. Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's mission to China and Japan in the years 1857, '58, '59 . 192 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. being constantly at hand, a Japanese will smokefifty such pipes in a morning. The tobacco is ofa pale-yellow colour, not unlike Turkish, except inbeing cut more finely, and having a more delicateflavour. The best tobacco is grown in the territoriesof the Prince of Satsuma, and the neighbourhoodof Nagasaki. The plant was first introduced by theearly Portuguese traders. Japanese Pipe, Case, and Pouch. Some of these shops were devoted to the sale ofmusical instruments, but they wer
. Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's mission to China and Japan in the years 1857, '58, '59 . 192 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. being constantly at hand, a Japanese will smokefifty such pipes in a morning. The tobacco is ofa pale-yellow colour, not unlike Turkish, except inbeing cut more finely, and having a more delicateflavour. The best tobacco is grown in the territoriesof the Prince of Satsuma, and the neighbourhoodof Nagasaki. The plant was first introduced by theearly Portuguese traders. Japanese Pipe, Case, and Pouch. Some of these shops were devoted to the sale ofmusical instruments, but they were somewhat cum-bersome as curiosities. The most popular is thesamsie or lute. It is played with a thin slip of wood,and is as necessary an accomplishment among thefair sex as the pianoforte is with us. Keed pipes,tomtoms, and flutes are also among the instrumentswe observed exhibited. Next door lived an old man,whose occupation consisted in the manufacture of JAPANESE WAE-FANS. 193 bows and arrows, which are still used as offensiveweapons in war. Some of the bows were Perhaps, however, the most singular arm whichthe Japanese employ in the battle-field is the is a paper fan of a larger size than usual, thesheaths of which are made of iron, so that if, fatiguedby a violent personal encounter, a warrior sits downfor a moment to rest and cool himself, and is unex-pectedly attacked, he immediately hits his enemyover the head with his fan. I endeavoured to obtainone of these ; but they were only made to order, andwere not completed when Ave left Yedo. The patternon the fan is the national emblem, a red sun on ablack ground—but the process of fanning oneselfwith an iron fan cannot be cooling. In strong-contrast to these, is a description of fan made of asubstance so thin and transparent that it resemblesgoldbeaters skin; nothing can be conceived lighteror pleasanter to use. The fan is an inseparable part ofa Japanese dress. It is his shelter from the
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