La Farge, John, 1835-1910 · New York, The Century co. · leaf 57
One of these I took for a pillow. I have notyet dared to try the block of wood, hollowed out for thenape of the neck, which serves for a pillow in Japan, not-withstanding that it has a pad to relieve its severity — apad of paper fastened on, and which you remove sheet bysheet as you want a clean… … OUR RUNNER. name of which I like better than its perfume. From in-side my netting I could see, as I was lying,— for thescreens, which made our windows, remained wide open,— 36 through the topmost branches of the trees of the garden,the Japanese family opposite, now ending their eveningmeal.…
Art, Japanese
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