Piggott, Francis Taylor, Sir, 1852-1925 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 85
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). … The futatsu tomoe is in no sense a completedesign, by reason of the gap between the two commas ;and this distinguishes it from the yang and the yin.Yet, as I have said above, it is often confused with it;notably, in connexion with the national emblem ofCorea, which is the symbol of completeness,…
Decoration and ornament
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