Tokiwa

The two Japanese ships on duty - the supply ship Tokiwa and the destroyer Kirisame - returned to port in Japan.

Daniel Bruno Sanz: The Fool's Errand 2009

“Tokiwa!” he suddenly cried aloud, dashing against the door of the temple, and plunged into its deserted interior.

Tokiwa: A Tale of Old Japan 1911

I am like you, Tokiwa, human — gods only when transported by our love.

Tokiwa: A Tale of Old Japan 1911

Now Tokiwa knew nothing of the history of the times.

Tokiwa: A Tale of Old Japan 1911

Suddenly you fluttered your white wings upward, and then — in my dream, Tokiwa — I saw your eyes, just as they are now, beloved, and all the evil dropped away from my heart.

Tokiwa: A Tale of Old Japan 1911

Here the child, Tokiwa, grew to girlhood in solitude and innocence.

Tokiwa: A Tale of Old Japan 1911

Tokiwa saw him not, though well she knew that he was at her side, and ever her dry lips intoned: “Namu, Amida Butsu!”

Tokiwa: A Tale of Old Japan 1911

She went toward him slowly, wide-eyed, her cheeks and lips red as the poppies tossed at the feet of the great Buddha, for Tokiwa was too poor to make a richer offering.

Tokiwa: A Tale of Old Japan 1911

In the tangled reasoning of the child mind of Tokiwa, the world without was very good and beautiful.

Tokiwa: A Tale of Old Japan 1911

Here where once hundreds of maiden souls had rested from their prayers, Tokiwa slept alone, her still pure and innocent face thrown back upon the wooden pillow, as if she looked upward at the faces of the compassionate gods on the great vaulted ceiling overhead.

Tokiwa: A Tale of Old Japan 1911