Japan

LETTER XXXVII

 

Barrenness of Savage Life - Irreclaimable Savages - The Aino Physique - Female Comeliness- Torture and Ornament - Child Life - Docility and Obedience.

BIRATORI, YEZO, August 24.

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan

 

AN ACCOUNT OF TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR INCLUDING VISITS TO THE ABORIGINES OF YEZO AND THE SHRINE OF NIKKO

by Isabella L. Bird

 

LETTER XII

 

A Fantastic Jumble - The "Quiver" of Poverty - The Water-shed - From Bad to Worse - The Rice Planter's Holiday - A Diseased Crowd - Amateur Doctoring - Want of Cleanliness - Rapid Eating - Premature Old Age.

KURUMATOGE, June 30.

LETTER XXV

 

A Holiday Scene - A Matsuri - Attractions of the Revel - Matsuri Cars- -Gods and Demons - A Possible Harbour - A Village Forge - Prosperity of Sake Brewers - A "Great Sight."

TSUGURATA, July 27.

LETTER XXXVII - (Continued)

 

Aino Clothing - Holiday Dress - Domestic Architecture - Household Gods - Japanese Curios - The Necessaries of Life - Clay Soup - Arrow Poison - Arrow-Traps - Female Occupations - Bark Cloth - The Art of Weaving.

Japan - An Attempt at Interpretation

 

by Lafcadio Hearn

"Perhaps all very marked national characters can be traced back
to a time of rigid and pervading discipline" - WALTER BAGEHOT.

Kokoro - Japanese Inner Life Hints

 

by Lafcadio Hearn

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