The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-20
Some Interesting Glimpses Of ths
Great Japanese Capital.
One of tEe Periodical 0utDcrsts OF
HeathcniSm -- q Hundred ThOu-
sand E4anterns swayIna in fhe
E2reeze~A StOrra.
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hone,a.s AMI st,,,'I-a.,,ars . trisf. t,.a,Jn, T.,
tbe nronrjeto,s Of tea-bo,ses and brntbnIs -
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i-Ne'S "','ii''''o 'i'' "'' o,ue''' t.''t Tue
Iihi'cliSo "h9 S"aso'' 10 ana ~ ios''ii's
escl o'nel IN Vi' el'or' " Ie''oii uilo
! VI a''laeeloii Oiio i,i'i'V come 70 -
Oilo'''ai iai''' i" ll'i eio"u- Nu4i,,gis ~,
never seem 10 llteiLeit '"luh tled9ule 1At
Ten thousands may S"eu % tlo tWeales, anu
/ from IllS 10 NE mites Without lhcoilFeih-
ehce, llls que - 'uo lo' u'iaF blI'ulee1
hleml .. tn7 cH",' where Vaore are no S'oo-
Walks ana All th' aueo' Is Choe ussu iot
| P'eaNu'o pui Poaf''' II - an" "uo W VIC Pc
cullar construction Oh tie houses tlle "l'i'
front anu Partitoia peih5 iho'ao4e' II Is
OWING also 10 the simple lood ana culinary
arrangement Wnich make The feeohg o.
2O,OOO people an easy task.
Fro III Asakusa to halida and thence to the
castle, distance OF ten miles, stretched tenn
porary balconies just under the caves Of the
heavy-roofed houses, tha6 oil within might
see me countless most without y
hundred tho2Sah" lanterns s"ayed III me
breeze from lho caves OF houses, swung
across streets supported by the sim bamboo,
| over arched entrances with dancing waves
Of light, gl.mmared l. the tree-tops, ana
giinted from some pleasure garden where the
sound OF voice ana hute with the !nonoionolt
hum-hum OF the samson, the japanese guI-
tar, flosted out on the evening ar. 1t wa
neg gorgeous scene. buS Tee lanterns casl
sueh welfi, laHtfistlc IiSht overall that but
for the surging crowd We might fancy thu
ghosts OF the dopartet C''ieRtals We're abroao
N very iacO ~ was |! ''eautll,'l St'Ie- il'
p'S'S Vi III . N.''' ',' ''s II 'l'i.''''
over the rocks pehe'ta leLiS.Stic pine
mingled with tne minor tHdI o. the ola tenn
pie drum, aud gave Us renewed Visions
Arabian NighTS.
oh ouha''y tle tiiio WIS s''sit al layiAs
pehahce ana purchasing paper prayers q
the temple Nhe'e tae priests "ei9 doIiG
thrifty business. IhA pfactite IS l9r Tn
priests to sell strip Of psPer with SOM
characters written on II, ana these are nun;
up before the goo, "hlle the esuIphah5 sihne
Is quaihAg sake Y. e. japanese VINE OF reei
ao some stiiliu d u''ie iurtiei Oh arrange
Hents had Dteil ihaoe 70 I&f eciliSe any pre-
vious effort TINS year though nobody seem
10 kno" why forty gorgeous cars h@'
Dech made % enter Vao grand procession
Ihese hao Platforms uoouC ttd LeS' "lBh
upon Wnich was laSIeneI one OF 'h9 lS''Fo
guns Ahe'e "s9 hai A'Au' .''7 goa
"ealeh ilo ts very PorIN All" aIdi''a o.
tWo bags o. rice ule sylppo' oi "eaith
thls country. mere IS Hotei' '1c Gou "
happiness lie Is even idtter and joiiier ina
Dal hoku' re dfihAs 700 hl'cii, nut 'ie
the friend OF the chlIarel' masking th''% top
Aa'eS ana an So' u ~ S'l'' inF'' Is ',.> :"
Oh hfe, NhirE re5ehlpIes ihe h3Fp'ea ot Hii
gll, ana thera are many others, beN!je
deliied ancestors and others OF less rehe"1
lhere are seven patron G"aS IN All, >iA g
them beng men. henten' the patron OF u
fanny anu '"9 SEA Is Il "''nah
MlAed up "itH tIl'S' ho'iou' ot t'tltN iE
snakes dragons with n Thousand tle'ias, "a
lnhnity OF claws ana tau aIlihlalH ti'e i%e
which are , noI III ''e''y'l """Fe oI e'.'l u
he'1en, / He cars aFe te'i',' 'ut VIZ" E.',
anu sliTer !''PIt ana % '''l VI VI II
loll anu siit' 'i'I'ls III ':''i'''t. 10. ~
5 ouC oi plopo' '"h' me Gle' ,p''s S''''e 'i''''
as large as SltcofS' "h'Ie ,he I"th IS ut
more thah SiA ieet h'Sl- me peop'e year
not lof Che ruieS OK js'I p'io loF eliee', "p
1hey eet IT, hilsh' ana carry '"'Se ioi' /
i cars drawn ny 'h9u SietE oxen, were ft''''-
o. starr ann. Il ,'e,'''', % l'o,7t o. 'lIl''.
norris huo'S, '"'i' -'oi''' ~""'5N NF, - i'' d.
j ana every tliiS eISo ''''0,' 'dc sun ''h0 tV"i
give one '''e '''S'''I y. Ptiil'',ii'ii''il III
hNefy 'ihE aS 10 MAJ C'i'7 was III ,'''''''''
dIsoraer, lntIe WIS no Coiul'i''". y az
ID none hnt demon "'0n y, ''g'2'' 'I ii''i
ID co'"' nave eo'ii'''l,''e'' 5ue l'''l' Gefe
Ior procession !" S'aI' ji'i' Use VIZ, t"'o
moves along WIN u ih' ''' S'''''.i1 10" Oh
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