Project Gutenberg 2025-06-08 Public domain in the USA. 332 Edwards, A. Herbage Willard, S. L. Kakemono : $b Japanese sketches $aChicago :$bA. C. McClurg & Co., $c1906. Richard Illner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Kakemono : Japanese sketches" by A. Herbage Edwards is a collection of travel sketches and cultural essays written in the early 20th century. The work surveys Japan’s religious life, art, landscape, and customs through lyrical description, on-the-ground observation, and folklore retellings. It moves from temples and shrines to street fairs and sacred mountains, balancing reverence with occasional critique. A recurring thread is the encounter with Buddhist and Shintō belief—culminating in a pilgrimage toward Mount Fuji. The opening of the book moves through a series of vivid scenes: a contemplative portrait of the Great Buddha; the austere sanctity of the Ise shrines; the sumptuous artistry of Nikkō’s mausoleum; and the bustling, commercialized devotion at Asakusa’s Kannon. It contrasts the serene altar-garden of Rinzaki with a compassionate episode at Ikkegami, where villagers honor foreign sailors, then tells the legend of a missionary child who damages a Jizō statue. The narrative lingers over Shiba’s ornate tomb-temples and the restrained dignity of the Hongwanji, counters it with a sharp sketch of Nichiren worship’s noisy zeal, and offers a universalist moment in a Shintō rite above the sea. Further scenes depict fox-god superstition at Inari, a communal fire-walking ceremony in Tokyo, and a meditation on the “smiling” Buddhas of Nikkō. It then turns to Mount Fuji: a poetic prologue on its presence and a grounded travel account—tram and horse to Subashiri, mist-bound ascent past tea-house stations and lava beds, purchase of pilgrim staves, and a first night’s halt at the second station. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/kakemonojapanske00edwaiala/mode/2up 20240827073104edwards 1906 US Reading ease score: 74.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Japan -- Description and travel Japan -- Social life and customs DS Text Category: Travel Writing Category: Religion/Spirituality 526263 2025-07-30T07:17:26.567443 text/html 500000 2025-06-08T07:20:42 text/html 814009 2025-07-30T07:17:36.872896 application/epub+zip 813883 2025-07-30T07:17:28.465460 application/epub+zip 400683 2025-07-30T07:17:27.452474 application/epub+zip 1276524 2025-07-30T07:17:42.722910 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1208046 2025-07-30T07:17:35.684897 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 472905 2025-07-30T07:17:25.366474 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 453004 2025-06-08T07:20:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 13811 2025-07-30T07:17:42.876863 application/rdf+xml 16693 2025-07-30T07:17:27.676424 image/jpeg 3288 2025-07-30T07:17:27.565418 image/jpeg 947459 2025-07-30T07:17:26.621492 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog