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Show Echizen, we journeyed south to the Prefecture of Gif, as it was our desir to inspect the industry in Mino, a district abounding in handmade pape mills. In Gifa over three thousand five hundred familics are engagedi papermaking, with an annual production of two million yen. In the cit of Gifu we found an hotel of European syle which had becn opened onl a month or two previously, an my pleasure to be the firs Occidental guest. The city of Gifu is a popular resort on account of th famous cormorant fi lnng in the river Nagara, a form of sport that ha appcalcd 0 the Jap r over a thousand years £ the inst han(lm.nh paper mills of Mino are located in near [hc vlllx\ge of Kamimaki, in the county of Mugigun, not more tha an hour's drive from Gifu city. At Kamimaki-mura (mura means village) by Mr fori, superintendent of the Papermakin xe, who kindly went with us to the variou mills. The largest and oldest establishments in this section are the Ota an Uchda mills, each a group of low rambling buildings covering considerabl area. Afier the regulation servin of green tea, Mr. Mori dirccted us throug the mills where they were making the well-known "Mino-gami" for whic this scction is famous. Paper of this kind is made from the bark of the pape mulberry and was first fabricated, it is thought, by Ota in the Year of th Empnc 1850-1858, or according to the Gregorian calendar, 1190 to 119 D. The Mino province is famed for its be unful hills and valleys wit many streams of clear water and th fthe proper fertility for th growing of paper mulberry trees Mine, Eekioc, T, ctc, ol v, Por ceampleythe ome are appdhnmu e ishya i s e prinipailc which wveahaEibed e () 0 (.-m-, s Dol uring o ineient entry whe the Jopar Echise 5 o o at s Pecosma o nese Empire was remapped and new names e, ete. I coper to use t plicd. The names of the former autonomous mm(-n\ el o of o Satcs, ovever aresll el t indicat argo 1t i Japa s are more i they et esaple b o o o - o ekt s mppel Digitalimage© 2004 Marriot Library, University of tah. Al rights reserved |
