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ONE OF THE GLORIES OF TOKIO. 29
A little further on they beheld a Tsu ktiri-banauri (artificial
flower-seller) who was perched on a cane-seated stool
near a stand containing his wares. He was a very waggish
fellow, and had something to say to every one who went by.
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Will you purchase these beautiful hair-pins? he said to
a young lady, extending a bunch of artificial plum-blossoms
from which depended a silken tassel. "This is the month
of the flower, Miss, and you ought to have it for your beautiful
hair."
" How much do you ask for it? " she said.
" Only ten sen" he replied.
:? When you wear this ume,
nobody can tell but what it is real. I believe if you were
to put it in the ground, after you have finished with it, this
spray would grow."
The girl bought the pin, then the dealer turned to Sallie
and remarked,
" I have decorations for the hair, especially made for foreign
ladies."
He arose, offered Mrs, Jewett a seat, and on her declining
his attention, said,
"I have an assortment of nice kushi for the hair," pointing
"
My combs are
to some semi-circular articles on his stall.
made of the best Tsuge (box- wood). The teeth will not
break out like those of foreign ones."
They left him shouting to the passers by: "Oh, these are
the beautiful artificial flowers! They are the best in Tokio."
After a brisk walk they arrived near the temple, and enter-
ing a tea-house proceeded to a private
refreshments.
room and ordered
an unusual decora-
Upon the wall was an oil painting, quite
tion in such a place. It was intended to represent a group of
Japanese ladies and children, but the costumes and figures