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Show 4 Taefu meibutsu uchimono haya Miyage kaimasho, sumi-nagasthi ronomng the banquet at the restaurant we went to the small in where we were o spend the night, and there, after being served tea an pink cocoanut balls wrapped in green leaves, we retired in rooms wher en!y paper windows separated us from the drified snow banks of the court‘The Japancse bed is made up on the floor with many blankets, an the ever-present hibachi, or charcoal bowls, cm\mngly wr apm into the folds o T had been aslecp only a moment whe polite polmmm friend of the morning, accompanied by two yellow- red-uniformed soldiers, came to the inn to ascertain further the reason fo my presence. The officer informedmy companions that T was the firs foreigner ever to spend the night in hmu and it was highly important t Know my exact mission. Again they were told that Iwas only an enthusiasti student of the papermaking craft and had come to the province of Echize to gather material for a book on the subject of paper. The sworded policeman displayed marked signs of skepticism, and it was only after bein shown sheets of Occidental paper in which my portrait was watermarke that he was convinced I was interested solely in paper, and had no intenof making ma]w of the coastal fortifications or blowing up one of th Imperial bridg Early the follu\vmg morning Dr. Seki, Mr. Yamada, and I set out t visit the shrine near Okamnmvillage which was many years ago dedicate to the papermakers of Echizen Within one of the bull(lmg‘‘many historica documents and papers rtlalmg to papermaking in the trict may be seen there always being a yellow-robed priest in attendance. While the exac 1 The word iy ‘The first relate < Uit ha boen ucface m ted paperan e Allights reserved |
