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 59
s the Japanese heart;there are lovely double white ones,and those of pink and crimson hue,all beautiful, all finding a place inthe art and verse of fair Nippon. A combination of the plum blos-som, evergreen pine and bamboo,known as Sho-chiku-bai, signifiesenduring happiness and long life,an emblem… … TACHIBANA. [The Orange.J Few things more effectually re-call the past, with its joys or sor-rowings, than the distinctive odorof some one of Natures flora. To the poetic Japanese, theOrange in company with theCuckoo, symbolizes that whichhas gone before, the fragrance ofOrange blossoms mingled with…
Art, Japanese · Mythology, Japanese · Symbolism
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