. Studio international . .... Japanese Art and Artists of To-day.—IV. Wood and Ivory Carving Formosa as a soldier, and while on duty therehis friends perceived his ability in carving, andpersuaded him to carve a statue of Prince KitaShirakawa, under whom he was stationed. Theequestrian statue which he consequently executedof the Prince, carved in wood, and now in Yush-yukan at the Kudan, won for him a reputationas a skilled carver. While in the army he served. IVORY CARVING: A WOOD-CUTTER BY MURATA KICHIGORO ivory car-vers beforehe hisworks inivory, thatof a Childwith Cock(p. i o
. Studio international . .... Japanese Art and Artists of To-day.—IV. Wood and Ivory Carving Formosa as a soldier, and while on duty therehis friends perceived his ability in carving, andpersuaded him to carve a statue of Prince KitaShirakawa, under whom he was stationed. Theequestrian statue which he consequently executedof the Prince, carved in wood, and now in Yush-yukan at the Kudan, won for him a reputationas a skilled carver. While in the army he served. IVORY CARVING: A WOOD-CUTTER BY MURATA KICHIGORO ivory car-vers beforehe hisworks inivory, thatof a Childwith Cock(p. i o 6)shows hisextremeclevernessin a diffi-cult fowl isfull of lifeand move-ment. Per-simmons(p. 107) isanothersubject ofh i s depictsa good-naturedoldcountry-man extending a persimmon with his right hand,and the amiable expression upon his face suggeststhat he is giving this fruit to a child. Still another
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