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of landscape-gardening, where it is used to cover 

 spaces that must always be kept spotless and 

 beautiful, and never trodden, except by the 

 gardener. 



MATERIAL NOUNS USED AS NAMES 



O-Gin "Silver." 



O-Isbi "Stone." 



O-Iwa "Rock." 



O-Kane . . . . " Bronze." 



O-Katf l .... "Air," perhaps Wind. 



O-Kin "Gold." 



O-Run*\ _ _ ^ "Emerald," emeraldine? 

 Runko > 



O-Ryu " Fine Metal." 



O-Sato "Sugar." 



O-Seki "Stone." 



O-Sbiwo .... "Salt." 



O-Suna "Sand." 



O-5f. .... "Tin." 



O-Tane .... "Seed." 



O-Tetsu .... "Iron." 



The following five yobina are aesthetic names, 

 although literally signifying things belonging 

 to intellectual work. Four of them, at least, 



1 I cannot find any explanation of this curious name. 



2 The Japanese name does not give the same quality of aesthetic 

 sensation as the name EsmeraUa. The ruri is not usually green, but 

 blue ; and the term " ruri-iro " (emerald color) commonly signifies a 

 dark violet. 



