. Hildreth's "Japan as it was and is" : a handbook of old Japan. rother, and several per-sons of quality of Ins friends and relations. Having stayed about two hours, we went to Tono-samas house, where we were conducted into the inner-most and chief apartment, and desired twice to comenearer the lattices on both sides of the room. Therewere more ladies behind the screens here than, I think, wehad as yet met with in any other place. They desiredus, very civilly, to show them our clothes, the captainsarms, rings, tobacco-pipes, and the like, some of whichwere reached them between or under the lat
. Hildreth's "Japan as it was and is" : a handbook of old Japan. rother, and several per-sons of quality of Ins friends and relations. Having stayed about two hours, we went to Tono-samas house, where we were conducted into the inner-most and chief apartment, and desired twice to comenearer the lattices on both sides of the room. Therewere more ladies behind the screens here than, I think, wehad as yet met with in any other place. They desiredus, very civilly, to show them our clothes, the captainsarms, rings, tobacco-pipes, and the like, some of whichwere reached them between or under the lattices. Theperson that treated us in the absent governors name,and the other gentlemen who were then present in theroom, entertained us likewise very civilly, and we couldnot but take notice that everything was so cordial thatwe made no manner of scruple of making ourselvesmerry, and diverting the company each with a song. 1 See the character griven of Settsu-no-kami, as a harsh enemy of theDutch, or at least, a strict disciplinarian over them; vol. i 347,
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