''1956''-an entry by the sculptor Y. Yasunaga, which is made up of a study of intertwined hands and feet. The Artistic Japanese: Record Entries For This Year's ''Art Olympics'' have filled both halls of the Uano Park in Tokyo with paintings and statues-more than 300 in all. Nearly every Japanese artist and sculptor enters for the contest and hopes for the award of the gold medals. All day long, Japanese men and women, and their children, file around the exhibits, studying them and passing their own judgements on them. The standards are remarkably high and reveal a very wide range of contemporary and classiccal styles and techniques. (Credit Image: © Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com)