The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . A SAMURAI. 680 THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. [chap. {torryi) of wood, stone, or copper, and here and there are ropes,stretched over the way, to which written prayers and vows areaffixed. Even those who have long studied Japan and its literaturehave very little knowledge of the inner essence of religion is considered by some a pure deism, by others abelief with political aims, the followers of which worship thedeparted heroes of the country. Of a develope
The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . A SAMURAI. 680 THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. [chap. {torryi) of wood, stone, or copper, and here and there are ropes,stretched over the way, to which written prayers and vows areaffixed. Even those who have long studied Japan and its literaturehave very little knowledge of the inner essence of religion is considered by some a pure deism, by others abelief with political aims, the followers of which worship thedeparted heroes of the country. Of a developed morality thisreligion is wholly devoid. In the same way it appears to beuncertain whether Shintoism is a survival of the original religionof the country or whether it has been brought from GATE ACB0S3 THE ROAD TO A SHINTO TEMPLE. Buddhism was introduced from China by Corea. Its templesare more ornamented than the Shinto temples, and contain imagesof deities, bells, drums, holy books, and a great quantity of altarornaments. The transmigration of souls, and rewards andpunishments in a life after this, are doctrines of the temples proper there are to be found in many placeslarge or small images in stone or bronze of the deities ofBuddha. The largest of these consist of colossal statues inbronze (Daihutsu), representing Buddha in a sitting position, andthemselves forming the screen to a temple with smaller images. XVIII.] STATUES OF BHUDDA. 681 A similar statue is also to be found at Kamakura, another atTokio, a third at Nara near Kioto, and so on. Some have oflate years been sold for the value of the metal; one has in thisway been brought to London, and is now exhibited in theKensington Museum. The metal of the statues consists of analloy of copper with ti
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