[ [31] A writing or a picture on a long perpendicular strip of paper or silk or of paper mounted on silk, with rollers. The length is about three times the width, which is usually 1 ft. 3 in. or 1 ft. 10 in. The kakemono in the tokonoma of tea-ceremony rooms is about 10 in. wide.
[ [32] For budgets of large property owners, see [Appendix III].
[ [33] There have been several serious tenants' demonstrations in Aichi during 1921. See Chapter XIX.
[ [34] Each Emperor receives on his succession a name which is applied to the period of his reign. The period of Mutsuhito's reign, 1868-1912, is called Meiji; that of the present Emperor Taisho. Thus the year 1912 would be Taisho I.
[ [35] It will be remembered that there is only one prefecture in which tea is not grown in larger or smaller areas, and that it is served economically without sugar or milk.
CHAPTER VI
BEFORE OKUNITAMA-NO-MIKO-NO-KAMI [[36]]
Nor do I see why we should take it for granted that their gods are unworthy of respect.—Valerius
In Aichi prefecture I was asked to plant trees (persimmons) in the grounds of three temples or shrines and on the land of several farmers. In an exposed position on a hill-top I found persimmons being grown on a system under which the landlord provided the land, trees and manures and the farmer the labour, and the produce was equally divided.