. Diaries and letters. 0tl I Oo 2. pariah caste m^j^Kom> maTii ruj?>^-j ^^^-^ fiAii-^H^S ^;&^^t:^5. ^mn^l-^MW^ 3. sheeted I rain Qi!>cO —3nl, — 222 — Izumo funeral procession, illuminated only bythe glow of paper lanterns, can be Is a welrdness that, once seen, will oftenreturn In dreams. At the temple the kwan is laid upon thepavement before the entrance; and anotherservice is performed, with plaintive music andrecitation of sutras. Then the processionforms again, winds once round the templecourt, and takes Its way to the cemeter).But the body Is not buried until twenty-f
. Diaries and letters. 0tl I Oo 2. pariah caste m^j^Kom> maTii ruj?>^-j ^^^-^ fiAii-^H^S ^;&^^t:^5. ^mn^l-^MW^ 3. sheeted I rain Qi!>cO —3nl, — 222 — Izumo funeral procession, illuminated only bythe glow of paper lanterns, can be Is a welrdness that, once seen, will oftenreturn In dreams. At the temple the kwan is laid upon thepavement before the entrance; and anotherservice is performed, with plaintive music andrecitation of sutras. Then the processionforms again, winds once round the templecourt, and takes Its way to the cemeter).But the body Is not buried until twenty-fourhours later, lest the supposed dead shouldawake in the grave. Corpses are seldom burned in Izumo. Inthis, as in other matters, the predominance ofShinto sentiment is manifest. ^ 223 — — 224 — XXIII. *OR the last time I see his faceagain, as he lies upon his bedof death,—white-robed fromneck to feet,—white-girdledfor his shadowy journey,—but smiling with closed eyes in almost thesame queer gentle way he was wont to smileat class on learning- the explanation of someseeming riddle in our difficult English , methinks, the smile is sweeter now,as with sudden larger kriowledge of moremysterious things. So sniiles, through duskof incense in the great temple of Tokoji, thegolden face of Buddha. [li] I. more mysterious things A));t)L V^^|§ i J i S b\^ — 225 — JffiiSo : i up s/Ji5Hr-list /-. : i ^i: £% — 226 —
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