. The Far East and the new America; a picturesque and historic account of these lands and peoples, with the following special articles: China. JAPAN. 419 this route to offer to the shogiui at Tokyo, then called Yedo, their renewalof fealty. As is the case with many other old roads in Japan, much of the ancientglory of the Tokaido has departed with the advent of the railroad, whichruns for long stretches within sight of it. This modern rival for thepatronage of travel was begun in 1872, and completed seventeen yearslater. The difference between the old way and the new is aptly shown by. YD MEI
. The Far East and the new America; a picturesque and historic account of these lands and peoples, with the following special articles: China. JAPAN. 419 this route to offer to the shogiui at Tokyo, then called Yedo, their renewalof fealty. As is the case with many other old roads in Japan, much of the ancientglory of the Tokaido has departed with the advent of the railroad, whichruns for long stretches within sight of it. This modern rival for thepatronage of travel was begun in 1872, and completed seventeen yearslater. The difference between the old way and the new is aptly shown by. YD MEI GATE, NIKKU. the fact that while it formerly took seventeen days to perform the journey^it can be compassed in as many hours by the steam horse. Wishing to stop over at Tok^o luitil another day, before resuming ourjourney to Yokohama, and thence along the renowned Tokaido to the west-ern country, we improve the opportunity to see the yashiki, or spread-outhouse, as the Japanese word means. Now Japan can claim as the orig-inal productions of her own artists and architects three forms of build-ings, or structures. One of these is the torii, found at the entrance of allShinto slirines, and which has been described. The second of the listis the sluro, or castle, wliicli claims a high place on account of the vastextent of the work, and the great size of the stone used in its building 420 THE FAR EAST. material. The castle of Ozasaka, built by Hideyoshi, contains stones fortyfeet in length, ten feet in width, and five or six feet in thickness. In tliehighest part of the citadel of To
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