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The bizarre appearance of the elephant might represent a stylistic element inherent in the creator of the work or with ukiyo-e printing (elephants are obviously not native to Japan, so perhaps it is difficult for the artist to accurately depict them). As for the medium depicting a South Asian
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The illustration itself is not particularly visually appealing (elephant is bizarrely contorted, etc). It also doesn't really make sense to illustrate a South Asian concept with an ukiyo-e woodblock.
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That's largely my point - the artist appears to have no idea what elephants look like. It doesn't make sense to illustrate this concept with something that looks more like the dog from
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Anekantavada Jainism. It illustrates three articles and could easily illustrate a third.
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There's white ink used on the elephant and elsewhere. You can't use white ink on white paper, hence the paper is obviously supposed to be tinted =)
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At least until this gets a color balance to deal with yellowing. Still not grabbed by it, and the anatomical innacuracies are also a hang-up.
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subject, the print represents a concept common to many
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I can't see how you can consider proving an allegory to explain something to be
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I removed it form the article (it seems rather out-of-place anyway).
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looks like OR: please supply a citation for the allegory or remove.
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