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Artistic Japan : illustrations and essays (1881)

Bing, Siegfried, 1838-1905 · London : S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington · leaf 152

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I.ÎI … ARTISTIC JAPAN. The kodzuka, I have heard said, was pushed into the fringed hairwhich the warriors — they have for ages worn flowing locks — fastened upbefore going into action. At the time of the American expedition underCommodore Perry, 1852-54, in the islands of Liou-Kiou (which were perhapsthe…

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