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Title: Child-life in Japan and Japanese child stories
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Ayrton, Matilda Chaplin, Mrs. 1846-1883 Griffis, William Elliot, 1843-1928, ed
Subjects: Children Fairy tales
Publisher: Boston and New York, D.C. Heath & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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Ironclad Top Game. 8 Child-Life in Japan. head, making the two faces yet more distinct fromeach other. He has quickly arranged the backof his dress to look Hke the front of a person, andhe acts, first presenting the one person to hisspectators, then the other. He makes you evenimagine he has four arms, so cleverly can he twistround his arm and gracefully fan what is in realitythe back of his head. The tops the lads are playing with in this pic-ture ^ are not quite the same shape as our tops,but they spin very well. Some men are so cleverat making spinning-tops run along strings, throw-ing them up into the air and catching them witha tobacco-pipe, that they earn a living by exhibit-ing their skill. Some of the tops are formed of short pieces ofbamboo with a wooden peg put through them,and the hole cut in the side makes them havea fine hum as the air rushes in whilst theyspin. The boys in the next large picture (p. 9) mustbe playing with the puppies of a large dog, tojudge from their bi

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