 Fusiyama is a most modest unpretending little hut, adorned with a few gods in lava, and some common tinsel ornaments. Here the devout lay their offerings upon the altar, and in return have their garments stamped with strange figures and devices, in token...  The Encyclopedia of Ceramics - Page 2361902 - 673 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Baptists - 1861 - 392 pages
...the devout lay their offerings upon the altar, and in return have their garments stamped with strange devices in token of their having accomplished their pilgrimage. Great virtue is attached to these stamps, particularly for the cure of cutaneous diseases ; and their number is only... | |
 | Edward Barrington De Fonblanque - China - 1862 - 338 pages
...figures and devices in token of their having accomplished their pilgrimage. Great virtue is attached to these stamps, particularly for the cure of cutaneous...the size of the garment and the extent of the fee. I invested an entire uzeboo (eighteen pence), and received in return the impress of all the gods, and... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1862 - 620 pages
...gods in lava and some common tinsel ornaments. Here the devout lay their offerings upon the altar, and in return have their garments stamped with strange...having accomplished their pilgrimage. Great virtue is attached to these stamps, particularly for the cure of cutaneous diseases, and their number is only... | |
 | Edward Barrington De Fonblanque - China - 1862 - 348 pages
...gods in lava, and some common tinsel ornaments. Here the devout lay their offerings upon the altar, and in return have their garments stamped with strange...having accomplished their pilgrimage. Great virtue is attached to these stamps, particularly for the cure of cutaneous diseases, and their number is only... | |
 | Pictorial cabinet - 1878 - 574 pages
...gods in lava, and some common tinsel ornaments. Here the devout lay their offerings upon the altar, and in return have their garments stamped with strange...having accomplished their pilgrimage. Great virtue is attached to these stamps, particularly for the cure of cutaneous diseases, and their number is only... | |
 | George Ashdown Audsley - 1881 - 420 pages
...gods in lava, and some common tinsel ornaments. Here the devout lay their offerings upon the altar, and in return have their garments stamped with strange...the size of the garment and the extent of the fee." Mountainous and rocky scenery are special favourites with the Japanese ; and all objects, such as mountains... | |
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