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204 SONDA T3E SAMUHAL ontory on fair days we see just west of us. I Ve often looked at the place. It is near the Bridge of Heaven." " The Bridge of Heaven ! What do you mean ? " " Oh, the Izanagi, floating Bridge of Heaven, on which the first god, stood when he looked down on chaos, and stirring it up with his jeweled spear, created the earth. Afterwards the bridge fell down, and it still lies off Tango." " Oh, yes, of course," said Ban. " I remember it is the great line of narrow rocks running out into the sea, and one of the three greatest natural won- ders in all the empire. But as for Urashima, the tradition goes that he was a native of the province of Musashi." " Oh, then it is a local tradition, like our rivers which do not have one name all aloog their course, but are known by different names to the people who live along their bankc." "Yes; the story goes that when coming up in Tango from the under-world he set out eastwards to the home of his parents in this village, and at the Hakon Mountains opened the forbidden box, hobbled to this place, and here fell down dead." " Well, our artists and bronze-smiths seem never to tire of picturing him." Passing on, Honda noticed that nearly every man at work in the houses or fields, or traveling, had the skirts of his coat tucked up behind into his girdle, and he spoke of it to his companion. " Oh, yes ; that is the Adzuma fashion. You will
FROM KAMAKUBA TO TEDO. 205 now see many curious eastern customs and hear many eastern expressions. Did you know that people here call the American foreigners ' eastern ? It is curious, since the Amer- men,' or ' Chinese ' icans come from the far west; but I suppose that to the common folks all foreigners look alike, just because they are not Japanese." " I shall be a Yedo man to-day," said Honda. " This is my first visit, and I shall feel like a boor from the rice-fields in the great city. I have heard there are sharpers who take in the green fellows from the provinces. I wonder if I shall find it true, as the proverb says, ' There are boors even in the " capital.' " " ! Capital roared Ban, glaring at the speaker. "Don't call Yedo the capital, even in jest. Yes; you must look sharp for gamblers and thieves especially." The great To-kai-do, or Eastern Sea Road, was gay with ten thousand travelers. They met two long trains of daimios coming from Yedo, and had to wait each time until the tedious procession passed ; for to hurry past one made one liable to insult or even arrest, while for a common person to cross the line was sure death. The led-horses, palanquins, umbrellas, baggage-boxes, gentlemen on horse and foot, and long lines of retainers and porters made waiting tedious. Contrasting frightfully with all this glitter and shine were the foul and leprous beggars at the place called " Rows of Trees." These filthy creatures lived in abject misery in straw huts in the
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FROM KAMAKUBA TO TEDO. 205<br />
now see many curious eastern customs and hear<br />
many eastern expressions. Did you know that people<br />
here call the American foreigners<br />
'<br />
eastern<br />
? It is curious, since the Amer-<br />
men,' or ' Chinese '<br />
icans come from the far west; but I suppose that<br />
to the common folks all foreigners look alike, just<br />
because they are not Japanese."<br />
" I shall be a Yedo man to-day," said Honda.<br />
" This is my first visit, and I shall feel like a boor<br />
from the rice-fields in the great city. I have heard<br />
there are sharpers who take in the green fellows<br />
from the provinces. I wonder if I shall find it true,<br />
as the proverb says, ' There are boors even in the<br />
"<br />
capital.'<br />
" "<br />
! Capital roared Ban, glaring at the speaker.<br />
"Don't call Yedo the capital, even in jest. Yes;<br />
you must look sharp for gamblers and thieves<br />
especially."<br />
The great To-kai-do, or Eastern Sea Road, was<br />
gay with ten thousand travelers. They met two<br />
long trains of daimios coming from Yedo, and had<br />
to wait each time until the tedious procession passed ;<br />
for to hurry past one made one liable to insult or<br />
even arrest, while for a common person to cross the<br />
line was sure death. The led-horses, palanquins,<br />
umbrellas, baggage-boxes, gentlemen on horse and<br />
foot, and long lines of retainers and porters made<br />
waiting tedious. Contrasting frightfully with all this<br />
glitter and shine were the foul and leprous beggars<br />
at the place called " Rows of Trees." These filthy<br />
creatures lived in abject misery in straw huts in the