Piggott, Francis Taylor, Sir, 1852-1925 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 84
whenit is violently swirled ; the archers taking it as their device arbitrarily, as otherdevices are taken for mon or emblems. There is no other natural form which atall resembles it, (the comma itself can hardly be called a natural form : at leastit is unknown in the East) ; and the suggested… … c>:> STUDIES 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 mitsu tomoe (the triple comma).
Decoration and ornament
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