Japan and the Japanese illustrated . YKli HKI; VWii. the grave and sonorous and the S(jueaky and shrill. Besides these they havean instrument formed of two rings fastened on a handle, and struck by a lightniital rod. The other instruments of jiercussion are wooddi rattles, stone drums like bowls,which stand on low frames; a musical drum made of leather ; finally, the tom-tom,or portable tambourine, and the kettle drum. The tamltourines, which invarialily accompany the character dances, are sometimesjilaycd two at a time, one lieiiig held under the arm and the other in the left hand.
Japan and the Japanese illustrated . YKli HKI; VWii. the grave and sonorous and the S(jueaky and shrill. Besides these they havean instrument formed of two rings fastened on a handle, and struck by a lightniital rod. The other instruments of jiercussion are wooddi rattles, stone drums like bowls,which stand on low frames; a musical drum made of leather ; finally, the tom-tom,or portable tambourine, and the kettle drum. The tamltourines, which invarialily accompany the character dances, are sometimesjilaycd two at a time, one lieiiig held under the arm and the other in the left hand. THE CENSUS. 175 The Sibaia, or national theatre of the Japanese, occasionally employs the wholeof the musical resources of the city, in pieces which bear a distant resemblance toour great operas. According to a Japanese saying, in order to be happy one must visit Yeddo. This extraordinary city contained, in 1858, one million eight hundred thousandinhabitants, and notwithstanding the fluctuations to which it is peculiarly subject, I. UIDISG-SCHOOL AT YLDUO. believe the calculation tlien made of the number of the population, and theirdivision into classes, may be taken to represent its actual condition with tolerableaccuracy. The southern portion of the city, in which the foreign legations are established,includes eight districts, all essentially plebeian. They contain a considerable 17G LIFE IX JAPAF. agricultural population, devoted to the culture of kitclien-gardeus, rice-grounds, and allthe arable lands not yet invaded by dwellings. These districts are composed of amultitude of mean houses tenanted by fishermen, lalioiirers, small artizans, retail shop-keepers, inferior officers, and low-class eating-house keepers. A few lordly mansionsbreak the uniformity of these wooden buildings liy their long whitewashed and temples are scattered about everywhere, except in the two quartersbuilt on the bay : Takanawa alone contains thirty. The low streets and quays of
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