The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1860-06-14
THE JAPANESE

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pictorial publications haze boon filled
with pictures of the Japanese and mat.
ters rotating to Japan, (Right here, by
way ofparcnthesis, we would ask some
certain persons who are in the habit O.
coming into the Home Journal Office
and taking off Harpcr's weekly and
other illustrated papers with which wo
exchange, to please quit such a mean
practice, for it is but u shade bettor
than storing away things under false
pretencea We a scarcely lay liar,
per's Weekly down but some one takes
it of, no doubt expecting 10 return it.
but torgets it.
But the japanese, We would like tc
say II good deal aboutth them. They are
a singular people, They belong to the
great MongolT Tartar family, and are
distinguished, like all the other branch.
cs of this stock, by broad skulls and
high cheek bones, small black eyes, OBJ.
liquely set; long, black hair, and a yell
low or sallow oval co~mpFe&iou. It
least we are thus taught by It history Of
japan and its inhabitants Sirhold iii.
vidcs them into inhabitants Of t @
coasts, inhabitants Of the country and
inhabitants of the townS~HlI Of which,
he alleges, differ in physical appearance.
language and manner. They are diyj-
dcd, socially, into eight cIasscs- princes,
mobiles, priests, soldiers, civil officers,
Merchants, artizans, and laborcrs-
which are kept distinct, with all the
strictncss Of caste, each person follow
ing invariably the profession Of his faith
cy. Their principal moral characters
ties arc skin, perseverance, courage,
and frankncss, with much good hnnor,
natural politencSs, and courtesy OF
manner. The latter qualities are par,
ticularly observable among the agrlcnI.
tnral population, who are, besides, IN
dustrions, temperate and hospitNblc.-
The japanese dress consists Of loose
garments Of silk or cotton, the men Of
the higher orders wearing a kind OF pet
ticoat-tro wgers, and those Of the high
est rank two swords. They wear no
hats, except in rainy weather, and
shave the whole front and crown ofthc
head, forming the restint0 Il tuIt on th,
bald skull. The women, again, Wc4l
their bair very long, with numerous
costly ornaments OF tortoise shell, bo
none 0fany other material. They dies
troy their natural compirNion5 witt
paint, color their lips with purple, and
when married, blackcn their teeth ano
pluck out their eyebrows. PoIygmny
is not practiced, although the mora
code Of the japanese is MOI otherwise
by any means, particularly rigid, va
rious iaxities being indulgcd in without
scandal. All arc slaves to custom, and
ridiculous-oflen opprcssiyc-etiqucttc
The established or state religion is that
of Buddha, although another and Older
form also exists, called Sinto or Sin Sit
(faith in gods, or way to gods.) The
priests ofthis sect are allowed to mar
~. The language is polysyllabic, anC
has an alphabet Of iorty.scvcn letters
which are written in fourdiilercnt forms
one of which is used exclusively by
men, and other by women.
In abiding to the japanese visitors.
President Buchanan says:
"Thoy never speak to me without
calling me Emperor and his Majesty,
and are the most particular people
about what they should do. Every
thing was written down for them, sta.
ting the course they wcrc to take, the
number pfbows they were to make, and
all that, before they left Japan. They
cant understand me ut all. You know
they were here in front to hearthc band
on Saturday. Well, ! went down the
steps to speak to some Of my friends
that saw, and they couldn't under,
stand that ut all. To think that l.
Empcror of the United Statcs-should
90 down among and shake hands with
the people, astonishCd them wonderful
". Oh no, they couldn't understand
that at all, so unlike anything in Their
country"
Upon the whole, the visit Of the ia
panese will prove valuable to the pcopI
of tho United States, although costly
Yet it will pay in tho end. a new Elm
nire onens thus TO our trade and com
mercc. II is interesting to know tina
the tender is made TO this country eX
clusively. Tho Embassy was allowed
thirty days in which to come to the Uni
ted States, thirty days to stay here, anC
thirty days to return, without visiting
any other country whatever.
Another advantage will be tho atten
ton which this visit will direct to Japan
All The pegspapor readers will learn
ore in the nexttwo weeks concerning
Japan and japanese customs, than they
ever would have learned. This will be
n great advantage SO that the WJ
thousand dollars voted ~ Congress u
receive this Embassy will not be all lost
We close our renal ks about the Japan
csc by taking from the Baltimore Sur
,gr co,y of which We gre indebted IL