The Foundations of Japan - Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As - A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People by J.W. Robertson Scott
page 72 of 766 (09%)
page 72 of 766 (09%)
 | |
|
[25] Samurai or _shizoku_ comprise about a twentieth of the population. [26] Every Japanese signs by means of a stone or hard-wood seal which he keeps in a case and ordinarily carries with him. [27] A _shÅ_ is about a quart and a half. [28] The raised recess in which is usually displayed the flower arrangement, a piece of pottery and a _kakemono_. (See Note, page 35.) [29] Farcical interludes of the _NÅ_ stage. CHAPTER V COUNTRY-HOUSE LIFE The sense of a common humanity is a real political force.--J.R. GREEN The stranger in Japan sees so little of the intimacies of country life that I shall say something of further visits to what we should call county families. My hosts, who seemed to be active to a greater or less degree in promoting the welfare of their tenants, lived in purely Japanese style. Yet now and then in a beautiful house there was a showy gilt timepiece or some other thing of a deplorable Western |
|
