. Japan, a record in colour . r ofcoloured papers, miniature lanterns, paper umbrellas,and flags came slowly fluttering down among thechildren on to their jet-black bobbing heads, and into i+9 Japan their eager outstretched hands. Never have I seenanything more beautiful than these gay, brightly-cladpeople, packed closely together like a cluster offlowers in the brilliant sparkling sunshine, with theirpretty upturned faces watching the softly falling rainof coloured toys. I strolled through the temple grounds,passed this brilliant stream of colour and lovely laughingchildren, passed the cherry
. Japan, a record in colour . r ofcoloured papers, miniature lanterns, paper umbrellas,and flags came slowly fluttering down among thechildren on to their jet-black bobbing heads, and into i+9 Japan their eager outstretched hands. Never have I seenanything more beautiful than these gay, brightly-cladpeople, packed closely together like a cluster offlowers in the brilliant sparkling sunshine, with theirpretty upturned faces watching the softly falling rainof coloured toys. I strolled through the temple grounds,passed this brilliant stream of colour and lovely laughingchildren, passed the cherry-trees and dainty tea-houses,and in a few minutes found myself in a cool grey-greenforest of bamboo, an academic bamboo grove lookinglike a pillared temple, sunless and silent. It was herethat the philosophers of old taught and meditated, andit seemed a place to meditate in—so quiet, so sombre,shut ofF from the world with its endless lofty pillars ofgrey luminous green—silent, a world apart. 150 THE CHILD AND THE UMBRELLA. WORKERS CHAPTER X WORKERS It was with a view to decorating my newly-builtLondon house that I paid a second visit to Japan,being convinced that it was possible to handle thelabour there at a cheaper rate and with finer resultsthan in Europe. My experience proved that I wasright. Before leaving England, however, I was care-fully informed by all my friends of the exceedinglybad reputation that the Japanese have gained com-mercially. I was told that they were treacherousand unscrupulous in their dealings, and that I was,above all, to beware of the Japanese merchant. Asit happened, it was through making a friend of oneparticular little Japanese merchant—through concen-trating my attention upon him, and studying himcontinually—that I was enabled to gain a real insightinto the life of the people, and to tear away thatimpenetrable veil which, to the Westerners eyes,always hangs before them. When you get to know a Japanese merchant well,a man who has studied o
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