Japan and the Japanese illustrated . produce these forgeries by means of a glutinous exudation of certainmarine herbs, and they are then exported to China, with every trick in their packingand labelling which can possibly deceive the experts of the Celestial Empire; and I amby no means sure that Europe has not also been extensively taken in. Q Q 2 300 LIFE IN JAPAN. Fish sausages are extensively made in this quarter. They are of various kinds,each having a special colour. A great whitewashed oven is set up in tlie centre of aspacious kitchoi ; it contains bowls of iron, and a jar in which a ce
Japan and the Japanese illustrated . produce these forgeries by means of a glutinous exudation of certainmarine herbs, and they are then exported to China, with every trick in their packingand labelling which can possibly deceive the experts of the Celestial Empire; and I amby no means sure that Europe has not also been extensively taken in. Q Q 2 300 LIFE IN JAPAN. Fish sausages are extensively made in this quarter. They are of various kinds,each having a special colour. A great whitewashed oven is set up in tlie centre of aspacious kitchoi ; it contains bowls of iron, and a jar in which a certain class of fishis cooking. ()theis arc cliopjx^d up very small ; and as soon as they are sufficientlydried and reduced to a powder in mortars of hard wood, they are sorted, seasoned,and rolled into paste, pressed, and tied up in their envelopes, of which each receivesits dip of colour. They are then packed in bales. Half a dozen persons generallywork together on all these operations, which are performed to a monotonous song. The. A IS CKOCKEIlYWAliB. knives and the pestles arc used in time to the rhyme. But when any noise comes fromthe street the men throw them down and go out and swell the gaping crowd. Perhaps nothing more serious is going on than the dance of the Lion of (jften everyone there has seen it! And nevertheless the discordant appeal ofthe fife and the tambourine which announce its approach is never resisted. Four actors come out of a neighbouring street ; three form the orchestra, andthe fourth gives the representation. Pie is wi-apped in a very large striped cloaksurmounted by an enormous lions head. The monster can make himself longer or THE LION OF COREA. 301 shorter at will, and sutldonly raise himself up two yards above the people who are withhim. The children utter cries of mingled admiration and fear. Some, bolder than therest, venture to lift iip the skirts of his cloak, and even to pinch the legs of themysterious tumbler. He s
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