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OLD COURT COSTUME
Jinrikisha Days in Japan
BY ELIZA RUHAMAH SCIDMORE
“Waga kuni no Yamato shima ne ni idzuru hi wa; Morokoshi hito mo, awoga zarameya.” “In the ancient Yamato island, my native land, the sun rises; Must not even the Western foreigner reverence?” Ancient Japanese Poem.
“I cannot cease from praising these Japanese. They are truly the delight of my heart.”
St. Francis Xavier.
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NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1902
Copyright, 1891, by Harper & Brothers.
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