| | 1 | Author: | Watanna, Onoto, 1879-1954 | Add | | | Title: | A Rhapsody on Japan  | | | | Published: | 2004 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | "Japan is not a land where men need pray, for 'tis itself divine," sang the poet Hitomara more than a
thousand years ago, and another clever Japanese writer said: "Holding the brush of infinite genius the Creator
began to work upon his canvas—the universe. A touch of his finger produced land and sea, beautiful and
sublime. When his hand moved on, there in the farthest east of the world a land was raised out of water. I know
not why, but the painter favored this land with a special color. 'Japan' they call it—surnamed 'The Land of
Sunrise.'" | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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