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82 HONDA THE SAMUEAI. boiling oil. His assistants were less severely punished. A law was passed prohibiting the kites from being larger than a certain modest size, and the large and splendid ones, for which Owari was once famous, disappeared. " And is this the reason, grandma, why the biggest kind of a kite, like that of cousin Honda Jiro, is called an Owari kite ? " asked Kozo. " Yes ; and the high, deep bath-tubs, the water of which is heated by a copper boiler set inside the tub itself, with a chimney at the side, is called after the robber's name, G-oyemon-furo, because he was boiled in such a caldron." "Well, sometimes Uhe"i, our servant man, heats our bath water so hot, that I think he wants to boil us alive," laughed Kozo. The bath-tub is one of the best used articles in a Japanese household, for while every one gets under hot water at least once between rising from and retiring to bed, many of the people take a hot bath four or five times a day. They had no word in the language for soap, but with plenty of hot water Japan has always been a clean country, and the people have been fond of cleanliness. It is a part of religion, and is especially inculcated in the Shinto faith. " It is largely on account of what we are taught by the example of our ancestors," Mr. Rai used often to say : " for cleanliness is a virtue which the gods love."
MR. CHAPTER VII. MK. KAI TALKS POLITICS WITH HIS SON. RAI GORO was accustomed to make two journeys during the year to Yedo, and occasionally to other places, and on his return to tell his family what he had seen. He usually brought each of the children a present of toys and to the others some of the fine products of towns famous for their special arts or manufactures. His coming and going was a family event of the first importance, and was always looked forward to with the liveliest interest. Japan was then divided into hundreds of petty principalities or districts held by clans and ruled by daimios. The custom prevailed of all the daimios, both of higher and of lesser grade, living in Yedo at least six months in the year, and of always having their families there. Whether they liked it or not they had to obey the orders of the Tycoon, make the journey to the great camp-city, and spend half the year or every alternate year there. The day of the departure and arrival of the lord of Echizen was one of great display and popular interest. Thou- sands of the people, arrayed in their finest clothes, came out and lined the principal streets to speed the going or welcome the coming of their ruler and the hundreds of his retainers. Every maiden on that
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82 HONDA THE SAMUEAI.<br />
boiling oil. His assistants were less severely punished.<br />
A law was passed prohibiting the kites from<br />
being larger than a certain modest size, and the large<br />
and splendid ones, for which Owari was once famous,<br />
disappeared.<br />
" And is this the reason, grandma, why the biggest<br />
kind of a kite, like that of cousin Honda Jiro, is<br />
called an Owari kite ? " asked Kozo.<br />
" Yes ; and the high, deep bath-tubs, the water of<br />
which is heated by a copper boiler set inside the tub<br />
itself, with a chimney at the side, is called after the<br />
robber's name, G-oyemon-furo, because he was boiled<br />
in such a caldron."<br />
"Well, sometimes Uhe"i, our servant man, heats<br />
our bath water so hot, that I think he wants to boil<br />
us alive," laughed Kozo.<br />
The bath-tub is one of the best used articles in a<br />
Japanese household, for while every one gets under<br />
hot water at least once between rising from and<br />
retiring to bed, many of the people take a hot bath<br />
four or five times a day. They had no word in the<br />
language for soap, but with plenty of hot water<br />
Japan has always been a clean country, and the<br />
people have been fond of cleanliness. It is a part of<br />
religion, and is especially<br />
inculcated in the Shinto<br />
faith.<br />
" It is largely on account of what we are taught by<br />
the example of our ancestors," Mr. Rai used often to<br />
say : " for cleanliness is a virtue which the gods<br />
love."