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... Japanese art for Japan . " He returned to the United States in 1890 , prepared to teach " the signifi- cance of Japanese art to the West , " as he had been asked to do by the emperor . He presented lectures on the history of Japanese ...
... Japanese art for Japan . " He returned to the United States in 1890 , prepared to teach " the signifi- cance of Japanese art to the West , " as he had been asked to do by the emperor . He presented lectures on the history of Japanese ...
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... Japanese ) assiduously during his twenties and thirties , and he read Li T'ai - po ( Rihaku in Japanese ) . Along with the Chinese poets , he traveled with a copy of Chuang Tzu . He seems to have struggled with Zen discipline and ...
... Japanese ) assiduously during his twenties and thirties , and he read Li T'ai - po ( Rihaku in Japanese ) . Along with the Chinese poets , he traveled with a copy of Chuang Tzu . He seems to have struggled with Zen discipline and ...
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... Japanese , Cold Mountain in English ) ; he had wanted to " clothe in Japanese language " the poetry of Po Chu - i . But in A Visit to Kashima Shrine , he chose a far simpler syntax , writing almost exclusively in kana , the Japanese ...
... Japanese , Cold Mountain in English ) ; he had wanted to " clothe in Japanese language " the poetry of Po Chu - i . But in A Visit to Kashima Shrine , he chose a far simpler syntax , writing almost exclusively in kana , the Japanese ...
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