Japan in art and industry. : With a glance at Japanese manners and customs (1893)
Régamey, Félix, 1844-1907 · London : Saxon · leaf 257
ouse to goto his office or to his desk, most frequently for thewhole day. All the family live under the same roof. Thegrandfathers and grandmothers have a very easylife, free from cares and anxieties ; they do not work,and spend their time between reading and prome-nading. 16 242 Manners and… … formerly remained at home until the age of eighteenor twenty years. They learned fencing, riding,writing, literature, etc. Visits are made in the afternoon, and occasionallythe visitor is invited to stay to dinner ; these invita- Birth, 243 tions are always impromptu, and the evening mealis the…
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