Japan and the Japanese illustrated . atives take great delight. Such are the surroundings amid which the Japanese child grows up withoutany restraint in the paternal house, which is merely a sort of shady playground. (J 2 44 LIFE IN JAPAN. His parents arc prodigal of toys, and games, and entertainments, as much for theirown enjoyment as in the interest of his education. His lessons, properly speaking,consist in singing in chorus, at the top of his voice, the Irova, and drawing withhis brush and Chinese ink the first letters of the alphabet, then words, then is no compulsion and n
Japan and the Japanese illustrated . atives take great delight. Such are the surroundings amid which the Japanese child grows up withoutany restraint in the paternal house, which is merely a sort of shady playground. (J 2 44 LIFE IN JAPAN. His parents arc prodigal of toys, and games, and entertainments, as much for theirown enjoyment as in the interest of his education. His lessons, properly speaking,consist in singing in chorus, at the top of his voice, the Irova, and drawing withhis brush and Chinese ink the first letters of the alphabet, then words, then is no compulsion and no precipitation about these lessons, because they arecertain things of undeniable utility that can only be acquired by long practice. Noone ever thinks of depriving his child of the benefits of instruction. There are noscholastic rules, no measures of coercion for recalcitrant parents, and nevertheless thewhole adult population can read, write, and calculate. There is something estimable inthe pedagogic regime of Japan. BOOK 11KIOTO. A I\ THK. IXLAXD SKA. CHAPTER I. THE ORIGIX OF THE JAPANESE PEOPLE. COMPLICATIONS OF THE SUBJECT.—A SUPPOSED TARTAR IMMIGRATION.—PEACEFUL TRIBES.—THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE.—PORTUGUESE ADVENTURERS. — COSMOGONY. In observing the life of the Japanese, I have frequently asked myself Whence havecome these interesting and original people ? and, like so many other travellers to whomthe same problem has presented itself, I have been forced to conclude that science doesnot afford tlie mcanfe of its solution. It offers tlie most curious complications. The first supposition which presentsitself to the mind is, that the archipelago must have been peopled by the Tartarimmigration ; and I would freely admit that there have lieen very ancient relationsbetween Corea, the north of Japan, th( Kouriles, and even Kamschatka; for the chainof islands which extends from the Asiatic continent to the American continent, intlie southern regions of tlie great oce
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