ta muallif kitobidan iqtiboslar  A Daughter of the Samurai

Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto

Japan is often called by foreign people a land of sunshine and cherry blossoms. This is because tourists generally visit only the eastern and southern parts of the country, where the climate is mild all the year round. On the northwest coast the winters are long, snow often covering the ground from December to March or April.

quietly and inoffensively

Every day the streets presented a new appearance, and by the time the big carved lions at the temple steps were covered, we were a city of grotesque straw tents of every shape and size, waiting for the snow that would bury us in for three or four months.

hand.
“Twelve years, at least, to wait!” he suddenly cried. “I will not have it so! I will defy the gods!

Look in the mirror every day,” she said, “for if scars of selfishness or pride are in the heart, they will grow into the lines of the face. Watch

white—the death colour—because marriage means the bride’s death to her father’s family.

women were queerly dressed creatures who stared, and laughed with their mouths open.

On the sea
A boat with lifted sail
Rides toward the rising moon.
On the waves of the flowing tide it comes.
The shadow of the past lies far behind,
And the boat sails nearer—nearer
To the shore called Happy Life.”

Japan is often called by foreign people a land of sunshine and cherry blossoms