Studies in the decorative art of Japan . hich is the symbol of completeness, four ofthe 8-trigrams being introduced into the cornersof the flag. I have seen the mistake made even inCorea itself, but in places where in all probabilitythe draughtsman, was a foreigner. How the yang and the yin came to be theemblem of the Hermit Kingdom I have been unable toascertain. It will not be uninteresting to note anotherkindred figure, the triple arrangement of curves u«ed on Corean fans, paintedgreen, red, and yellow. This has clearly no affinity with the tomoe, but it isconceivable that it might have bee
Studies in the decorative art of Japan . hich is the symbol of completeness, four ofthe 8-trigrams being introduced into the cornersof the flag. I have seen the mistake made even inCorea itself, but in places where in all probabilitythe draughtsman, was a foreigner. How the yang and the yin came to be theemblem of the Hermit Kingdom I have been unable toascertain. It will not be uninteresting to note anotherkindred figure, the triple arrangement of curves u«ed on Corean fans, paintedgreen, red, and yellow. This has clearly no affinity with the tomoe, but it isconceivable that it might have been developed from the yang and the yin. I have also a note of the emblem carved in wood, thus; but itis probably a degenerate form. So the circle being established in emblematic use in the country, and thething symbolised—perfection—being the attribute of the Sovereign Ruler ofJapan, it followed in the natural order of things that the Imperial emblem shouldbe based upon this perfect and complete symbol ; and the national flower, the.
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