La Farge, John, 1835-1910 · New York, The Century co. · leaf 53
culture whichdrain into the picturesque wildness below. We learnthat with all these hardships the rice-growers themselvescannot always afford this staple food of the country, forcheaper than rice are millet, and buckwheat, and theplants and fungi that grow without culture. Contrasting with the… … the obligatory Torii stood at the edge of the grove, orwithin its first hmits. Looking through a Torii one is sure to be in the di-rection of something sacred, whether it be temple orshrine or holy mountain. Neithercloseness nor distance interferes withthis ideal intention, and the sacredFusi-yama…
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