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Show Cartoon in Japan Not Inspired by Politics cartoon was "Toha-e" "Toba Pictures." Pic-tures." No cartoons appeared In Jap anese newspapers until a few year ago, but now they have become so popular that In all the large cities they are printed as daily features. In Japan, apparently, the cartoon did no! have the democratic begin oings of its occidental counterparl Here In America the cartoon was orig Innlly used in magazines and newspa tiers as a political weapon, hut th Japanese cartoon was more than eight hundred years old before the first Is file of the Yokohama Malnichl Shim bun, tirst of the Japanese dailies, ap beared In 1ST1. The (irst .Nipponese cartoonist was a lordly person, a Hinldhist monk Kakuyu. abbot of Toba, who was born in 10-.'l A. D He employed most ot Ids eighty-seven years laughing at the tollies am) vanities of the decadent Kyoto court and a! pretentions low brows evervwhere. His Influence over that branch of Japune art wans wa-ns treat as that of Shakespear0 or. 'be K'.mlish drama. In 'act, for cen turies the only Japanese name for the |