Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-06-01

kinds of grain, and. most curious of all.
Il cluster of tiny Silken bags. each one
snapped rudely like the petal of a flower
ana grouped about little central sac of
green, h.led with some strange Eastern
spices that give forth an aromatic odor.
ana when one looks closely at this clus.
Ter OF little bags. one begins to see in if
a rude imitation of the sacred lotus. and
ii seems as though some devoutly-mindel
WorShiper had fashioned ii as an offer
ing Of special Sanctity.
Domestic Shrines.
The Chinese domestic shrincs are Gu
fously interesting. One that is very
elaborate is of carved wood. briphtIy
lacquered in gold. 1t has carved base
ana an upright receptacle. in which are
seven gods to be worshippcd This is
shown in the illustration. The three M
per hgureS are disciples Of Buddha: the
hgure III the center is the dragon god Of
GOOD fortune. one of the domestic deitieS
iilat are "orShlpped III spring and fall by
command Of the Emperor: the lower LEFT
hand hgureS represents DaikoEu, God of
feriIlty He stands on sacks of rice.
ana IS armed with the mallet al album
dance his same figure appears ON the
Chinese banknotcs. Down in the lower
Ti&ht-hand corner of the shrine is Inc god
Ehlsu. the fisherman, who is also the
god of Good Cheer.
Another domestic shrine from China is
sacred to kuang Ing Hulk, who is wor-
shipped by women and is considered sa-
cred to children, This is an idol held in
great Venefation. The present example
Is lncased in shrine of black wood.
Hideous Japanese Deities.
From China to Japan seems a natural
mode of progression, and so We will take
the Japanese idols next. Five hundred
Years old II the image of Fudo-Son, IL
buddhist diety who reignS hy terror and
punishment. He is sufficiently hideous:
TINS old god. with his ugly face sur
mounted by flaming hcad-dress and
nlmbuS. lie holds a riangular-pointed
sword in one hand. There are four diff
fercnt images of this ugly old chap,
carved out of wood and coated with plas-
ter, painted in gay colors.
The Japanese collection is especially
rich. in fact an embarrassment of riches
impossible to enumerate. There are sew
cral Ruddhas, in bronze and lacducred
wood; household Shrincs most elaborate
ly fashioned and others, which are tenn
pie shTnes, that are RlarYeIs OF fine
Workmanship; bronze prayer bell or
Drll-bu of bronze ornamented with lotus
patterns, the bell being uStd iii Buddhist
religious services for the purpose of call
ing the attention of the gods worShiped
and OF driving away the evil spirits by
the dorie or Scepter which forms the
handle. and il is interesting TO know thai
this bell was purchased by Mr.. Nunnc-
nacher from pilgrim to the holy
Shrines ut the top of Mt Fugi, near Nix
ko, Japan.
TinltlipG Temple Bells.
The catalogue might he continued in
definitely, and one might tell of temple
ornaments Of brass opcmwork. engraved
with the sacred lotuS,' with beaded
strings of hcll-shaped pendants, whith
Jingle pleasantly when stirred by the
wind; of Il temple drum. with bronze
bowl lacqucred and carved which gives
forth Il resonant far reaching sound
when struck with a QuePrlY- ShapCd drum
stick Of Buddhist temple chairs. used By
priests made of red lacquercd wood: Of
a yui or staff Of Shinto priest a beau
tifully-carvcd representation Of the ga
cred lotus, SNmboical of imperiShability:
and finally of marvellous embr0ideries,
stiff with gold and silver thread. cur
ningly wrought. There is one magnifi-
cent temple banner, eight feet long and
half a ward wide. of white silk. cmhroid-
cred in gold thread in scroll patterns and
hordcrcd with gold braid, and in the cen
tor is golden Stork. representing good
fortune ana longevity. Another fine
specimen of embroidery is Il Buddhist
temple pcrticrc from Il Toxic temple. It is
an immense piece of work. the imperial
threc-clawcd dragon deity being pmbroid-
cred upon straw-colored background in
beautifully harmouizinG shades of blue.
green pale blue. white. light gray, red.
brown and gold. On all sides of the
dragon figure are groups of hc2cy clouds.
and slightly overlapping upon the drag
on's tail is the Sixteon-pctaled chrysau-
themum crest of the Mikados.
From Egypt come images of Osiris of
Isis and Horus. in bronze. aud from
Thibct there are Two prayer wheels,
which the devout Buddhist turns in his
dcvoti0nS. besides curious charm boxes
and roSarics- Evening Wisconsin.