Japan and the Japanese illustrated . d tlic priests of Sanno6 invite courtezans to take ashare in the periodical religious processions; but every year, in the enclosure of Sin-Yosiwara,a fair takes place, accompanied by a grand parade, which is simply a public exhibition ofthe five thousand registered courtezans who inhabit this quarter; and the bonzes of Asaksa-Tera have portraits of the queens of the festival taken on these occasions, and suspendedin their sanctuary as if in a pantheon. The choir of the temple, dark and smoked fromthe vapour of the incense, does not present any remarkable pe
Japan and the Japanese illustrated . d tlic priests of Sanno6 invite courtezans to take ashare in the periodical religious processions; but every year, in the enclosure of Sin-Yosiwara,a fair takes place, accompanied by a grand parade, which is simply a public exhibition ofthe five thousand registered courtezans who inhabit this quarter; and the bonzes of Asaksa-Tera have portraits of the queens of the festival taken on these occasions, and suspendedin their sanctuary as if in a pantheon. The choir of the temple, dark and smoked fromthe vapour of the incense, does not present any remarkable peculiarity, except that onthe high altar, is the idol Quannon, symbolizing the mother of Buddha, behind a trellisof wLrework, wearing a nimbus and seated upon the sacred lotus. This mysteriouscombination excites little notice from the crowds of people who pass to and fro, andkeep up a perpetual tumult in the nave, Avhich is not spacious, and is separatedfrom the choir by a lofty barrier of carved wood like a Gothic jub5. In the choir. A 8CENK IN ASAKSA-TKIIA. BUDDHIST WORSHIP. ?IVi the bonzes, laden with their lieavy sacerdotal vestments, officiate to an accom-jianinient of gongs and tambourines. Some of the faithful merely throw iron mont-y
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