How does Yasunari Kawabata use imagery in The Master of Go?

Example of Imagery:

"He had not yet come out of his trance, and the absolutely straight trunk and head were as if he were still at the Go board. He seemed uncertain on his feet. In a state of bemusement, he suggested some rarefied spirit floating over a void; and yet the lines of the figure we saw at the board were still unbroken."