. Things seen in Japan . n important part atalmost all meals, and is usually containedin a wooden barrel-like tub bound roundwith metal hoops. In dainty lacquer or 75 On Many Subjects china bowls are all the strange delicacieswhich, whilst delighting the Japanese taste,prove more than mysterious to the Europeanpalate—tiny live fish, satsuma imo (sweetpotatoes), 7/oJcii ehi (shrimps), sutha (water-melon), khijiku (figs), kashi (cakes), beansand prunes in sugar, and a whole host ofother unsubstantial dishes. Tea of coursethere is—a delicate infusion not alwavsmade with water actually boiling, an
. Things seen in Japan . n important part atalmost all meals, and is usually containedin a wooden barrel-like tub bound roundwith metal hoops. In dainty lacquer or 75 On Many Subjects china bowls are all the strange delicacieswhich, whilst delighting the Japanese taste,prove more than mysterious to the Europeanpalate—tiny live fish, satsuma imo (sweetpotatoes), 7/oJcii ehi (shrimps), sutha (water-melon), khijiku (figs), kashi (cakes), beansand prunes in sugar, and a whole host ofother unsubstantial dishes. Tea of coursethere is—a delicate infusion not alwavsmade with water actually boiling, andnever permitted to grow rank. Stewedtea is a thing unknown in Japan—unlesswith European housekeepers—and nativetea is seldom darker in tint than palebrandy. At the chaya (tea-house) tea-making is afine art. Tea-serving is a pretty, daintyrite ; little geishas, soft of foot, hand tinycups with tiny bows and prostrations; andif one can afford it, or if the proprietor isgenerously disposed towards his customers, 76. Stereo Copyright, Underuood &■ C &• .\e~M York. GKISIIAS AT niNNKK IN A TKA-lldlSE. They sit on flat cushions ; often, as here, there is no Thebrass-hoop:dwooden tub contains boiled rice, the Ijowls are for soup, the smaller dishes 1 \^*IJ^L On Many Subjects one drinks tea to the accompaniment ofplaintively twanged samisen, and the softshoo-shoo on the matting of the dancer^stabi* clad feet. During the Japanese day one must takeat least one bath to maintain ones self-respect. The Japanese themselves may takeseveral. With them in country districts itis still—notwithstanding the influx ofWestern ideas—more or less of a publicceremony. In many a village the bathhour is also that for neighbourly confidences,liath-tubs are dragged to the doorways, andin them the bathers sit to chat, and stew,and doze, as their nature dictates. In the late afternoon at almost eveiydoorway one sees ihajitro, or wooden bath-tub, some with furnaces attached to
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