ABSTRACT
Japan, the Land of Peace and Calm, 287 had long been true to its name. Its people rejoiced in their labour and still found time to relax underneath the cherry-blossoms in spring and to visit the many-coloured groves of trees in autumn. Those who wished might take long trips by sea with the tiller as their pillow 288 and visit the strange shores of Tsukushi. 289 Yet others could set their hearts on the pleasure of climbing such peaks as Mt Fuji and Tsukuba. 290
