. The Ansons in Asiatic temples. g to sell to the 94 THE AKSONS IN ASIATIC TEMPLES. foreigners curiosities in bronze and bamboo, iuivory and silk, works of art and ornament, aswell as useful objects. By Sasakis advice, bought nothing of them, but waiteduntil he could go out among the stores. Besidesthe fact that these dealers asked a much higherprice than the articles were worth, they were notsuch as Mr. Anson wished to carry home withhim. In the early evening they took a stroll amongthe stores, T\here Mr. Anson purchased a numberof discarded idols, and where he secured a largenumber
. The Ansons in Asiatic temples. g to sell to the 94 THE AKSONS IN ASIATIC TEMPLES. foreigners curiosities in bronze and bamboo, iuivory and silk, works of art and ornament, aswell as useful objects. By Sasakis advice, bought nothing of them, but waiteduntil he could go out among the stores. Besidesthe fact that these dealers asked a much higherprice than the articles were worth, they were notsuch as Mr. Anson wished to carry home withhim. In the early evening they took a stroll amongthe stores, T\here Mr. Anson purchased a numberof discarded idols, and where he secured a largenumber of volumes of picture books with en-gravings by famous Japanese artists, chief ofwhom was Hokusai. The next day they hadplanned to visit the temple of the Hongwanji,but it rained steadily all day, so that they werekept house-bound. This gave them a chance towrite up their letters, and to examine, withSasakis help, the picture books they hadbought. Hour after hour passed rapidly awayin this pleasant occupation. Sasaki had stories. (9GJ THE SACRED CITY OF KIOTO. 97 to tell concerning most of the pictures—fables,parables, and historic occurrences. The re-ligious element of the Japanese nature appearedin almost every picture, and very much informa-tion concerning their religious views was gainedfrom the pictures. One curious work wasHokusais One Hundred Views of MountFuji, another was his Man Girafu, or TenThousand Pictures. In one of these books,Bertie noticed a picture of a man driving thedevils out of his house, on the eve of the NewYear, with beans that had been blessed by thepriest. This Hokusai is the most famous andmost popular of all Japanese artists. When Bertie rose the next morning, he wentquickly to see how the weather might be, for onerainy day in a Japanese hotel is quite enough totax ones patience. He was delighted to findthe air wondrously pure and the sky clear, whilea strong breeze was rapidly drying up the mud. The next few days were spent in visiting themost n
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