. The Far East and the new America; a picturesque and historic account of these lands and peoples, with the following special articles: China. urtyards andflights of stone steps, gold and bronze images, grotesque carvings, templesto the Shinto faith, the tomb of Yoritomo, the shrewd, ambitious, and un-scrupulous founder of the shogunate, niches filled with figures of mytho-logical gods and goddesses, among which we note those ridiculous monsterswith i)rodigious display of teeth that are supposed to ride the wind andthunder, gates that show both art and skill in the building, an oratory asimpre
. The Far East and the new America; a picturesque and historic account of these lands and peoples, with the following special articles: China. urtyards andflights of stone steps, gold and bronze images, grotesque carvings, templesto the Shinto faith, the tomb of Yoritomo, the shrewd, ambitious, and un-scrupulous founder of the shogunate, niches filled with figures of mytho-logical gods and goddesses, among which we note those ridiculous monsterswith i)rodigious display of teeth that are supposed to ride the wind andthunder, gates that show both art and skill in the building, an oratory asimpressive as that of lyeyasu, and with more of ornamentation; all this,and many other beauties, which to describe would call into use cAerysynonomous adjective in the English language belonging to the class mag-nificent, until we stand in our bare feet and with bowed head in thetomb of this noted man. Tlie two temples and their environments have interests that are different,as the first has, in comparatively late years, been shorn of its profuseadornments and rededicated to the Shinto gods, whose surroundings are A Buddhist Temple mwnr*- ». JAPAN. 379 always of the simplest kind ; while the latter remains in Buddhist hands,and retains the ornate glory of this religion. Its storehouses are filledwith works of art and rare paintings, which no pen can adequatelydescribe. The beauty, grandeur, and sublimity of these famous shrines ofNikko must be seen to be appreciated. Art and Nature seem to havejoined hands in outdoing themselves. India, famous for her sacred shrines,has nothing to com-pare with w hen theTaj Mahal, that? temple-tomb ofAsia, has beenplaced in compari-son with these seenat Nikko, the be-holder finds all theawe and wonder ofthe other, placedamid its solemnshadows, revivifiedwith intensified in-terest, until he feelsthat it was here, inthe mountains ofthe north, art beganand temples hadtheir ori<j;in. ?H||^^;x m iPv^ BHHHH^|Kr H^lwiv jteS BH|^^^1^ mml ...^!
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