Word: yashiro
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...smelling huts, they see the morning sun dancing on the sea, and stately clouds crossing the horizon "like ancient gods." Teen-age Shinji is content to follow this age-old pattern of a life both dangerously and harmoniously close to nature. When he prays in the garden of the Yashiro shrine, he asks, "God, let the seas be calm, the fish plentiful, and ... in time let me become a fisherman among fishermen...
...rice husks, then commissioned artists to paint another scene on top. Experts could give no estimate of its value beyond saying that it was a priceless example of 10th century Chinese wall painting and one of the few available for study by Western scholars. Said Professor Yukio Yashiro, after a look at Missouri's 1,000-year-old goddess: "This is one of the greatest discoveries of our time in the field of oriental painting...
...newly appointed lecturer is Professor Yukie Yashiro. Director of the institute of Art Research in Tokyo, and Professor of the History of Art at the imperial Academy of Art in the same city. He is one of the most eminent scholars in the subject of Oriental Art, and perhaps better known in Europe and America as the author of "Sandre Bettieelit." During his stay at Harvard. Professor Yashire will give lectures on historical and aesthetic aspects of Far Eastern Painting to members of the University...