Things Japanese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan for the Use of Travellers and OthersK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1891 - 503 pages |
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... or the Japanese arts to remain as they were in the past ? All the causes which produced the Old Japan of our dreams have vanished . Feudalism has gone , isolation has gone , beliefs have been shattered INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 7.
... or the Japanese arts to remain as they were in the past ? All the causes which produced the Old Japan of our dreams have vanished . Feudalism has gone , isolation has gone , beliefs have been shattered INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 7.
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... causes have changed , and yet it is expected that the effects will remain as heretofore ! No. Old Japan is dead , and the only decent thing to do with the corpse is to bury it . Then you can set up a monument over it , and , if you like ...
... causes have changed , and yet it is expected that the effects will remain as heretofore ! No. Old Japan is dead , and the only decent thing to do with the corpse is to bury it . Then you can set up a monument over it , and , if you like ...
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... caused them to abdicate on attaining to maturity . Thus it was a common thing during the Middle Ages for three Mikados to be alive at the same time - a boy on the throne , his father or brother who had abdicated , and his grandfather or ...
... caused them to abdicate on attaining to maturity . Thus it was a common thing during the Middle Ages for three Mikados to be alive at the same time - a boy on the throne , his father or brother who had abdicated , and his grandfather or ...
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... cause him to be adopted by some childless friend . After a few years , it might perhaps be possible to arrange for the lad's return to his former family and resumption of his original surname . At the present moment the only way in ...
... cause him to be adopted by some childless friend . After a few years , it might perhaps be possible to arrange for the lad's return to his former family and resumption of his original surname . At the present moment the only way in ...
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... caused him to be devoured by a bear . Then the dog went home to his master's widow , and lied to her , saying : " My master has been killed by a bear . But when he was dying , he commanded me to tell you to marry me in his stead . " The ...
... caused him to be devoured by a bear . Then the dog went home to his master's widow , and lied to her , saying : " My master has been killed by a bear . But when he was dying , he commanded me to tell you to marry me in his stead . " The ...
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