Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-04


tlose OF the gentler sex, may thor
va Il v appreciate the uni Iue exhibit
of the orr ntai 81 tcrs, di grams OF
the rooms and explanations OF the ar
ii les are here added
In front of both rooms are S id ny
lattice doors, GOV red wi a white
translucent pape'. The solid aper
door, be ween may be aiken out and
the two rooms thu thr wn in o one.
bamboo curtains hang in ont and
painted p nels make the walls, of
hich the south one is in two PAGES
bro en- by paper window. The fl lOr
/, covered with str w mating W tn
n border; i'm or.er hat the c may
not be torn or soiled, wo den clogs or
shoes must always be removed IN
DORIS.
In e library at the place marked a
are four arti les ~ ing o. the iloor.
n TO t wall is Il KIN of lance which
womin might tint OCCASION u use;
then comes the "ilo - "A irtcen-
stringed instrument, played with IVORY
tingt r-ti S, and N front are the SAM
sen" a three strin eed guitar. and the
kokyn," "a thrl c-svringed fiddle. Is is
the III bachi" fire bowl ia which a
little br.gh charcoal finishes all the
heat for the T. ON; G is tue mat on
w h my lady SITS; ID is n box on
which is some OF the pa. er used in
st, al of handkerchiefs; T. is book
rest; + stands for "A short sword on a
rest; l. marks several little painted
sliding doors W. lea open INTO small
apartments.
The space at the left of these is lit
tie rece : or al Owe, called "toko-uo-
ma" which is the place OF honor in a
japanese room. In This place II serves
for low reen with thir cen leaves:
nd il appropriately stands Tor kake-
mono" lwall-banuers', pi, turing the
pine and the plum. In front OF this
re es,, a. the space labeled y, is a
cabinet containing books and other
Things; aud at the opposite corner of
the room NJ IS wrl;ing-ta be, upol
whicA is box containing proOa bly,
brush, pen and In Tia ink.
in the boudoir A shows the location
of "a large number of lacquer boN of
various kinds, shapes ana sizes; Il in
di, ates boards which the game of
Ego" an extremely complex ditii-
cult kind of checkers - played; & re-
pres eutS cabinets with various orna-
ments. and ID STANDS for two large
round boxes, maze of cells, and con-
tainIug the cards used in the intellect
ual game called "Ilyakun n. sShu,"
70 e Hundred Pc sons One Poem
t. take up again the description of
the di gram, l. rep esents rack over
which ham III gnlEcently embroii-
cred robes an sashes; + is a tray
with Sc eral fabrics ON IL; ii marks
the location of "a baby bath tuO and
water pot: X is the towel rack; l. is
the hiLaohf'; NJ stands of course for
the mirror. with probably u bronze
h NILE. ahd y is the mat. This com
pietes the description of the rooms,
construct, Of the We y best quality OF
tin Der, and of the "lu niture, COM
prising out all the articles used il
eve day life. y, thing better than
these could be found out,ide The
palace, as they were loaned by
Princess Nori and the Warehouses;
Maeda and llachi uka. Her majes v
the emf ress also has personally loaned
specimens of raw silN from the pala e
aud the cInpr, SIS dow ger has sent four
Iabri S woven in her palace.
The empress, mo r, composed
anese oem, which is yet To be pu' in
its place. 1t j. iiten in a beautiful
hand on an ornamen cd tablet, aud it
is accom- anted it'll lew erScs COM
posed an written by ladies in wait
inr. TIE poem by the empress reads
as follows:
Yosbino-yama
fln 80 mi yra