Japan and the Japanese illustrated . THK OLD WOMAN AM) Till. SPAKHOW. TREE WORSHIP. LOl any difficulty, and tlic gnitcful liushaud suspends a votive tal> on the trunk of thetn-c representing a, man and a woman crouching upon the ground, and turning thoirbacks on oii(> another. Tree-worship, whicli luis existed among all ancient races, is limited by the Japaneseto very old trees. Wlien the lord of Yaniato wislied to furnish his house compk-tely. IMlIhKMON AND BAUIMS. from the trunk (if the finest cedar in his park, the axes of the woodman bounded fromthe bark, and large drops of l)lo(
Japan and the Japanese illustrated . THK OLD WOMAN AM) Till. SPAKHOW. TREE WORSHIP. LOl any difficulty, and tlic gnitcful liushaud suspends a votive tal> on the trunk of thetn-c representing a, man and a woman crouching upon the ground, and turning thoirbacks on oii(> another. Tree-worship, whicli luis existed among all ancient races, is limited by the Japaneseto very old trees. Wlien the lord of Yaniato wislied to furnish his house compk-tely. IMlIhKMON AND BAUIMS. from the trunk (if the finest cedar in his park, the axes of the woodman bounded fromthe bark, and large drops of l)lo()d tlowcd froni every stroke. This, says the hgend,is because ancient trees have a soul, like men and eods, orantcd to them on accountof their great age. They aic also capable of sympathy with the misfortunes of fugitiveswho place themselves untler their protection. More than one unfortunate warrior on the 262 LIFE IX JAPAN. point of falling into the li<auds of implacable enemies has found a retreat in theirbranehes, or in some old trunk. Japanese legend has its Genevieve de Brabant. A noble lady driven forth intothe woods, gave birth to a son, whom she nursed at her breast while she labouredfor their common support. AVhen her innocence had been recognized she was broughtback with o-reat pomp to the Court of the IMikado, and her kirinion of leaveswas exposed in a temple for public veneration. T<i the end of his life her son retainedthr weat
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