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Compared with the splendid temples of Nikko in Japan, glowing with scarlet and black lacquer, and gleaming with gold, temples on which cunning craftsmanship of wood-carving, enamels and bronze-work has been lavished in almost superfluous profusion, or even with the severer but dignified temples of unpainted cryptomeria wood at Kyoto, this Chinese pagoda was scarcely worth looking at.
But he will learn a lot which you know already; and he will survive." Na we to wa wo Hito zo saku naru. Ide, wagimi! Hito no naka-goto Kiki-kosu na yume! It is other people who have separated You and me. Come, my Lord! Do not dream of listening To the between-words of people! After a ghastly night of sleeplessness at Nikko, Geoffrey Barrington reached Tokyo in time for lunch.
This I noticed in the Imperial palaces at Kyoto. I walked up the avenue with a feeling of awe, and it seemed as if the whole atmosphere of Nikko was surcharged with an element of sanctity, and that no one could gaze on the mountains and the groves of cryptomerias without being somewhat better than before.
My programme in Nikko could only include three days; hence I decided that a study of the various temples, a general view of the city, and an excursion to Lake Chuzenji must suffice. The following morning the sun was shining, and I departed early to visit the temples. The way lay down to the river Daiya-gawa.
As to her dress, the sarong is a flaming robe that covers her body to the breasts; red being the dominant color; with a crown of metal which looks like a beehive on her head. Brass bracelets and ornaments on her graceful arms complete her costume. Even the Pagodas and Temples of the Oriental lands are flame. The most beautiful Temples of Japan are the Nikko Temples.
No man who has not visited the great temples at Shiba and Nikko can understand to what heights of sublimity wooden architecture can rise, what a gorgeous tout ensemble can be accomplished by harmonious colour schemes deftly blended by artists who had made a study of colour and all the details connected therewith, and knew how to render a picturesque effect which should be imposing without being either gaudy or glaring.
The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce representatives had been given the year book of Japan, all sorts of pamphlets containing figures and facts concerning various enterprises, and so a day at Nikko, away from statistics, was most welcome.
The tomb is reached by a flight of steps running up the side of the wall. It is of the same general style as that of Ieyasu. In the afternoon a walk back of the temple of Ieyasu revealed more stone lanterns, shrines, and toriis. At Nikko the homes are attractive, with their open space and their verandas. The Park and Botanical Garden are also not without interest.
Then an old party who was a saint, I believe, and very wise, placed a curse on the storm demon and named the place 'Nikko San, Mountain of the Sun's Brightness." "The demon seems to have returned," remarked Billie. "Oh, he did. That was the point.
The hum of the vast city outside is unheard here: Iyéyasu himself, in the mountains of Nikkô, has no quieter resting-place than his descendants in the heart of the city over which they ruled.
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