{"product_id":"child-life-in-japan-and-japanese-child-stories-gb-28979","title":"Child-Life in Japan and Japanese Child Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChild-Life in Japan and Japanese Child Stories\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn almost every home are Japanese fans, in our\r\nshops Japanese dolls and balls and other knick-knacks,\r\non our writing-tables bronze crabs or lacquered\r\npen-tray with outlined on it the extinct\r\nvolcano [Fuji San][1] that is the most striking\r\nmountain seen from the capital of Japan. At\r\nmany places of amusement Japanese houses of\r\nreal size have been exhibited, and the jargon of\r\nfashion for \"Japanese Art\" even reaches our\r\nchildren's ears.\nYet all these things seem dull and lifeless when\r\nthus severed from the quaint cheeriness of their\r\ntrue home. To those familiar with Japan, that\r\nbamboo fan-handle recalls its graceful grassy tree,\r\nthe thousand and one daily purposes for which\r\nbamboo wood serves. We see the open shop\r\nwhere squat the brown-faced artisans cleverly\r\ndividing into those slender divisions the fan-handle,[Pg xii]\r\nthe wood-block engraver's where some\r\ndozen men sit patiently chipping at their cherry-wood\r\nblocks, and the printer's where the coloring\r\narrangements seem so simple to those used to\r\nwestern machinery, but where the colors are so\r\nrich and true. We see the picture stuck on the\r\nfan frame with starch paste, and drying in the\r\nbrilliant summer sunlight. The designs recall\r\nvividly the life around, whether that life be the\r\nstage, the home, insects, birds, or flowers. We\r\nthink of halts at wayside inns, when bowing tea-house\r\ngirls at once proffer these fans to hot and\r\ntired guests.\nThe tonsured oblique-eyed doll suggests the\r\nfestival of similarly oblique-eyed little girls on the\r\n3rd of March. Then dolls of every degree obtain\r\nfor a day \"Dolls' Rights.\" In every Japanese\r\nhousehold all the dolls of the present and previous\r\ngenerations are, on that festival, set out to\r\nbest advantage. Beside them are sweets, green-speckled\r\nrice cake, and daintily gilt and lacquered\r\ndolls' utensils. For some time previous, to meet\r\nthe increased demand, the doll shopman has been\r\nvery busy. He sits before a straw-holder into\r\nwhich he can readily stick, to dry, the wooden\r\nsupports of the plaster dolls' heads he is painting,\r\nas he takes first one and then another to give\r\nartistic touches to their glowing cheeks or little\r\ntongue. That dolly that seems but \"so odd\" to[Pg xiii]\r\nPolly or Maggie is there the cherished darling of\r\nits little owner. It passes half its day tied on to\r\nher back, peeping companionably its head over\r\nher shoulder. At night it is lovingly sheltered\r\nunder the green mosquito curtains, and provided\r\nwith a toy wooden pillow.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 28979 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Ayrton, Matilda Chaplin \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: May 28, 2009 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEditor\u003c\/b\u003e: Griffis, William Elliot, 1843-1928 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Ayrton, Matilda Chaplin,1846-1883 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43219112034461,"sku":"gb-28979-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/28979.jpg?v=1671515094","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/child-life-in-japan-and-japanese-child-stories-gb-28979","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}