Hildreth's "Japan as It Was and Is": A Handbook of Old Japan, Volume 2 (of 2) — John Shaqi
Hildreth's "Japan as It Was and Is": A Handbook of Old Japan, Volume 2 (of 2)Hildreth, Richard
History
Hildreth's "Japan as It Was and Is": A Handbook of Old Japan, Volume 2 (of 2)
Hildreth, Richard
Japan -- History
Artisans for the Common People: Repairing Wooden Clogs; Repairing
Tatami 226
Scenes in the Home: The Doctor’s Call; Hairdressing; A Blind
Masseur 234
Scene in a Common School 242
The Wedding Ceremony 250
A Buddhist Funeral 258
A Shintō Funeral 264
Scenes in Japanese Cemeteries 272
Players at the Game of “Go” 280
Theatrical Representations: The “No” Dance; Chrysanthemum
Figures 288
Japanese Wrestlers 296
Portrait of Commodore Oliver H. Perry 304
The Reception of Commodore Perry by the Japanese Emperor 312
Scene in the Harbor of Uraga 320
Portrait of Townsend Harris 328
The Old and the New: Junks; The New Battleship “Mikasa” 336
Nihombashi, Tōkyō 344
A Modern Street Scene in Tōkyō 352
JAPAN
AS IT WAS AND IS
CHAPTER XXXII
_Post-houses—Imperial Messengers—Inns—Houses—Their Furniture and
Interior Arrangements—Bathing and Sweating House—Gardens—Refreshment
Houses—What they provide—Tea._
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