Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Company · leaf 53
ATTITUDES OF SERVANTS 37 lodging, and breakfast, added up, amounts to less than twenty cents, which you pay without a murmur. Figure 413 shows the attitude of a servant as he comes into your room to receive your order. It has taken a long time … much as if one should use the left hand in shaking hands. Mr. Takamine, who was page to a daimyo, illustrated the proper way of bringing in a tray holding food. It is held with two hands on a level with the eyes, and on approaching the prince one should kneel and present the tray and then, still on…
Japan -- Description and travel · Japan -- Social life and customs
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