FOOTNOTES:
[118] A religious feast in the Imperial Palace, in which Nin-wô-kiô, one of the Buddhist Bibles, was read, an event which rarely took place. Its object was to tranquillize the country.
[119] The god of the sea.
[120] The "biwa," more than any other instrument, is played by blind performers, who accompany it with ballads.
[121] The services performed by rigid priests were six times daily—namely, at early morn, mid-day, sunset, early evening, midnight, and after midnight.
[122] The Buddhist idea that when we get into Paradise we take our seat upon the lotus flower.