Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Company · leaf 89
THE BOYS’ FESTIVAL 65 with corners nicely finished, with ridge compactly held by bam¬ boo slats. Projecting from the eaves are sprays of sweet flag … Fig. 50 apart for the boys, and that it should be so universally observed; for every house, even the poorest, had these dried twigs hanging in threes from the eaves. The girls have a holiday on the 3d of March. The Japanese hoe is a very clumsy-looking object (fig. 51). It is much lighter than it…
Japan -- Description and travel · Japan -- Social life and customs
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