Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 265
ottle. In front of these shrinesone may often see the inmates of the house bow their heads,clap their hands, and then, rubbing the palms together in animploring gesture, pray with much earnestness. So far as Ihave observed, every house has this domestic altar. In shops, too, one often sees the… … Fig. 215/—Household Shrine. front of it hang two big metal lan-terns. It struck me that this dis-play of piety was rather ostentatious,and paralleled similar displays some-times seen at home; in this sup-position, however, I may be doingan injustice. Among the intelligentclasses the household…
Architecture, Japanese · Japan -- Social life and customs
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