Koriyama is unquestionably an wut' place, with tao much relish td too many garish' shops 'There Wana ott of cireuna monkey theatre 'Sth several chained mani) on the Hage and. their companions "were features) their' detormily. There some horrible dwarfs exporting (poor
Sere nausea of cherry Treen Bloom, "bat" ait sather_sersgy and Bot Worth "single nglishappte ferehara, Under the intimate fuldanee However of our Japanere flende Brother' Mizuki "water: tree™ Naoss Joined is), we were" abe ten ove the prevailing vanessa alos undisturbed 9 great dear that way" memorable and "beaut The' most striking feature 6 thi snail County. town is tne Bint bythe brother Satie Which in all that now a rather the walls and motte But this remnant of impresieg ale work, festooned og "how wes aunt cherry blossom, was beau Afforestation for Burma Matted With Cushions Let_me try and reali the room In which we were received. Tt was of course a Japanese matted room, with cushions, anda" blue ching hhibaehl (charesal bowl) on the Noor.
Beside the old man where he sat enthroned, were two tables littered with his books; writing material and newspapers. Behind him the whole side of the room was enclosed with single panels of clear glass. showing the garden court beyond. The other windows were of frosted glass, one oblong, one moon-shaped and along the walls were shelves of books and tressures giving the room an alr of being comfortably and happily occupied.
The chief treasure, on a shelf by li self, was a seated statue of the old man '(then aged 70), in T don't know what material. Tt inay have been baked clay. Tt ts a striking likeness and coloured, certainly a work art. There was also a picture of him fon a silk kakemono "rolled on Iwory rod. Th wat carefully folded development of fu and Sone ae a 20 clicking cameron, the Ryuge San "Ekest Temple where {inuwished by wooden tablet," a few uss Chen yen aid hie, Lia Chen. in each the in cloth enclosed in two boxes of white wood and red Inequer. Evidently the family is immensely proud of the patriarch, and these fand portraits are highly valued, The statue cost ¥.800, several months (so T was make. We were algo shown various objects of interest from Horiusi eluding 3 book of snips of fabrics Cesid to be 1,200 years old The shame reflected on the family deprived them of friends, money, ome and food. Sufterings they bor were out of all proportion to their cause. Next day we Filipino women niet in the market. Each started to assert that she certainly cried the hardest, when fly success the show.
In. contrast, there is the picture now in Shanghai "At the Crossroads,"
valiant, moving story of young love, struggle and ideals. 'A spot or two' is sorrowful, but not for long: ger than any youth round and mourn his plight It he was worth his salt, would get busy and do something about reverses.
One "limbo of 1 foliage few yellow erty recall. with "pleasure vase of yew and ig illes The associations were frequently teer-—tiat fs of owers which tut for hothouse cultivation). could never be brought Yogether-for exile ehrysanthemume and orchids. flits pee of the mater, however, lat the Japanese, 5 rman of about 25 was the, master of {his Veautful exhibition. ite meted {is into a matted. oom" where' thick tea was again served with the almost ceremony by an old lady who brought in each cup separately on a silken mat. We were expected to adil cups respectfully after we ined. them, Altogether. this day at Koriy forded a succession of seen what was aesthetic and and what wa crude anid usly—thhe contrast of lowers monkey theatres, and. fabrics and. the old. schola day. that Jett' me a good deal bewildered.
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