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also from Japan. Tliis is of the Kasui^a type, so termed from 

 the hunch'eds of stone lanterns which adorn the Kasuga Temple 

 yard heneath the entrancing C"ryi)tomeria grove in Nara, an ancient 

 capital of Japan.* 



The oldest stone lantern in Jaj^an of this type is in the Tachi- 

 I)ana Tem]}le in Yamato, which was fashioned with tlie design of 

 the images of Bnddha and the twelve zotliac animals, creatnres 

 carved ont in relief around the lantern. The granite lantern in 

 this garden is an example of a very elahorately wrought Kasuga 

 type. It has a thick hexagonal hase, around whose edges there 

 is a carved design of a series of rahliits and waves and at the top 

 of it, the lotus flower medallion. Upon this base stands a tall 

 cylindrical column with a bulged annulet at the center. This 

 supports the hexagonal base of the fire glol)e, which is ornamented 

 with the li)tus medallion carvings on both the upper and lower 

 parts, b'.ach of the six facets of this fire globe base has the 

 carvings of the zodiac animals : Rat and Bull, Tiger and Rabbit, 

 ]3ragon and Ser])ent, Horse and Lamb, Ape and Rooster, Dog and 

 Wild Boar, similar to the one in the Tachibana Temple in Japan. 



Near the Kasuga lantern, to the south, there is a fine double 

 flowered cherry tree. The path from the lantern leads on upward, 

 ])ast beautiful azalea bushes on one side and a Japanese barberry 

 hedge on the other, to the main path. On the crest of Near Blill 

 there are two white flowering Japanese phuus, two magnolias and 

 two (jinkgos or maiden hair trees. f Tiu'ning to the lei't on the 

 main path we pass on the left the barberry hedge, near which 

 there are two small cr}-ptomeria trees (Cr\'f>toiiicri(i jnf^onica), 

 just above the Kasuga lantern. On the right-hand side there is 

 a fine group of Japanese yews. Just above the lower falls one 

 may obtain a fine view of the ui)per cascades of the stream, the 

 banks covered with beautiful azaleas and Japanese mai)les ; near 

 the beginning of the stream the leaning jjine is seen. Further 

 down the hill on the left there are two weeping mulberry trees, 

 additional Japanese barljerries, and flowering crabs. 



* The Kasuga kmtern was given in 1914 by Messrs. Yaiuanaka & Co., 

 (if New York City, through Mr. D. J. R. Ushikuho. 



fThis tree (Ginkfjo biloha) was probalily saved from extinction by 

 being cuhivatcd in the temple grounds in Japan and China. It has never 

 been found growing wild within historic times. — C. S. G. 



