Transactions of the Asiatic Society of JapanAsiatic Society of Japan., 1900 - Japan Catalogue of the library of the Society, in v. 47. |
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ancient arauaxi arazu aruji Iefu Chrifto Arundinaria ataye autumn bamboo Bambusa branches called century ceremony chiku Chinese cocoro cono coto coto nari cotouo culm Deus Deusno Emperor EXPLANATORY NOTE feet fito fitonite fitono Fitotçuniua fono fucaqi Fujiwara furu garden gotoqu grows gui nari ha-chiku Harahe hito Hyakunin-isshu Imperial internodes iyedomo Izanagi Japan Japanese Japanese literature Japanese poetry kana Kei-yen Chiku-Fu knots Kōbe Kojiki Kokinshu Kyōto leaves LITERAL TRANSLATION Lord Chhoi Macotono madake mata mataua METRICAL TRANSLATION mofu mono nari Motowori motte mountain nanito naqu nareba naru naxi Nihongi nite maximafu nodes Norito Oho-harahe Otomo no Yakamochi Phyllostachys plant poems poet poetry province purification root Sancta sheath Society songs species sprouts stem tada tamaye tameni tamo tanka tatematçuru tatoi tattoqi togauo Tōkiō toqi toqiua Trans vareraga verse võ aruji vogami voiteua word writer xinji xite Yokohama yori yotte yuyeni zoya
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Page 60 - The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
Page 60 - So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? He said unto them, An enemy hath done this.
Page 73 - Shinto temples, whether their architecture be in conformity with early traditions (in which case all the rafters are so crossed) or modified in accordance with more advanced principles of construction, and the crossed rafters retained only as ornaments at the two ends of the ridge. The roof was thatched, and perhaps had a gable at each end, with a hole to allow the smoke of the wood-fire to escape, so that it was possible for birds flying in and perching on the beams overhead, to defile the food,...
Page 135 - Council shall be elected by ballot at the Annual Meeting, and shall hold office for one year.
Page 83 - Japanese poetry is especially charming. Even the toil of an awkward peasant or of a woodman, expressed in poetic form, delights the mind. The name of the terrible wild boar, also, when styled ' fusui no toko
Page 32 - He accordingly went to the plain of Ahagi at Tachibana in Wodo in Hiuga of Tsukushi, and purified himself. When at length he was about to wash away the impurities " of his body, he lifted up his voice and said, " The upper stream is too rapid and the lower stream is too sluggish, I will wash in the middle stream.
Page 137 - Meeting by a vole of twothirds of the Members present, and only if due notice of the proposed Amendment shall have been given at a previous General Meeting. BY-LAWS. GENERAL MEETINGS. ART. I. The Session of the Society shall coincide with the Calendar Year, the Annual Meeting taking place in December.
Page 52 - My dear Lord and husband, if thou sayest so, I will strangle to death the people of the country which thou dost govern, a thousand in one day." Then Izanagi no Mikoto replied, saying, " My beloved younger sister, if thou sayest so, I will in one day cause to be born fifteen hundred.
Page 65 - ... (3) Miscellaneous Business. (4) The reading and discussion of Papers. The above order .shall be observed except when the Chairman shall rule otherwise. At Annual Meetings the Order of Business shall include, in addition to the foregoing matters : — (5) The reading of the Council's Annual Report and Treasurer's Account and submission of these for the action of the meeting upon them. (6) The Election of Officers and Council as directed by the Constitution.
Page 127 - For thy precious sake, Once my (eager) life itself Was not dear to me. But 'tis now my heart's desire It may long, long years endure.