Piggott, Francis Taylor, Sir, 1852-1925 · London : B. T. Batsford · leaf 78
whenit is violently swirled ; the archers taking it as their device arbitrarily, as otherdevices are taken for vwn or emblems. There is no other natural form which atall resembles it, (the comma itself can hardly be called a natural forn) : at leastit is unknown in the East) ; and the suggested… … 65 STUDTBS IN THE DECORATIVE ART OF JAPAN This comma-form gives rise to two well-known devices composed of twoand three commas respectively, arranged in a circle; and called thefvlatsutomoe (the double comma), and the viUsu tomoe (the triple comma).
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