Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-02

ready to indulge any appetite for con-
1lct that DIN might possess. They
were terrible fellows, with whiskers
quite up to their eyebrows all oyer
their foerheads. One may see REM
nants of them now away up In the Hoo
kaids, but what little power remains
TO them Is purely blbulous. DIN must
have treated them about as kindly as
his mother treated the Coreans. At
any rate, after he returned 90 the land
where the gods live he became known
as Mawata and as Hachiman. and es-
pecially as Yumi. ya-no Hachiman, or
Bow -and-Arrow HAchlman.
THE WAR GODS FAMOUS TEMPLE
Bow-and- Arrow Hachlman has a
temple that nearly every visitor to the
land of the Rising sun has seen. 1t IL
at Kamakura. one OF the ancient cap
itals OF japan. not far from Yokohama.
Hachlman's temple and the great
bronze image OF Amida the Budda are
the chief sights az K%am9kura. though
the visitor should not omit 10 take a
look at the skull Of Yoritomo, one Of
Japan's heroes. This skull has peculiar
interest, II l. not as large as one would
expect from what tradition says Of
Yorltomo, who was noted for the un-
usual magnitude Of his head. But the
gentle priest who acts as guide to the
visitor from the west explains this by
saying. Eyes, il Is small, but It is OF
the time when he was only 10 years Of
age"
Hachiman's temple Is on Isuru-ga-
Okla hill, and has large tori In front Of
it, huge gates Of stone shaped like the
Greek letter Pr There IL also an ichO
tree some 20 feet In circumference and
upwards Of 1000 years old--that Is, Il
couple Of centuries older than the tenn.
pie itself,
A NOTABLE CEREMONY.
In spirit Hachiman Is present also al
the great Shinto temple at Kanda,
Toxic, the capital Of Japan, Here. 10
this day, the troops stationed at the
Toxic barracks come on the 9Th, ith
and Sth Of May and the 9Th, 7th and
Sth of November, to pay their respects
to the memory of the soldiers who fell
In battle in the Sage and Satsuma re-
bellions, and In the wal with China.
Company by company they march up
and present arms before the great hail.
empty Of all furniture except a mirror
and a few chairs. The ceremony is
beautiful in lts solemnity, and one can
easily believe that the spirits Of The
departed are really present 10 receive
the reverence Of their brothers In arms
who have not yet passed to the land Of
ghosts.
II is a ceremony, too, that appeals
to the popular mind, as the crowds on
kudan hill bear ample testimony, when
inc days for the arrival Of the troops
have come. II Is not a mournful crowd.
nor Is 1t a noisy crowd. jap.
aneSe crowds, as a rule, are
neither mournful nor r%lotous. II is a
clean and decorous crowd, one that has
gathered to witness and I'm a way Ia
take part In o service that Is both
military and religious. The ceremony
OF saluting before the temple appeals
TO the whole people. who agree with
the sentiment and those who died IN
battle died nobly and who rejoice that
the army 10 which those who fell be.
longed maintains for them undying re.
gard.
MIKADO Is HIS DESCENDANT.
This respect to the spirits of those
who died In battle obtains throughout
the empire, In this sense Hachimai
Is supreme. He has, moreover. a dl.
rect descendant living, the Mlkado
Mutsu Hito, whom 80 per rent of the
Japanese look upon as a divinity. Tit
MikadO's family tree reads like a chap.
ter Of Chronicles except that there are
more gods at the beginning Of It, ana
goddesses as well. AS becomes a de,
scendant Of Hachiman, the Mlkado Il
the head Of the army and never ap,
pears abroad except In military uni
form, His home is In the heart Ol
Toxic, where formely the palace Of tn,
Shotgun stood, and is surrounded by q
spiral moat that leads TO the Bay ri
Yedo. The lOrtitications of this moaI
are three centuries old, but they arr
substantial. The innumerable earth,
Quakes that have shaken the country
since they wer built have not disturbed
them, They are as grand and formid.
able az cver-beautiful, too, II one see
them when their treasures Of lotuI
blossoms have opened.
Not ullA di' kht Hhlhduu dllu ildNul
man held IN divine honor, but there ar,
warlike deities and grand temples II
many places In Japan, The reverence
bestowed on the guardian gods assumel
4 form that does not appeal to Thu
Western mind as essentially reveren
tial. The gods, one usually on eacl
side of the gate Of the temple they ar
protecting, are behind wide meshel
wire screens. and the devotees stand
ing before Their Augustnesses' throw
spit balls at them. II the spit bal