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The fire i^lolie has two large perforated windows, two geomet- 

 rical lattice windows, and the two intervening' sides have a lion 

 and peony carving" in high relief. It is crowned with a stone roof 

 with a double curve, having corner scrolls. It is surmounted with 

 a ])ointed ball in the form of a lotus l)ud. 



ddie stone lantern is said to have originated in ancient Ja]:)an 

 in order to jirotect the wayfarers in Kawachi Province, hut the 

 types of the lanterns now in existence are ])rohal)l\- derived from 

 the liuddhist stupes or ])agodas, which were erected for the com- 

 memoration of the teaching of Euddha. These structures must 

 ha\-e l)een transported from Corea along with ]')ud(lhism, which 

 was introduced into japan in the 6th Century. In the gardens, 

 especially the tea garden, the various tyi)cs of stone lanterns are 

 adopted mainly for the decorative elTect and, whether they are 

 lighted or not. they signifv light dis])elling darkness. 



In the temi)les, howexer, it is a common thing to light u]) the 

 lanterns, and for a small sinn any tra\'elcr may ask the temple 

 attendant for Sotoiiixo, or for the entire illumination of the lan- 

 terns. Then all the stone lanterns in the teni])le compound, as 

 well as the shrine lanterns within the teni])le itself, will he lighted 

 up with candles at night, giving an enchanting ])anorama, enabling 

 one to realize fully the nocturnal scene of a Shinto Temple. In 

 the Japanese temple yards they have a simple device for kee]nng 

 lighted the candles or oil lam])s in the fire globes of these lanterns. 

 The method is to wraj) around the fire globe a long sheet of pa])er, 

 the overla]^ping ends of which are held in ])lace hv a bent bamboo 

 strip which is s(j arranged as to act as a spring. 



The Shinto Shrine 



A short distance bex'ond the stream one conies to a wood-i^ost 

 lantern. Honorable Deity Lantern (Co-sliin-lo) . Here a path 

 leads up to the Shinto Shrine. 



This shrine is consti-ucted of California coast redwood and put 

 together with wooden pins ; nails are not used excejit for holding 

 the shingles on the roof. In Jai)an these slu'ines are very com- 

 mon, not onl)- in the tcmjile x'ards, but often in an alley or a 

 lane of the streets. ddie\' generally contain cut white ])a])er em- 

 blems known as Ciolici, rmd round metal mirrors on stands which 



