Having a pocket watch, holding an umbrella, and wearing Western-designed underwear were symbols of modernization. The traditional Japanese umbrella, kasa, was designed with Japanese paper but was quickly replaced with the new Western-style umbrellas, komorigasa, which were made of cloth (cita). “Foreign style” refers to the new hairstyle trends that had swept Japan. The government had encouraged men to adopt the European style by letting their hair down. People had to do away with traditional quiffs, cut their hair shorter, and wear it in a newer, more civilized foreign style. The foreign style wore short hair. In short, quiffs were associated with barbarians. Originally many men resisted, especially samurai, but the emperor adopted the European hairstyle and the police were instructed to cut the hair of all men who had long hair. This led to rapid implementation of Western styles (quote). The eau de cologne mentioned by Robun in his story means "cologne water" and originally comes from Cologne, Germany. It is mentioned only to highlight the fashion of the time. It seems like Robun is trying to say that meat eaters are fake Japanese who neglect their traditions. They are very pompous people who try to boast about how rich and civilized they are by converting to the Western lifestyle. The fact that