. The mikado's empire. es, theyseem as though freshly brought from an Aino hut in Yezo. In scoresof striking instances, the very peculiar ideas, customs, and superstitions,of both Japanese and Aino, are the same, or but slightly modified. Amidst many variations, two distinctly marked types of featuresare found among the Japanese people. Among the upper classes, thefine, long, oval face, with prominent, well-chiseled features, deep-sunk-en eye-sockets, oblique eves, long, drooping evelids, elevated and arch- 3 30 THE MIKADOS EMPIRE. ed eyebrows, liigli and narrow forehead, rounded nose, bud-lik
. The mikado's empire. es, theyseem as though freshly brought from an Aino hut in Yezo. In scoresof striking instances, the very peculiar ideas, customs, and superstitions,of both Japanese and Aino, are the same, or but slightly modified. Amidst many variations, two distinctly marked types of featuresare found among the Japanese people. Among the upper classes, thefine, long, oval face, with prominent, well-chiseled features, deep-sunk-en eye-sockets, oblique eves, long, drooping evelids, elevated and arch- 3 30 THE MIKADOS EMPIRE. ed eyebrows, liigli and narrow forehead, rounded nose, bud-like mouth,pointed chin, small hands and feet, contrast strikingly with the round,flattened face, less oblique eyes almost level with the face, and straightnoses, expanded and upturned at the roots. The former type prevailsamong the higher classes—the nobility and gentry; the latter, amongthe agricultural and laboring classes. The one is the Aino, or north-ern type; the other, the southern, or Yamato type. In the accom-. The High and the Low Type of the Japanese Face—Aristocratic and Plebeian. (Lady and Maid-servant.) panying cut this difference is fairly shown in the strongly contrastingtypes of the Japanese lady and her servant, or childs nurse. Themodern Ainos are found inhabiting the islands of Yezo, Saghalin, theKuriles, and a few of the outlying islands. They number less thantwenty thousand in all. As the Aino of to-day is and lives, so Japanese art and traditionsdepict him in the dawn of history: of low stature, thick - set, full-bearded, bushy hair of a true black, eyes set at nearly right angleswith the nose, which is short and thick, and chipped at the end, mus-cular in frame and limbs, with big hands and feet. His language, re-ligion, dress, and general manner of life are the same as of old. Hehas no alphabet, no writing, no numbers above a thousatid. His rice,tobacco, and pipe, cotton garments, and worship of Yoshitsune, are ofcourse later innovations—steps in th
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