THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



Photograph by Kiyoshi Sakamoto 



YOUNG JAPAN IN NEW YEAR'S REGALIA 



The love of flowers and a highly developed sense for color values, strikingly indicated in this and other illus- 

 trations of this color series, are among the generally recognized attributes of the idealistic and artistic sides o 

 Japanese life, which are entirely distinct from, and should not be confused with, the social, economic and political 

 phases of life among the people of the Land of the Rising Sun. 



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