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Show -- . '" .Jnjmn" Art Byniboln. If a Japanese artist wishes to uouribu in color and design the anticipation of happiness he. draws a picture which is a combination of an April evening, a moon, a nightingale and a plum tree or two. Vietory is simbolied by the iri3; grace and quietness by the" willow tree, and the swallow for symbols. Patriotism Patriot-ism is Kometimcs indicated by a spray of cherry blossoms; the almond flower is the flower ot spring, and synibolives beauty. The dragon twines and writhes an artistic course through all .Tupunese art, root and branch. His name is Tutsti, anil when on u- e him pictured as fighting with a t'ger it is the Hvmbol of religion fighting against power. A dragon lloating about iu the eloud means success iu life: tori, the cock, perched upon a drum, signifies good government. Both the (Greeks and the Japs use the buttcrny to. symbolize immortality. im-mortality. Boston Transcript. |