CHAPTER XX.

Public Amusements.

Pleasures—_No_-performance—Playgoing—The theatre—Japanese dramas—_Gidayu_-plays—Actors—A new school of actors—Actresses—Wrestling—Wrestlers—The wrestling booth—The wrestler’s apparel—The Ekoin matches—The umpire—The rules of the ring—The match-days—The story-tellers’ hall—Entertainment at the hall.

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