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* * * * * In the "Sho rei Hikki," the book from which the above is translated, there is no notice of the ceremony of naming the child: the following is a translation from a Japanese MS.:   "On the seventh day after its birth, the child receives its name; the ceremony is called the congratulations of the seventh night. IN THE SHOW RAHIKI THE BOOK FROM WHICH THE ABOVE IS TRANSLATED THERE IS NO NOTICE OF THE CEREMONY OF NAMING THE CHILD THE FOLLOWING IS A TRANSLATION FROM A JAPANESE M S ON THE SEVENTH DAY AFTER ITS BIRTH THE CHILD RECEIVES ITS NAME THE CEREMONY IS CALLED THE CONGRATULATIONS OF THE SEVENTH NIGHT
 without impropriety. Gentlemen of the Samurai or military class cut off the whole of the forelock. The sponsor either ties up the hair of the young man, or else, placing the forelock on a willow board, cuts it off with a knife, or else, amongst persons of very high rank, he only pretends to do so, and goes into another room whilst the real cutting is going on, and then returns to the same room. The sponsor then, without letting the young man see what he is doing, places the lock which has been cut into the pocket of his left sleeve, and, leaving the room, gives it to the young man's guardians, who wrap it in paper and offer it up at the shrine of the family gods. But this is wrong. The locks should be well wrapped up in paper and kept in the house until the man's death, to serve as a reminder of the favours which a man receives from his father and mother in his childhood; when he dies, it should be placed in his coffin and buried with him. The wine-drinking and presents are as before. N ITS ENTIRETY MAY DO SO WITHOUT IMPROPRIETY GENTLEMEN OF THE SAMURAI OR MILITARY CLASS CUT OFF THE WHOLE OF THE FORELOCK THE SPONSOR EITHER TIES UP THE HAIR OF THE YOUNG MAN OR ELSE PLACING THE FORELOCK ON A WILLOW BOARD CUTS IT OFF WITH A KNIFE OR ELSE AMONGST PERSONS OF VERY HIGH RANK HE ONLY PRETENDS TO DO SO AND THEN GOES INTO THE OTHER ROOM WHILST THE REAL CUTTING IS GOING ON AND THEN RETURNS TO THE SAME ROOM THE SPONSOR THEN WITHOUT LETTING THE YOUNG MAN SEE WHAT HE IS DOING PLACES THE LOCK WHICH HAS BEEN CUT INTO THE POCKET OF HIS LEFT SLEEVE AND LEAVING THE ROOM GIVES IT TO THE YOUNG MAN'S GUARDIANS WHO WRAP IT IN PAPER AND OFFER IT UP AT THE SHRINE OF THE FAMILY GODS BUT THIS IS WRONG THE LOCK SHOULD BE WELL WRAPPED UP IN PAPER AND KEPT IN THE HOUSE UNTIL A MAN'S DEATH TO SERVE AS A REMINDER THE FAVORS WHICH A MAN RECEIVES FROM HIS FATHER AND MOTHER IN HIS CHILDHOOD WHEN HE DIES IT SHOULD BE PLACED IN HIS COFFIN AND BURIED WITH HIM THE WINE DRINKING AND PRESENTS ARE AS BEFORE
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