. Exotics and retrospectives. o o u g. ^.s^-^i o o OS O Insect-Musicians £1 monly known as Tabiya Yasubei by reason of hiscalling), who lived in Kanda-ku. Yasubei like-wise made careful study of the habits of singing-insects, with a view to their breeding and nourish-ment ; and he soon found himself able to carryon a small trade in them. Up to that time theinsects sold in Yedo would seem to have beenkept in jars or boxes: Yasubei conceived theidea of having special cages manufactured forthem. A man named Kondo, vassal to the LordKamei of Honjo-ku, interested himself in thematter, and made a nu
. Exotics and retrospectives. o o u g. ^.s^-^i o o OS O Insect-Musicians £1 monly known as Tabiya Yasubei by reason of hiscalling), who lived in Kanda-ku. Yasubei like-wise made careful study of the habits of singing-insects, with a view to their breeding and nourish-ment ; and he soon found himself able to carryon a small trade in them. Up to that time theinsects sold in Yedo would seem to have beenkept in jars or boxes: Yasubei conceived theidea of having special cages manufactured forthem. A man named Kondo, vassal to the LordKamei of Honjo-ku, interested himself in thematter, and made a number of pretty little cageswhich delighted Yasubei, and secured a largeorder from him. The new invention found pub-lic favor at once; and Kondo soon afterwardsestablished the first manufactory of insect-cages. The demand for singing-insects increased fromthis time so rapidly, that Chuzo soon found itimpossible to supply all his would-be customersdirectly. He therefore decided to change hisbusiness to wholesale trade, and to sell to r
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