se sculptors instone have always been of very mediocre quality,with only a few exceptions. The name of Naganuma Shukei must not beomitted. He went to Italy to study law, andspent his time in learning to carve, and became aprofessor in the Tokyo Fine Art School upon hisreturn. Among his works the… … IVORY CARVING: AN OLD FISHERMAN 11V IIIKASAKA IIOBUN Among other carvers likely to attain a prominentposition in the future we may mention Yamamato,who is now studying in America; MotomayaHakuun, who is making a speciality of busts;Watanabe Usao, who is a graduate of the FineArt School at Tokyo and…
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