. Studio international . Mil I. Wit II IIV \ • II • \ MiMM Japanese Art and Artists of To-day.—IV. Wood and Ivory Carving. WOOD CARVING BY HIRAKUSHI DENCIIU The chief distinguishing feature of the realisticstyle, which has close affinities with Occidentalconceptions, is that the glyptic character is pre-served at the expense of the surface finish. Tosubordinate the process to the result is theEuropean canon, while to show the former withoutmarring the latter is the Japanese ideal. TheJapanese sculptor endeavours to leave on his workthe undisguised strokes of his chisel, showing thetechnic
. Studio international . Mil I. Wit II IIV \ • II • \ MiMM Japanese Art and Artists of To-day.—IV. Wood and Ivory Carving. WOOD CARVING BY HIRAKUSHI DENCIIU The chief distinguishing feature of the realisticstyle, which has close affinities with Occidentalconceptions, is that the glyptic character is pre-served at the expense of the surface finish. Tosubordinate the process to the result is theEuropean canon, while to show the former withoutmarring the latter is the Japanese ideal. TheJapanese sculptor endeavours to leave on his workthe undisguised strokes of his chisel, showing thetechnical force and directness impossible to besuggested by strictly smooth surface. The bestspecimens illustrative of this point will be foundin the works of Takamura Koun. The Moon,by Yonehara Unkai, his pupil, here used as anillustration (p. 112), is obviously an exaggeration,but tells the tale most vividly. We now come to the work of the individualartist carvers of to-day, and here we cannot dobelter than take a few of the most noted, give ashort account of their lives, and point out thecharacteristics which single their pro
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