Every day is a festival-day at Asakusa; the temple is dedicated to the most popular of the great divinities; it is the most popular of religious resorts; and whether he be Buddhist, shintoist, or Christian, no stranger comes to the capital without making a visit to its crowded courts or a purchase at its tempting booths.
"Unbeaten-Tracks-in-Japan"
Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
Nominally, he is a shintoist, which means nothing.
"Unbeaten-Tracks-in-Japan"
Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
Every day I wake to the sound of this shintoist litany chanted beneath me, vibrating through the exquisite clearness of the summer mornings-while our night-lamps burn low before the smiling Buddha, while the eternal sun, hardly risen, already sends through the cracks of our wooden panels its bright rays, which dart like golden arrows through our darkened dwelling and our blue gauze tent.
"Madame Chrysantheme Complete"
Pierre Loti Last Updated: March 4, 2009