The Hot Springs of Japan (and the Principal Cold Springs) Including Chosen (Korea) Taiwan (Formosa) South Manchuria, Together with Many Tables Giving Classification, Chemical Basis, Curative Values, Radio-activity, Etc. 196 Illustrations, 15 Maps, Specially Drawn, 2 Colored Lithographs1922 - 486 páginas |
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Página 335 - Catholics rose in desperate revolt against the relentless persecutions they suffered, in what is known as the Shimabara insurrection — a rising due, according to some accounts, to local misgovernment as much as to religious causes: the latter factor, changing the attitude of the ruling powers, was brought about by the over-zeal of the Jesuit, Dominican, and Franciscan missionaries, the quarrels which arose between these religious orders, and their intrigues with the feudal nobility and with the...
Página 335 - ... rank. At first favoured by Nobunaga (1534-1582), the Christian missionaries were later placed under a ban by Hideyoshi (1536-1598), their activities strictly prohibited by leyasu, and they themselves finally expelled from the country. The change in the attitude of the ruling power towards Christianity was brought about by the overzeal of the Jesuit, Dominican, and Franciscan missionaries, the quarrels that arose between these religious orders, and their intrigues with the feudal nobility and...
Página 3 - the mountain country of Kasu&a-Awa emerged from it an island, and that a current ran in a north-westerly direction between this island and the northern mountain margin of the present plain toward the north-cast into the open ocean.
Página 198 - ... nature in her simplest garb. On some of their choice pieces the decoration is of a purely formal character, — diapers, scrolls, and medallions enclosing conventional symbols. On others it is essentially pictorial. Figure subjects are rarely found, except the well-known Chinese children (Karako}. The amateur may be tolerably confident that specimens decorated with peacocks, masses of chrysanthemums and peonies, figures of wrinkled saints, brightly apparelled ladies, cocks upon drums, and so...
Página 342 - ... century, two experts— Goroshichi and Kakiemon — carried the art to a point of considerable excellence. From that time forward the Arita factories turned out large quantities of porcelain profusely decorated with blue under the glaze and coloured enamels over it. Many pieces were exported by the Dutch, and some also were specially manufactured to their order. Specimens of the latter arc still preserved in European collections, where they are classed as genuine examples of Japanese ceramic...
Página xiii - Hot Springs: No country in the world is so blessed with natural hot springs as Japan and at no other place is there such an opportunity to see the everyday life of the people. Some of the spas are situated in remote parts of the country where old customs and manners still exist; others are tourist resorts, and are provided with all the comforts which are usually associated with the...
Página 366 - I^t'1 centurV- ^ is the only Japanese ware in which the characteristics of a Korean original are unmistakably preserved. Its diaphanous, pearl-grey glaze, uniform, lustrous and finely crackled, overlying encaustic decoration in white slip, the fineness of its warm reddish pâte, and the general excellence of its technique, have always commanded admiration. It is produced now in considerable quantities, but the modern ware falls far short of its predecessor.
Página 8 - Century Dictionary:" <( The ejection of the water is caused by explosive action, due to the heating of the water, under pressure, in the lower part of the geysertube, to considerably above the boiling-point. The heated water acquires, after a time, elastic force sufficient to overcome the weight of the superincumbent water ; and the relief from compression during the ascent is so great that steam is generated rapidly, and to such aa amount as to eject violently from the tube a. great quantity uf...
Página 342 - EakiemoD — carried the art to a point of considerable excellence. From that time forward, the Arita factories turned out large quantities of porcelain profusely decorated with blue under the glaze and coloured enamels over it. Many pieces were exported by the Dutch, and some also specially manufactured to their order for that purpose. Specimens of the latter are still preserved in European collections, where they are classed as genuine examples of Japanese keramic art, though beyond question their...
Página 8 - ... until recently have been in active operation. The temperature of the hot springs varies from 160° to 200° F. The generally received theory of the action of geysers is that of the noted scientist Bunsen, which is briefly epitomized thus in the "Century Dictionary:" <( The ejection of the water is caused by explosive action, due to the heating of the water, under pressure, in the lower part of the geysertube, to considerably above the boiling-point. The heated water acquires, after a time, elastic...