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Child-life in Japan and Japanese child stories (1901)

Ayrton, Matilda Chaplin, Mrs. 1846-1883, Griffis, William Elliot, 1843-1928, ed · Boston and New York, D.C. Heath & co. · leaf 45

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ularplayer is written on the picture, he finds directionsas to which picture to move his slip backward orforward to. He may, however, find his throwa blank and have to remain at his place. Thewinning consists in reaching a certain picture.When tired of these quieter games, the strollingwoman player… … grotesque scarlet mask onhis head, and at times makesthis monster appear tostretch out and draw in itsneck by an unseen change inposition of the mask fromthe head to the graduallyextended and draped handof the actor. The beat ofa drum and the whistle of abamboo flute formed theaccompaniment to the…

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