| 1. | He did not fail to observe the curious equipages , - carriages and palanquins , barrows supplied with sails , and litters made of bamboo ; nor the women , - whom he thought not especially handsome , - who took little steps with their little feet , whereon they wore canvas shoes , straw sandals , and clogs of worked wood , and who displayed tight - looking eyes , flat chests , teeth fashionably blackened , and gowns crossed with silken scarfs , tied in an enormous knot behind , - an ornament which the modern parisian ladies seem to have borrowed from the dames of japan
此外在各式各样的车辆行列里可以看见轿子马匹驮夫篷车漆花的古轿双人软轿和竹子编成的床。还可以看到一些日本妇女来来往往，她们的脚不大，迈步很小，她们的脚上有的穿着布鞋，有的穿着草拖鞋或是特制的木屐。她们的样子并不漂亮，一个个用头巾吊起眼角，胸部紧束着压得象一块平板，牙按照时兴的样式染成黑色，但是她们穿着民族服装“和服” ，样子倒很别致。 |
