[43] Dr. Baelz estimates the average stature at about 5 feet.
[44] See also subsequent chapter on “Japanese Traits.”
[45] His is simply a case of what is called “undeveloped moral consciousness.”
[46] See Transactions Japan Society, London, vol. ii., papers by Goh and Aston.
[47] See Lowell’s “Soul of the Far East,” chap. ii.
[48] Morse’s “Japanese Homes” is the one book on this subject.
[49] Besides Morse’s “Japanese Homes,” Conder’s “Landscape-Gardening in Japan” (Transactions Asiatic Society of Japan, vol. xiv., and in book form, illustrated), is very valuable. An instructive short description of this subject may be found in chap. xvi., vol. ii., of Hearn’s “Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan.”
[50] For descriptions of Japanese meals or banquets, see Miss Scidmore’s “Jinrikisha Days in Japan,” passim; “The Yankees of the East” (Curtis), vol. ii. chap. xiv.; and Norman’s “Real Japan,” chap. i.
[51] See Norman’s “Real Japan,” pp. 180-195.
[52] For instance, “such an attire as Japanese clogs, flannel drawers, swallow-tail coat, and opera hat” has been seen; and another witness testifies to the “oddest mixtures of evening dress and bathing suits, naked legs with a blouse and a foreign hat, high boots with a kimono, legs and head Asiatic with trunk European, or vice versa, with endless combinations and variations.” There is a great variety, with all kinds of fits and misfits.