LOTUS FLOWERS AT KAMAKURA
by Francis Brinkley.
“If thou be born in a poor man’s hovel but have wisdom, then shalt thou be like the lotus flower growing out of the mud.” – Japanese Proverb.
In the decorative art of India the lotus flower is used especially as a support to the figure of a divinity or deified personage. Similar representations in Chinese and Japanese art seem to be derived directly from India, and thus the lotus is associated with the religion of Buddha.
Source: JAPAN. Described and Illustrated by the Japanese. Written by Eminent Japanese Authorities and Scholars. Edited by Captain F. Brinkley (1841 – 1912) of Tokyo Japan. With an Essay on Japanese Art by Kakuzo Okakura (1860 – 1929) Director of the Imperial Art School at Tokyo Japan. 1897.
