risExposition in 1900, where hestudied the methods of the carversof the West. Upon his return toJapan he became a pupil of AsaiChu, and learned oil painting, asYonehara learned of Gaho. Yoshida Homei learned the artof ivory carving from. ShimamuraShimmei. Although a young manof thirty-five, he has… … WOOD IAKV1NI 113 Japanese Art and Artists of To-day.—II. Wood and Ivory Carving subject among our illustra-tions of this artists work isthe Noon-day Best (p. 105),also in ivory. There aretwo figures, an adult with achild upon his knee, gazingat a brood of ducklings.The striking manner inwhich the…
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