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A Japanese miscellany - University of Oregon

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Songs <strong>of</strong> <strong>Japanese</strong> Children 17^<br />

the Karako i style suit you ? " — " No, I will not have my<br />

hair dressed in the Shimada-sty\e, nor will I have it dressed<br />

in the Karako style. The honorable sage -garni ^ style is<br />

now the fashion in the noble city <strong>of</strong> Yedo."<br />

IV<br />

Ichi no maru koete,<br />

Ni no maru koete,<br />

San no maru saki ye<br />

Hori-ido hotte,<br />

Hori wa, hori-ido<br />

! ! : ; ;<br />

Tsurube wa kogane<br />

Kogane no saki ye<br />

Tombo ga tomatte<br />

Yare, sore tombo<br />

Sore, sore tombo<br />

Tobanakya bane wo<br />

Kirigirisu<br />

Kiriko ga toro,<br />

Kiriko ga toro<br />

Kiriko ga toro wa,<br />

Donata no saiku ?<br />

!<br />

^ The Karakowage was an old-fashioned style <strong>of</strong> coiffure, — prob-<br />

ably as the name implies, <strong>of</strong> Chinese origin ; the literal meaning <strong>of</strong> the<br />

term being "Chinese-child-coiffure."<br />

2 The term sagi-gami means loose-flowing hair. Anciently noble<br />

ladies wore their hair thus.<br />

!

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