.... Japanese Art and Artists of To-day.—IV. Wood and Ivory Carving Formosa as a soldier, and while on duty therehis friends perceived his ability in carving, andpersuaded him to carve a statue of Prince KitaShirakawa, under whom he was stationed. Theequestrian statue which he consequently… … IVORY CARVING: A WOOD-CUTTER BY MURATA KICHIGORO ivory car-vers beforehe retires.Among hisworks inivory, thatof a Childwith Cock(p. i o 6)shows hisextremeclevernessin a diffi-cult task.The fowl isfull of lifeand move-ment. Per-simmons(p. 107) isanothersubject ofh i s ivory.It depictsa…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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