Anna Louise Tittman Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

A. Apparently we had somthing that was like cider. We1 , anyhow, f wess
we didn't have any alcahol.
'IJune 2Bt, 1919; Nikko, Japan.
Soon after breakfast we .8tarted with our
guides to the temples. These particulw temples am the mst famrsus in
Japan, the first shogun prtest named--I can't make out whether that second
lettau? is %", but it s v~ry plain--and a third shogun paest , MLt sus , hamtemples
here cornrated to them. The temple of-I have that nm a m ;
it ' s "rtl, Fxyaso--is the first one ever mcted in Japan. The party had a
photograph taken in front of this temple gateway. The cqst of the shogun
is depicted thus, [refers to illustration] called a C~OV~T and the crest of
shinto is this." This is the shogunis and this is the shbto. That picture
I wanted to show you, you know, with all the group in it? Well, thatts where
it was taken. I had it here all the tim.
'We passed the sacred tree which is said to be 280 years ~ld. We also passed
the stable formerly used for the sacred horses. Upon thi$ stable there Is
a comfce be&ng the original three monkeys, 'See no evit, hear no evil
and speak no evil. ' The flmt monkey is said to be Korem, the secand from
India and the third Japanese. At the fountains all must $rash their lips
after leaving the temple. At the entrance of the main meway are two guards
with two dogs behind them standing guard. One rragdficenk gateway called
the All Day Gate or Yo-ma-e-m has elaborate wood carving painted and tinted
in wonderf'ul colors. Not one group of carved inages is the s m . There
was also a gate built in Chins@ fashion. We were obligerj. to remove our
shoes and enter the temples in our stocking feet. The ir&er;lor presented
beautiful lacquered doors, one hundred panels in the ceiwng upon each of
which was an en'broidezd dragan, no two being alike. He* also hung the
pictms of the various shogun priests.
The waiting mom for the priests and one for the royal p sons had many
elegantly canred wooden panels. We saw the exterior of $e building of
red lacquer where are stored the gowns, banners and syrbals used in the shogun
parade June 5th of each year. Well, we were too labe for that. "We
passed by a stage effect with a shinto dancer perfomdng the dance of the
good health and long life. She was dressed in a brilliqt red robe with
white surplice and a white llnen coronet. At the entrq to the step& --
leading to the Eryaso to&, we passed through a gateway Over which $here was
an hag@ of a sleeping cat which is said to keep all micg and rats
clmed the 207 steps to the torrb which was placed on thq hi@ hill
to be nearer heaven. The tower to l3yaso is three hmWd years 01
required thirteen years to bdld it, One sees marg sated gateways
Japan. These must be passedthro@ ln order to reach tlpe terrrples of all
shrines. It is shocking to see so much of the . . . lt I don't know what
that is. "Sacred gateway, I have a picture, "Sacred gateways both for
ahinto and buddhists mligions ."
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Q. What was that, it was shocking to see so much. You )rere sayin$ it was
shocking to see so much what?
A. I never made it out properly. H-e-a-, it looks llke heathen, heathenfsh.
Heathenish, yes. I1One also sees these stone lantern in great pmfusion