Two Journeys to Japan, 1856-7

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Two Journeys to Japan, 1856-7
Kinahan Cornwallis
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They were adorned within with large gilt idols, and without with carved images of gigantic size, the latter approached by gates of unique con- strudion and staircases of stone. One of them was remarkable for a magnificent tower five stories high.
After riding more than two miles along the main street of Kanagawa, we stopped at a tea-house, whose windows and balconies commanded an extensive view of the bay as well as of the harbour and city of Jeddo, em- bracing thousands of junks, barges, and b
...oats, and an exciting panorama of house-tops, tem- ples, and palaces glittering grandly in the sun- light. The smaller crafl lay well in with the city, but the junks were moored at the distance of Digitized by VjOOQ IC 158 TWO JOURNEYS TO JAPAN.
from two to five miles, owing to the shallowness of the water. A mile further on, we came to a gate and guard-house, which denoted the limit of Kanagawa and the entrance to H^ suburban precincts of Jeddo. The bay here approached so near the foot of the hill, that one row of houseis alone int^rened l)etween it and die road, which latter for some distance ran aloog its margin.


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