has invested themwith a wealth of line structure…
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