New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-09-12

are used as hanlkeTCalcis anu thth throw"
away. Pipes and robaccopouches are indispen-
sable. both to males and females. and sometimes
.sruf-5oxcs are carried The saber Is the most
expensive article OF costume. 20 those VINO have
the rcht TO wear Il. TIE ian, which Is foot
long. is carried IN the gird.e and used by all me
Jananese. excer: the common ia5orers. THIS ar
tee PLAYS an important par IN daily iiie men
and women. warriors and statesmen. make U.s.
q fans ~ society. in order 20 occupy the, hands
and e1es To one TIE fan serves a. oo0S o.
reference. 70 another II presents mottos and sen.
fences which furnish food for reflection an 10
third il offers agreeable pictures and landscapes.
Children are not clothed. but from birth al
lowed perfect freedom IN ali their movements.
Since i Is customary to 1T cross-lecged and
leaning forward, their stature becomes crooked
and their feet turn inward The girls are
brought 10 the temple 10 receive name when
they are thirty days old. with boys TINS cere-
monv Is performed on the thiriy-hrst day A.
soon as the latter have attained their fifteenth
wear. they adopt another name l. is also very
customary tor men to change their names
When o new Governor or other official ap-
pointed, all tie subOrdnates bearing the same
name. who live in the district subject TO his gov
eminent. are obliged 70 Law Il aside and select
some other. Sometimes the Emperor bestows
2 new name on his Princes or Generals When
any one changes HI. rank he takes new name,
and the same process Is frequently repeated after
his death Thus. for instance. the founder OF
the present line of Emperors Is known under the
following names Mlnamoso Jjgasn. the hrs.
being the name OF his family. the second his IN
dyidual name This was changed 10 D1ft-
.Hapa when he assumed the Regency >log,m
was his title as a military commander bu, this
was relincuished IN 1905, after which be was
called KuJo Finally. after his death, IN 1910.
he received the name OF ToSro-Dai- Gongcn.
which signifies. The Great Revelation Shining
IN the Fast" He Is generally called GoHg'n. for
hreviy
There are three important periods IN the life
Of japanese youth. On reaching the third
year the boy receives the girdle for conhning the
apon IN the seventh year, the festive mantle Is
hung upon his shoulders and he receives the
blessing of the priest IN the temple. and in the
fifteenth year the hair is clipped from the crown
of his head and arranged as II Is worn by men.
He is thus created citizen The m usually
marres before the eighteenth and the woman
before the fifteenth year. But one wife IL recog-
nized IN law. although the man may have any
number of concubnes the position OF the latter
Is not considered dish0norabe The Legal wife
must be equal to her husband IN RANK and c0ndI
ton. The forms and ceremonies TO be observed
IN marriage, are remarkably numerous and com
plIcated. On entering the dwelling of the bride
groom. the bride Is clothed IN white, As sign
that she Is dead TO her relations. An Infrac-
ten of the marriage relation Is always punished
with death. The wife must carefully avoid the
slightest appearance or suspicion Of lnfidelty,
since, II she should even be seen alone IN the
same room with stranger her life IS forfeited.
The man never receives strangers IN the pres
ence OF his wife The manners of the married
women and their daughters are wholly modest
and chaste
One very striking peculiarly OF japan Is It's
tea-houses" or tea-gardens,' which are very
numerous Like the cafes of Europe, they are
visited as places Of refreShmeut and recreation,
and well supplied with all sorts of Japanese deli
cacles The people frequent them openly al
though it well-known that they are at the same
tine houses of prostitution The females who
nhablt them are the children Of impoverished
parents, ahd are by them rented cat for q specl-
fed tenn of wears From these tea-houses they
are again hired as housekeepers, and serve their
masters with the greatest fidelity. The most re-
markable circumstance. however Is that such a
female after having served the appointed time,
returns to her home. without the least disgrace
being attached to her In most cases she be-
HAYES with perfect propuety, maTes and occu-
pies respectable station in society.
The bodies OF the dead are placed cross-legged
IN sitting posture. and mclosed IN box which
serves as ii coffin After the bodyls carried out Of
the house, all the rooms are cleaned and purified
The blood relatives and friends with the priests,
attend at the cemetery, which Is always IN the
nelghborhood Of a temple The bodies are ire
qsently burned in which case the bones are m
closed IN an urn
Allfestlyals. whether religious or not, are cele-
braied at stated periods OF the year thls Is also
the case with the sports OF the children and the
pleasures OF grown persons The Feast OF
Flags" for the former and the " Feast OF Lam
terms" for the latter, are particularly important
The " Feast of Kites" IN ia an, has much reSem-
biance to the practice OF klte-fying common IN
Java. The strings attached 10 the kites are
covered with q mixture which contains ground
glass. Two grown persons make bet, each
files his kite and then endeavors To draw his
string across the string Of his opponent, and saw
II of He whose string Is frs, cut. loses the
bet In their daily intercourse, the Japanese
treat each other with the greatest dehcacy and
refinement. Manifold ceremonies and eNhiol-
ton. Of poiteness are prescribed tor all occur
rences and emergencies OF social lie, and no
one. whether he be small OF great. rlch OF Door.