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It also receives a sham sword and dirk. The usual ceremony of drinking wine is observed. IT ALSO RECEIVES A SHAM SWORD AND A DIRK THE USUAL CEREMONY OF DRINKING WINE IS OBSERVED
he then makes a woman's knot with two pieces of string. The ceremony of drinking wine is the same as that gone through at the weaning. If the child is a girl, a lady acts as sponsor; the hair-cutting is begun from the right temple instead of from the left. There is no difference in the rest of the ceremony. On the fifth day of the eleventh month of the child's fourth year he is invested with the _hakama_, or loose trousers worn by the Samurai. On this occasion again a sponsor is called in. The child receives from the sponsor a dress of ceremony, on which are embroidered storks and tortoises (emblems of longevity--the stork is said to live a thousand years, the tortoise ten thousand), fir-trees (which, being evergreen, and not changing their colour, are emblematic of an unchangingly virtuous heart), and bamboos (emblematic of an upright and straight mind). The child is placed upright on a chequer-board, facing the auspicious point of the compass, and invested with the dress of ceremony. H A PIECE OF PAPER STRING HE THEN MAKES A WOMAN'S KNOT WITH TWO PIECES OF STRING THE CEREMONY OF DRINKING WINE IS THE SAME AS THAT GONE THROUGH AT THE WEANING IF THE CHILD IS A GIRL A LADY ACTS AS THE SPONSOR THE HAIR CUTTING IS BEGUN FROM THE RIGHT TEMPLE INSTEAD OF FROM THE LEFT THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE IN THE REST OF THE CEREMONY ON THE FIFTH DAY OF THE ELEVENTH MONTH OF THE CHILD'S FOURTH YEAR HE IS INVESTED IN THE JAKAMA OR LOOSE TROUSERS WORN BY THE SAMURAI ON THIS OCCASION AGAIN A SPONSOR IS CALLED IN THE CHILD RECEIVES FROM THE SPONSOR A DRESS OF CEREMONY ON WHICH ARE EMBROIDERED STORKS AND TORTOISES EMBLEMS OF LONGEVITY THE STORK IS SAID TO LIVE A THOUSAND YEARS THE TORTOISE TEN THOUSAND FIR TREES WHICH BEING EVER GREEN AND NOT CHANGING THEIR COLOR ARE EMBLEMATIC OF AN UNCHANGINGLY VIRTUOUS HEART AND BAMBOOS EMBLEMATIC OF AN UPRIGHT AND STRAIGHT MIND THE CHILD IS PLACED UPRIGHT ON A CHEQUER BOARD FACING THE AUSPICIOUS POINT OF THE COMPASS AND IS INVESTED WITH A DRESS OF CEREMONY
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