Jinrikisha days in Japan

OLD COURT COSTUME


Jinrikisha Days in Japan
BY ELIZA RUHAMAH SCIDMORE
“Waga kuni no Yamato shima ne ni idzuru hi wa;
Morokoshi hito mo, awoga zarameya.”
“In the ancient Yamato island, my native land, the sun rises;
Must not even the Western foreigner reverence?”
Ancient Japanese Poem.
“I cannot cease from praising these Japanese. They are truly the delight of my heart.”