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apprentice or member of his family, who, like himself, squatted
on the floor and painted without any pattern. The colors
were all mineral and somewhat difficult to work, notwithstand-
ing which the men manipulated their brushes with great dex-
terity and rapidity. Some pieces merely received a few
GAKU DANCE.
touches, and, lo! a graphic, sketchy outline;
others had been
for weeks under the decorators' hands.
"Whom does that person you are painting represent?"
asked Fitz of one of the artists.
'That is a great actor of the old court, dancing the Gaku?
said the man.
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often use these subjects because foreign-