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A POSTSCRIPT IN 1890. 389
men learning dentistry, and finally the
secretary of
the new imperial diet or parliament.
Bidding farewell and godspeed to Asahi Rai, the
hanashika opened the roll. It contained an illuminated
scroll of seven leaves entitled "Comfort for
the Week." There were seven exquisite designs in
color, and with each a text in Japanese script.
Wedded to the thought of the verse was the pictorial
interpretatipn
of the artist as follows:
1. 1 John 4 : 12. A pair of love-birds hovering
over a spray of
cherry blossoms and peonies.
2. Psalm 51 : 17. A winter scene. The tree
branches heavily laden, and some even broken, with
weight of
the pure white snow.
3. John 14 :
15, 16. Doves hovering in the air,
or abiding trustfully near those who fed them with
rice.
4. John 1 : 15. An autumn basket, garnished
at the bottom and sides with chrysanthemums, and,
overflowing body and edges with ripened grapes.
5. Matt. 6 : 33. The fowls of the air flying over
a heap of wild flowers, among which are the lilies so
amazingly numerous in Japan.
6. Rev. 7 : 17. Mated butterflies hovering over
the "morning-faces," or morning-glories, springing
into bloom after the night has fled.
7. Does the reader remember what was said in
Chapter X about the wild geese the most graceful
and vigorous of winged creatures that at sunrise
seem covered with yellow gold, and at night, flying
across the great silver mirror of the heavens, seem
to be changed into living silver ?