. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. THE ATNOS OF YEZO, JAPAN. 459 Sake is taken with much ceremony. One evening I visited the Ainos at Shari, a bottle of sake in my pocket and a paper lantern in my hand. I wandered along the shore in the darkness and slowly made my way to the Aiuo village. In spite of the howling and barking of many dogs, the people were taken by surprise. The men were sprawling about on the dirty board floor around the rectangular fireplace. When they recogn
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. THE ATNOS OF YEZO, JAPAN. 459 Sake is taken with much ceremony. One evening I visited the Ainos at Shari, a bottle of sake in my pocket and a paper lantern in my hand. I wandered along the shore in the darkness and slowly made my way to the Aiuo village. In spite of the howling and barking of many dogs, the people were taken by surprise. The men were sprawling about on the dirty board floor around the rectangular fireplace. When they recognized their uninvited and late visitor, they got up, spread a clean mat for me, and signified their welcome by stroking the beard. When I handed them the sake there was more beard stroking. Then they got some sake cups and a tray of mustache-sticks, finer than any I had seen, and began the ceremony of drinking. A sake cup with its stand, such as is represented in Fig. 77, is placed in front of the chief. S&D69f /So699 /S0693 Fig. 77. Sake Cup and Stand, and Moustache Sticks. man, sitting on the floor before the fire, who places one of the sticks across the top, shown in the same figure 77. Then, stroking the beard, he lifts the stand and cup with both hands, and bows the head, immedi- ately replacing them. Sake" is then poured in, and he begins to recite a long formula, which continues iu a low voice during the succeeding op- erations. Taking the stick iu the right hand, precisely as one would hold a spoon, the end is dipped into the sake and gracefully moved for-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary. Washington : Smithsonian I
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