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Show liiptiniwu Art SymlKliH. If a Japanese artist wishes to ucKcribc in color and design the ant ' ', r'.on of happiness he draws a pictmr - hleh is a combination of an April - ' vim. moon, a nightingale and a nlm" M r two. Victory is simbollzca 1 1 m ..i ..,; grace and quietness by t'ie !! v. ' i, and tho swnllow for syinbulo. r.uriot-ism r.uriot-ism is sometimes indicated by a spray of cherry blossoms; tho almond flower is the flower of spring, nnd symbolizes beauty. Tho dragon twines and writhes an artistic course through nil .lapaneso art, root and branch. His name is Tatsu, nnd when you see him pictured as lighting with a tler it is the sj'mbol of religion lighting against power. A. dragon floating about in the clouds means success in life; tori, the cock, jwrehed upon a drum, signifies good government. Both Uic Greeks and tho Taps use the butterfly to symbolize immortality. im-mortality. Hoston Transcript. |