Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Company · leaf 124
JAPAN DAY BY DAY 108 winter garments. The method of dressing the hair from in¬ fancy to old age is a source of interest and wonderment to a foreigner. How a child can manage to preserve her elaborate coiffure for an hour, not to say three days, is past compre¬ hension. An opportunity occurred to… … made expressly for the visit and was consequently in the most perfect state. There are twenty to thirty ways of doing up each one of these types, and though very likely we should observe no difference the Japanese detect it at once. It is said that the first thing young ladies do when they meet is…
Japan -- Description and travel · Japan -- Social life and customs
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