THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM 



people stating that they were not Christians, public notices 

 prohibiting Christianity and a permit to an English captain 

 to visit certain forts. Christianity was introduced into Japan 

 early in the sixteenth century, but in 1637 occurred a mas- 

 sacre of all the Christians in the land. 



A Japanese map of the southern countries of the world, 

 dated 1710, a picture of an ancient Japanese war vessel and 

 a series of color prints by Japanese artists of scenes in 

 Tokyo and Yokohama are hung on the walls of this room. 

 The pictures of Yokohama (Japan's treaty port with the 

 western world, and for long the only part of the Empire in 

 which foreigners were allowed a footing) represent espe- 

 cially the foreigners in that city, the Sunday procession of 

 foreigners and their entertainments being particularly in- 

 teresting. 



Entering the North Corridor (to right from foot of stair- 

 case), in wall cases on the right appear types of costumes 

 worn in Japan, respectively by workmen, firemen, porters, 

 fishermen, farmers and sailors, together with tobacco pipes, 

 lamps, candlesticks, implements and games used by persons 

 of various ranks, and on the left are framed specimens of 

 textiles and loom patterns. 



In studying these exhibits and those in the Japanese Hall 

 above, it is well to remember that no country in the world, 

 excepting China, has attached so much importance to details 

 of dress as has Japan. Rules as to color, fabric, pattern, 

 even to the tying of a bow, are fixed according to inviolable 

 distinctions of rank and caste, and every class of people has 



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