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355 JAPANESE MAKES The dragon is often found as a design, in various colours and in gold. The place of dragons in Bud¬ dhism explains their frequent appearance — indeed, they are “the masters of the world” If they are … Fig. 4. — THE KYLIN. offended they punish men with plague, pestilence, and famine. Hence they must be propitiated. Fig. 1 shows the five claws of the best kind of dragon-decorated Oriental, said to be made for Imperial use. Fig. 2 is the Fong-Hoang, sometimes called the
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