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Title: Japan and the Japanese illustrated
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Humbert, Aimé, 1819-1900 Bates, Henry Walter, 1825-1892 Hoey, Frances Cashel, 1830-1908
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Publisher: London : R. Bentley & son
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IDOLS AT lilt UUAIUUV Uf AXAGUSA-VAMA. sky; the transparencj of the atmosphere permits us to distinguish tlie forts on theluminous surface of the bay, Vmt over the whole space which extends from tlie offingto the foot of the hill there is nothing to arrest ones gaze. It is an ocean of longstreets, white walls, and grey roofs. The monotony of this picture is unbroken exceptliy a few groups of trees with dark foliage, or a spire rising above the undulatinglines of the innumerable houses. THE BURIAL PLACE OF THE TAIKOUNS. 18:5 In a noighbouring quarter we observe a large hole cut through the streets, as if al)omb-shell luul passed ; it is the scene of a recent fire. At a little distance a sombregroup of hills, consecrated to the sepultuie of the Taikouns, rises like a solitary islandabove a tumultuous sea.
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IIIE lir.Kll YASIIITZONK. The )i:uiiii-nnia seen from the iiDrtlicni ) avilion is, if possible, more uniform. Itincludes the (;uarter8 inhabited by lh< nobility, and its limit on the horizon is thenniiparts of the citadel. The 1 )iiimio-ya.ski, or seignorial residcncis to wiiich we improperly gave the na.meof palace, do not differ except Iiy their dimensions. The most opulent and the simplestpresent the same type of arehitectur(\ the same elmraettr of simplicity. They are com-posed of a finst enclosure of liuildings reserved for the Princes aervants and men-at- 184 LIFE IN JAPAN. arms. These buildings have only one storey above the ground floor, and form a longs(;uare, always surrounded by a ditch ; a single roof covers them, a single wall protectsthem, and most frequently they have no other issue on the public way than thisone door. The windows are numerous, low, and wide, regularly placed on two parallellines, and furnished with wooden shutters. In the interior a more or less con

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