head to the gradually extendedand draped hand of the actor.The beat of a drum and thewhistle of a bamboo fluteformed the accompaniment tothe dumb-show acting. Yoshsan thought the 4thand 5th days of January greatfun because they heard loudshoutings; and running in thedirection of the sound they … 40 CHILD-LIFE IN JAPAN Would find the men of a fire-brigade who had formed aprocession to carry their new paper standard, bambooladders, paper lanterns, etc. This procession paused atintervals, when the men steadied the ladder with theirlong fire-hooks, whilst an agile member of the bandmounted the…
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