eation of these images the Japanesesculptors made it their rule to avoid asfar as possible all essentially human features.Thus the figure of Kwannon (Goddess of Mercy),as executed by Japanese sculptors, has thegraciousness of a woman, the resolution of a man,and the purity of a sexless being. Not… … IVORY CARVING: CHILD WITH COCK BY YOSHIDA IIOMEI Japanese Art and Artists of To-day.—IV. Wood and Ivory Carving
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