A Japanese BoyA Japanese Boy by Himself is an essay written by Shukichi Shigemi when he was a student attending medical school at Yale University in 1889. It was written in English and published by a company in Connecticut, U.S.A. The description of just a common boy's daily life in a countryside contributed to cross-cultural understanding between the two countries at an early stage after the end of the Japanese isolation policy. His book sold well that he could pay for education with this publication to become a qualified doctor. |
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... quilt that is to be spread over it , from burning . The vessel is filled with ashes , and a charcoal fire is burned in it . I used to take my position near my grandfather , with my hands and feet beneath the quilt , and ask him to tell ...
... quilt that is to be spread over it , from burning . The vessel is filled with ashes , and a charcoal fire is burned in it . I used to take my position near my grandfather , with my hands and feet beneath the quilt , and ask him to tell ...
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... quilt for fear that he might break his neck . In time , however , he could do it on the hard wooden stage floor . After filling this gymnastic rôle for some time , he was promoted by degrees to more important posts . By reason of his ...
... quilt for fear that he might break his neck . In time , however , he could do it on the hard wooden stage floor . After filling this gymnastic rôle for some time , he was promoted by degrees to more important posts . By reason of his ...
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... quilts of your own providing alone protecting you from the damp earth . The people bring lunch with them to eat between the acts . I have the fond remembrance of my family astir over the preparation of the lunch on the day we go to see ...
... quilts of your own providing alone protecting you from the damp earth . The people bring lunch with them to eat between the acts . I have the fond remembrance of my family astir over the preparation of the lunch on the day we go to see ...
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Aunt Otsuné Aunty bamboo bath beans blood will tell boiled boys brother Buddhist cakes called Chinese chips chopsticks Chrysanthemum cook copy-books corner dancing Daruma drum earthen eyes fancy father fish floor flowers friends gentle Gladness Goddess gorin hand happy hard head heart holidays Imabari india ink Japan Japanese kakemonoes katsuwo Kioto kitchen kite kotatsu Kwannon ladies lanterns light look ment mochi morning mother mountain ness night Osaka painted paper parquet party penmanship play player priest quilt rice round saké samisen scene Shinto Shintoism shoyu shrine side sisters stand stick stone story street string sweet sweet tea taiko Tanabata taste teacher temple theatre things tion took towel town tsuzumi turn uncle vessel wall wash whole wood wooden yard young