Japan and the Japanese illustrated . A VENUOK OF SKCUNLl-IIANIl before the iiames of a fire of shavings, in order to give it the necessary bend, while hiscompanion was putting together with a little cement and string the tufts of silk, horse- it K -2. 308 LIFE IN JAPAN. hair or paper, which arc hoisted at the ends of long pikes in order to indicate the rankor functions of a civil or military chief. In a neighbouring workshop an old man was adjusting the hoops and hooks ofa number of paper lanterns with a pair of pincers. At the entrance of a side street we see half a dozen workmen m
Japan and the Japanese illustrated . A VENUOK OF SKCUNLl-IIANIl before the iiames of a fire of shavings, in order to give it the necessary bend, while hiscompanion was putting together with a little cement and string the tufts of silk, horse- it K -2. 308 LIFE IN JAPAN. hair or paper, which arc hoisted at the ends of long pikes in order to indicate the rankor functions of a civil or military chief. In a neighbouring workshop an old man was adjusting the hoops and hooks ofa number of paper lanterns with a pair of pincers. At the entrance of a side street we see half a dozen workmen making woodensandals. Here the work is divided ; everyone has his speciality. One cuts a piece ofwood into equal lengths with a saw, and then splits them into soles or cross A ULOCKMAKEIl. A third rounds the edges of the heavy sandals, and a fourth makes holes in them,through which the straw cords are passed. Other workmen are employed in finishingsandals of a more luxurious kind, and packing them by dozens of pairs into the baleswhich are to be carried to the retail warehouse. I had yet to see the most peculiar of the shops in this quarter, that of the clock-maker. He was making small dials and clocks, rivalling the Cuckoos of the BlackForest, but with this difierence, that tbey are on the system of moveable hours,which increase or decrease according to the seasons. LIMITED CLOCKMAKING. :iOi) The artist, squatting before a little anvil fixed in the ground, is busy withthe mechanism of his chronometer, with the exception of the gong which strikes thehours. His tools, scattered round him on mats, consist of a hammer, two or threefiles, a couple of pincers, and some gimlets. AVith the exterior of the small dials, which are portable instruments of the forman
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