And since these officials, monks, and priests had their attendants, assistants, concubines, servants, errand boys, and slaves, it would seem that the greater part of the 200,000 people living in NARA in some way or another belonged to the temples, shrines, and the palace.
"Down-with-the-Cities"
Nakashima, Tadashi
A short ride from Kyoto brings the visitor to NARA, the seat of the oldest temples in Japan, and famous for the tame deer in the park.
"The Critic in the Orient"
George Hamlin Fitch
The NARA cooking is better, we all thought, than the Tokyo, the food being more savory and the variety of flavors greater, an opinion which pleased our host.
"Letters from China and Japan"
John Dewey Alice Chipman Dewey