Mythological Japan : the symbolisms of mythology in relation to Japanese art, with illustrations drawn in Japan, by native artists (1902)
Otto, Alexander Francis, b. 1873 · Philadelphia : Drexel Biddle · leaf 42
\/ HASU. [The Lotus.] … The flower that blooms to livebut a single day, so sensitive toNatures breath, so timid with itsexquisite fragrance, so immaculatein its purity—such is the beauteousLotus of Japan. Though risingfrom a lowly bed of gruesomemud, the Lotus is untainted by theplace that, gave it birth, and isassociated…
Art, Japanese · Mythology, Japanese · Symbolism
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