Tatsushu is my hero!

[gurdymonkey]

  For reminding me he sent me this a couple weeks ago! Left-hand page, bottom row.

Text translation: "[A chochin is] a type of carried lantern where paper is spread across a basketwork lantern, and a candle[? kanji unclear] is put in.  The word "Chochin" comes from the Song dynasty, and it spread in the Muromachi period through Zen institutions.  At first, they couldn't be folded up, but "box" chochin (hako-chochin) with the accordion style mid-section that could be folded was born in the Bunroku period
(1592-1596) and this style flourished in the Edo period."

Title and author as yet unknown, however the book was described as a "jiten" or encyclopedia of artifacts at the Kasuga shrine.

Comments

Re: Book info

[firehauke.livejournal.com]

Oh, at this point, dear sir, anything they mention about horses and the accompanying gear would be worth it. I need to wrestle some time away from the stones and onto other projects, I really, really do.

Thank you.

*bows low*

Miriel