East by West: A Journey in the Recess, Volume 2Bentley, 1885 - 361 pages |
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Page 5
... colours , sizes , and designs , with no figure of denomination printed on them . The fifties are the same size as the twenties , and are exactly the same pattern save for cabalistic signs in the corners - of course plain enough to the ...
... colours , sizes , and designs , with no figure of denomination printed on them . The fifties are the same size as the twenties , and are exactly the same pattern save for cabalistic signs in the corners - of course plain enough to the ...
Page 61
... colour . In Tokio , Yokohama , and throughout the north generally , it is not good taste to dress in colours . The empress , it is true , comes out on state occasions in a blaze of glory . But that is the exception to her habitude , she ...
... colour . In Tokio , Yokohama , and throughout the north generally , it is not good taste to dress in colours . The empress , it is true , comes out on state occasions in a blaze of glory . But that is the exception to her habitude , she ...
Page 62
... coloured flower , wired so that it may stand an inch or two above the topmost flight of her hair . The chignon shares with the obi the pro- vision of opportunity to the Japanese lady to display her wealth and her taste . Any amount of ...
... coloured flower , wired so that it may stand an inch or two above the topmost flight of her hair . The chignon shares with the obi the pro- vision of opportunity to the Japanese lady to display her wealth and her taste . Any amount of ...
Page 66
... colours which fill the streets are glowing in the summer sun . The storm passed away last night with a sunset of singular beauty ; scarcely any crimson in the sky , only the west suffused with rich golden light . The morning view from ...
... colours which fill the streets are glowing in the summer sun . The storm passed away last night with a sunset of singular beauty ; scarcely any crimson in the sky , only the west suffused with rich golden light . The morning view from ...
Page 69
... colour and variety in the grain of various woods , and within their own country they find a rich field . The throne - room , reached from the wait- ing - rooms by a corridor , is a long bare apart- ment with a canopied chair set near ...
... colour and variety in the grain of various woods , and within their own country they find a rich field . The throne - room , reached from the wait- ing - rooms by a corridor , is a long bare apart- ment with a canopied chair set near ...
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