Japan: its architecture, art, and art manufactures (1882)
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m beside which this tall grassgrows. On a vase we have the well-known hawthorn pattern,which represents cracked ice, with the plum blossoms upon it thathave been pinched off by a late frost. Many Japanese designs are of a legendary character. TheJapanese speak of the hare in the moon as we speak… … a thunderstorm is represented, with the god of Thunder and his
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