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Chapter 22

           AschancedidnotfavourhimintheEuropeanquarter,hepenetratedthatinhabitedbythenativeJapanese,determined,ifnecessary,topushontoYeddo.

           TheJapanesequarterofYokohamaiscalledBenten,afterthegoddessofthesea,whoisworshippedontheislandsroundabout.TherePassepartoutbeheldbeautifulfirandcedargroves,sacredgatesofasingulararchitecture,bridgeshalfhidinthemidstofbamboosandreeds,templesshadedbyimmensecedar-trees,holyretreatswherewereshelteredBuddhistpriestsandsectariesofConfucius,andinterminablestreets,whereaperfectharvestofrose-tintedandred-cheekedchildren,wholookedasiftheyhadbeencutoutofJapanesescreens,andwhowereplayinginthemidstofshort-leggedpoodlesandyellowishcats,mighthavebeengathered.

           Thestreetswerecrowdedwithpeople.Priestswerepassinginprocessions,beatingtheirdrearytambourines;policeandcustom-houseofficerswithpointedhatsencrustedwithlacandcarryingtwosabreshungtotheirwaists;soldiers,cladinbluecottonwithwhitestripes,andbearingguns;theMikado’sguards,envelopedinsilkendoubles,hauberksandcoatsofmail;andnumbersofmilitaryfolkofallranksforthemilitaryprofessionisasmuchrespectedinJapanasitisdespisedinChinawenthitherandthitheringroupsandpairs.Passepartoutsaw,too,beggingfriars,long-robedpilgrims,andsimplecivilians,withtheirwarpedandjet-blackhair,bigheads,longbusts,slenderlegs,shortstature,andcomplexionsvaryingfromcopper-colourtoadeadwhite,butneveryellow,liketheChinese,fromwhomtheJapanesewidelydiffer.

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