Ficke, Arthur Davison, 1883-1945 · London : T.F. Unwin · leaf 346
on, driven on by aconsuming passion, devoted to the quest of a per-fection he was able to project but not to realize. In style, he draws considerably upon Toyokunisearly Utamaro manner; but in spirit he is nearerto Yeishi and Utamaro himself, both of whom musthave influenced him somewhat. Not even… … 341 FOURTH PERIOD: THE DECADENCE 343 in Plate 48, so embodies these qualities that it isworthy of special attention. In a landscape of green hills, where a circle of lowslopes encloses a space of level ground, stands, onthe rising edge of that natural amphitheatre, a groupof noble ladies and…
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