Chums by Mortimer Menpes. 1901. Watercolor. Source: Japan: A Record in Colour, facing p. 144. These would indeed be chums, as public displays of affection between lovers of any age would have been (and normally still are) frowned upon. — Jacqueline Banerjee
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Bibliography
Menpes, Dorothy. Japan: A Record in Colour. London: Adam & Charles Black, 1901. Internet Archive version of a copy in the University of California Libraries. Web. 4 July 2019.
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