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46 inches (117 cm.) high, 18.5 inches (47 cm.) diameter.) Another 

 is a garden lantern of pottery with a light green glaze. This speci- 

 men^is in four sections, and, hke all lanterns of this type, is not 

 provided with glass, but when necessary translucent paper is used 

 to cover the open spaces. (PI. 32Z), Cat. No. 94312, Japan; Japanese 

 Department of Education.) The andon or night light used hi 

 Japanese houses is an attractive piece of furniture. It consists in 

 some instances of a circular light Avooden base with four uprights 

 bearing a paper-covered frame in two parts, wliich can be rotated one 

 upon the other to open or close the lantern. The saucer lamp of 

 brass with rush pith wick is set on a crossbar within the lantern. 

 In a draAver in the base are kept the rush wicks. (PL 29&, fig. 1, 

 Cat. No. 325635, Japan; Romyn Hitchcock; 12.6 inches (32 cm.) 

 diameter, 32 inches (81 cm.) high.) Another specimen is square, 

 and a sliding sash admits of opening the lantern. (PI. 295, fig. 2, 

 Cat. No. 128236, Tokio, Japan; Japanese Department of Education: 

 10.3 inches (26 cm.) square, 31 inches (76 cm.) high.) A similarly 

 constructed lantern is called honlon. It has a handle projecting 

 from the base. (PI. 295, fig. 3, Cat. No. 128245, Japan; Japanese 

 Department of Education; 6 inches (14.5 cm.) diameter, 9.8 inches 

 (24.5 cm.) high.) Among the lanterns for special uses in Japan 

 are the lajo with extension of whalebone in the handle carried on 

 horseback; the gifu, a most attractive lantern, from which is swung 

 a wind bell; and the uriuhaii^ held v>'hen opened out in a curious 

 extension frame and carried when walking at night. (PL 33, figs. 

 1, 2, 3, Cat. Nos. 128241, 128242, 128239; Japanese Department of 

 Education: 20 inches (51 cm.) high— central figure.) The Chinese 

 lanterns having a bamboo frame covered with silk is very attractive. 

 The strips are pivoted at the ends in wooden rings and the cage so 

 made is slipped over two iron rods arising from the turned wood 

 base. By pressure on the top ring, somewhat as in an umbrella, 

 the cage, which has been covered with filmy painted silk, is bowed 

 out to the extent desired. (PL 31, fig. 3, Cat. No. 262641, China; 

 Dr. Hugh M. Smith; 38 inches (96.5 cm.) high.) Collapsible lan- 

 terns have been widely used in the East and are apparently originally 

 Persian. A fine specimen is of oiled linen, the folds held by wire 

 secured by stitching. The top and bottom sections which hold the 

 lantern when collapsed are of brass. The top is beaten up into 12 

 large and 14 small bosses and the surface is chased in fine dotted lines. 

 The bottom is also elaborately covered with a chased design and 

 small perforations. The handle and hook are ornamented. The 

 candle socket is in the middle of a small cup riveted to the bottom. 

 The specimen was received in 1869. (PL 33, fig. 6, Cat. No. 7552, 

 Shuster, Persia; donor unknown; 15 inches (38 cm.) diameter, 

 30.5 inches (77 cm.) long.) A Japanese collapsible lantern, the 



