Japan and the Japanese illustrated . ridges, which areclosed to the public. I rowed almost all round it in our consular sampan. The walls,the staircases, and the pavilions of the landing-place, and the groves of trees whichsurround it, are admirable in their grandeur, their simplicity, and their river is bordered on both sides with great trees, which droop over its deep,pure waters. A A 2 180 LIFE IX JAPAN. We left the enclosure of Siba, after we Lad reached its north-east limit. On thatside is the palace of the High Priest, and beneath it we were shown the avenueand the door excl
Japan and the Japanese illustrated . ridges, which areclosed to the public. I rowed almost all round it in our consular sampan. The walls,the staircases, and the pavilions of the landing-place, and the groves of trees whichsurround it, are admirable in their grandeur, their simplicity, and their river is bordered on both sides with great trees, which droop over its deep,pure waters. A A 2 180 LIFE IX JAPAN. We left the enclosure of Siba, after we Lad reached its north-east limit. On thatside is the palace of the High Priest, and beneath it we were shown the avenueand the door exclusively reserved for the use of the Taikouu ; he passes through itbut once a year, when he goes to make his obligatory devotions at the tombs of hisancestors. Every courtier, following his example, pnys a ceremonious visit on oneday of the year to his family burial-ground. We pursued our route towards the nortli. The district of Atakosta, which extendson our right as far as Amagoten, is occupied Ijy the residences of the Daimios and. ?k\..t»M\ il R An - > A VIKW IN THE NER^lllii irKilUUI) OF AKABANE. tlic great functionaries of the Empire. On our left, fourteen little contiguous templespresent themselves; those of Saisoostji extend to tlie foot of the hills of Atagosa-yama. A wide stream separates them from the ]iublie way ; each has its specialbridge, door, and wall, surrounded by the chajiels and habitations of the bonzes. Atthe ])ack of the court is the Chapel of the Al)lutions, the sacred grove, and the roofof the sanctuary. Tlie sixth bonze-house is the exception. On the thresholdwe saw a great ilaggid court, with a majestic tori of granite, and when we passedin !it the socrcd door we found ourselves iu the presence of two candelabra placedat the foot of an esplanade reached by a Hight of steps. Then comes a second court. ATAa0SA-YA}fA. 181 bortlered with fine trees, whose interlacing brancliea form arcades like that of a Gothic^(^athedral. Through their foli
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