Japan and the Japanese illustrated (1874) (14779492644)

Identifier: japanjapaneseill00humb (find matches)
Title: Japan and the Japanese illustrated
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Humbert, Aimé, 1819-1900 Bates, Henry Walter, 1825-1892 Hoey, Frances Cashel, 1830-1908
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Publisher: London : R. Bentley & son
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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THE PATRON III AUMS. It is a grotesque demon, which beats half-a-dozen cymbals, ranged in a circle roundits head. There is a great deal of uncertainty about the origin of the numerousgrotesque animals of the Japanese mythology. I will only mention those to which someartistic interest attaches. GliOTESQUE ANIMALS. 143 Two horned quadrupeds, Hino-woo and Midsou-no-woo, genii of fire and water,seem to belong to Kami worship. Fo6, a sort of phoenix, must liave been introducedinto it from China. The Kirin has a womans head, deers feet, a horses body. Hisapparition, quick as lightning—for his feet hardly touch the ground, and would noteven tread upon a worm—is a presage of the birth of a benevolent genius, such asSS,kya, Dharnia, Sjotokdaisi. The Koma-inou was brought from Corea, it is said, by the
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FUTK.V, OOn OF THE WINDS. Empress Ziugou. This animal, which is pnrt dog, part lion, may perhaps be arecollection of the cave-lion. Two fine specimens, in cut granite, stand on the esplanadeof the Temple of Kami-Hamayou at Simonosdki. The Tat.s-Maki is the terror of allpeople. This immense dragon generally haunts the deep sea caverns, but sometimeshe comes up to the surface; and springing towards heaven, causes such a perturbationof the atmo.sphcrc, that he produces the redoubtable phenomenon known as the typhoon.Mooki is a turtle with a dogs head and a long tail of trailing marine mosses. There 144 LIFE IN JAPAN. are Mookis so old, that the legends tell how trees, rocks, and peaks have grown upon their backs. In the most zealous days of Buddhism, the seventh and eighth centuries,the bonzes themselves lent a hand in the building of the temples and adorningthem with pictures and statues. But though the native arts, especially sculpture and architecture, may be indebted to