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Studies in the decorative art of Japan (1910)

Piggott, Francis Taylor, Sir, 1852-1925 · London : B. T. Batsford · leaf 79

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y with the tomoe, but it isconceivable that it might have been developed from the yang and the yhi. I have also a note of the emblem carved in wood, thus; but itis probably a degenerate form. So the circle being established in emblematic use in the country, and thething symbolised—perfection—being…

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