. Japan's inheritance, the country, its people, and their destiny . of Japan. Where the child of theSun-god touched Daughter Earth, there he lefthis Heavenly Spear. Than this relic, in thewhole gamut of Japans sacred things, there isbut one more sacred. It is the Mirror of theSun-goddess herself, secluded from mortal gazein the holy of holies of the Daijingu Shrineat Ise. Science has a different tale to tell. Once upona time, it says, Japan was no distinct divisionof land, but a part of the Asiatic of four thousand islands—five hundredof them with a diameter exceeding one mil
. Japan's inheritance, the country, its people, and their destiny . of Japan. Where the child of theSun-god touched Daughter Earth, there he lefthis Heavenly Spear. Than this relic, in thewhole gamut of Japans sacred things, there isbut one more sacred. It is the Mirror of theSun-goddess herself, secluded from mortal gazein the holy of holies of the Daijingu Shrineat Ise. Science has a different tale to tell. Once upona time, it says, Japan was no distinct divisionof land, but a part of the Asiatic of four thousand islands—five hundredof them with a diameter exceeding one mile—there were no islands at all. Then, from beneaththe ocean, vast terrestrial forces came into edge of the continent was reared upwardsin great crumpled ridges, and the low landbeyond sank beneath its ancient level. On eitherside of the depression thus created, the watersforced in their way. Thus were made, of thelow lands, a narrow sea and, of the projectingarc, an island. With this great act of separa-tion, the first stage of Japans story ends. 14. THE SPEAR OF a cairn at the siiminU of Takachiho.
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