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An artist's letters from Japan (1897)

La Farge, John, 1835-1910 · New York, The Century co. · leaf 78

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pirit,however, served to guide the na-tion for the next two hundred andfifty years ; that is to say, until thesecond Commodore Perry came toJapan, with the increased weight ofan outside world much changed. Meanwhile the great man died,leaving a great personal fame be-hind him, over and above the… … SKETCH OF STATUE OF lYl&YASUTOKUGAWA. When the funeral procession arrived, in nineteen daysfrom lyeyasus former resting-place, amid great ceremo-nies and religious rites, the title of * Supreme Highness,Lord of the East, Great Incarnation, was given to thehero and ruler and son of the small…

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