166 Sftadowings 



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As for the mast, 



It is a mast of gold ; 



The sail is the fifth august roll 



OftheHokk&ySH 



Sa tyoi, iyoi ! 

 SS iyot, iyo't 



Otherwise interesting, with its queer refrain, is 

 another song called " Agemaki," belonging to 

 one of the curious class of lyrical dramas known 

 as Saibara. This may be found fault with as 

 somewhat " free " ; but I cannot think it more 

 open to objection than some of our much-ad- 

 mired Elizabethan songs which were probably 

 produced at about the same time: 



AGEMAKI 



(Probably from tbe sixteentb century) 



Age'maki ya ! 



Tonton ! 

 Hiro bakari ya 



Tonton I 



1 Japanese popular name for the Chinese version of the Saddhirma 

 Pundarika Sutra. Many of the old Buddhist scriptures were written 

 upon long scrolls, called makimono. a name also given to pictures 

 printed upon long rolls of silk or paper. 



