Japan and the Japanese illustrated . A DAIMIOS TRAIN. (cARIOATUKB). surmounted by .«harks fins; these arc his banners. All the sea-gods, wearing diademsrepresenting the heads of seals, little fishes, medusas, crabs, and dragons jaws, cometo ]>ay him homage. This Court of marine monsters and drowned men-at-arms hasinspired the strangest artistic compositions; equalled only by the revolting scenesin which we see the bloody and slaughtered victims aiding demons in the punish-ment of their murderers in the infernal regions. The pencil of Callot has producednothing so completely horrible. Y Y ru
Japan and the Japanese illustrated . A DAIMIOS TRAIN. (cARIOATUKB). surmounted by .«harks fins; these arc his banners. All the sea-gods, wearing diademsrepresenting the heads of seals, little fishes, medusas, crabs, and dragons jaws, cometo ]>ay him homage. This Court of marine monsters and drowned men-at-arms hasinspired the strangest artistic compositions; equalled only by the revolting scenesin which we see the bloody and slaughtered victims aiding demons in the punish-ment of their murderers in the infernal regions. The pencil of Callot has producednothing so completely horrible. Y Y ruo LIFE IN JAIAX. The Japanese dcligbt in the imitation of hideous realities. The wax-work musouni at Asaksa-tera possesses figures of executed eriininals, and coipses in a state of decomposition, whicli form a collection very superior to the celebrated Chamber ufllnirors at Madame PROCKSSION or TAlISMAMi UAKES. They can also, like (allot, ally the burlesque to the horrible, but they do soonly in sulijects which are not tragical. Yov instance, they will change the vesselsused ill religious ((nnmnies, gongs, holy-\\ater brushes, candelabra, perfume vases, THE llOllUiniE AXD THE EAXTASTIC. 347 altars, images, and statuettes, into so many animated monsters, jumping or crawlingin an infernal dance led by evil spirits. The fantastic has its part in the fascinations of tlie tea-houses in the suburbs ofYeddo. Some are erected in places propitious to the contemplation of Fousi-yama,and the sight of that exti-aordinary mountain, as it appears at sunrise or at sunset\uider the clear sky, or when swept by storms, is such as to satisfy the moatexacting imagination. The charm of the landscape and mysterious cataracts formingcascades, is enhanced in other places by mineral springs and basins of thermal water,like certain w^atering-places in tlie Swiss mountains. People do not
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