Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Company · leaf 30
and barefooted, and, gener¬ ally, bareheaded, no matter how hot the sun. They have sometimes a band of cloth tied about the head and on the back a short indigo-dyed coat of thin cotton cloth, while about their loins is tied a breech-cloth. They apparently are clad no more warmly in winter. A cool… … top of the head was shaven and a little waxed queue rested upon the bald area. A white cloth was tied around the head. Everybody seems to “keep shop.” The shop and the room back are wide-open to the street, and as one stops to barter he finds himself rudely looking beyond the stock in trade to the…
Japan -- Description and travel · Japan -- Social life and customs
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