always been the custom among the Japaneseartists, and still is to a great extent, to attachgreater importance to things that have beenaccomplished by means and methods of greatdifficulty without regard to the effect, and ittherefore became a problem at that time whetherfor the attainment of the end… … 3RONZE VASE BY HIRANO K1CHIBEI Japanese Art and Artists of To-Day.—V. Metal-Work as metal which had been worked upon byhammering. Bisei had to overcome many diffi-culties in perfecting the method of casting inorder that the metal might be fit to be workedupon with the chisel. Many artists began…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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