Japan and the Japanese illustrated . et lieeu permitted to view thi trojjhies of Kaniakoura. While all European states like to display the treasures which they have respectivelyseized nr won in their frontier and dynastic wars, Japan hides all monuments of itsmilitary glory from foreigners. They are kept in reserve, like a family treasure, iuvenerable sanctuaries, to wliich no profane feet ever find access. On approaching the Temple of Hatchimau we perceived that our arrival hadbeen announced, and that the bonzes were closing the shutters of their treasure-house. Q 2. iriK CKNTKAl, , IK
Japan and the Japanese illustrated . et lieeu permitted to view thi trojjhies of Kaniakoura. While all European states like to display the treasures which they have respectivelyseized nr won in their frontier and dynastic wars, Japan hides all monuments of itsmilitary glory from foreigners. They are kept in reserve, like a family treasure, iuvenerable sanctuaries, to wliich no profane feet ever find access. On approaching the Temple of Hatchimau we perceived that our arrival hadbeen announced, and that the bonzes were closing the shutters of their treasure-house. Q 2. iriK CKNTKAl, , IKOM THE TKI: IIAIK. CHAPTER II. THE Ti:.]rrLKs of kamakoura. THE AVENUES.—THE CHAPELS.—-THE TORIS.—THE PAGODA.—IDOLS.—BONZES.—THE DAIBOUDHS. iiiE of llatcliimaii are appruaclicil l)y long Hues of tlicsc great cedar-treeswhich form the avenues to all places of worship in Japan. As we a(lvan(;e alongthe avenue on the Kanasawa side, chapels multiply themselves along tlie road, and tothe left, upon the sacred hills, we also come in sight of the oratories and commemorative THE Tonis. ] 17 st<iii(\s wliich mark the stations of the processions; on the right the liorizoii is cluscJliy the niouiitaiii, witli its grottos, its streams, and its pine groves. After \vc havecrossed the river by a fine wooden bridge, we find ourselves su<Menlv at tliccntranec of anotlier aHcy, which leads from the sea-side, and occupies a large . is the principal avenue, intersected liy three gigantic , and it oiiens on the ^.:*4- ^r:^^^-<3^^^-^ .
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