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Updated: May 4, 2025
Also they told me of the dead millions whose pilgrim feet had worn hollow the steps leading to their shrines, of the buried mothers who used to suspend little baby-dresses before their altars, of the generations of children taught to murmur prayers to them, of the countless sorrows and hopes confided to them.
High before the shrine, suspended from strings stretched taut between tall poles of bamboo, are scores, no, hundreds, of pretty, tiny dresses Japanese baby-dresses of many colours. Most are made of poor material, for these are the thank- offerings of very poor simple women, poor country mothers, whose prayers to Kishibojin for the blessing of children have been heard.
Madam P is a stout brunette, gaily dressed, and has made a great deal of money by the practice of her peculiar 'profession. She possesses a large wardrobe of baby-dresses, in which the infants are attired when 'presented, in order to look as captivating as possible; and the lady is a thorough 'artist' in her way.
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