The Wonderful City of Tokio Or Further Adventures of the Jewett Family And the
The Wonderful City of Tokio Or Further Adventures of the Jewett Family And the
Edward Greey
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" said Johnnie. R That is the drum-tower, erected by the wrestlers. Have you not heard them drubbing their instruments in the morning? " ' r I always thought it was the soldiers parading, " said Fitz. " Now I know where the noise comes from. " They entered the temple gate, and halting at one of the lit- tle tea-houses on the left of the path, ordered refreshments, then Johnnie inquired, " Why do they have wrestling in a sa- cred place like this?" 'That is a very interesting story, " replied Oto.... " In 1657 a terrible fire raged in this city, and over one hundred thousand people were burnt to death or died from exposure. It being impossible to identify the corpses or to give them separate in- terments, the Sho-gun ordered Dan-za-ye-mon, chief of the etas, to have the bodies collected, and to bury them in a com- mon pit in Yushijima (Bull Island), which was then the name for this part of the city. The mound covering this enormous mass of unfortunates, was called Mu-yen-dzuka (the hill of destitution).
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