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When the food was ready, Kesshoo called "Ujo, ujo," which meant "boiled meat," and everybody came running to the beach. The men sat in one circle, the women and children in another. Pots of boiled fish were set in the middle of the circles, and they all dipped in with their fingers and took what they wanted. When everybody had eaten, the children played on the beach.
By Buddhism all existences are divided into Hijo things without desire, such as stones and trees; and Ujo things having desire, such as men and animals. This division does not, so far as I know, find expression in the written philosophy of gardens; but it is a convenient one. The folk- lore of my little domain relates both to the inanimate and the animate.
What is certainly true is that to cultivate chrysanthemum flowers in the part of Himeji called Go-KenYashiki is deemed unlucky, because the name of O- Kiku signifies 'Chrysanthemum. Therefore, nobody, I am told, ever cultivates chrysanthemums there. Now of the ujo or things having desire, which inhabit these gardens.
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