A Handbook Of Modern Japan, by Ernest W. Clement

INDEX

A
Abdication, practice of, 90, 97
Aborigines, 44
Academy of Music, Tōkyō, 217
Acrobats, 66
Actors’ guild, 27
Adams, Will, 91
“Advance Japan,” 15, 28, 59, 117, 132, 158, 208
Agricultural College, 216
Agricultural College in China, 297
Agricultural experiment stations, Siam, 411
Agriculture, 16-22, 216, 350
Ainu, 44, 45
“Ainu Folk-lore,” 45
“Ainu of Japan,” 45
Akashi, 8
Alaska, 15
Alcock, 117
Ale, 56
Aleutian Islands, 15
Almonds, 351
Amaterasu, see Sun-Goddess
America, 2, 3, 7, 14, 20, 21, 28, 34, 37, 61, 106, 112, 140, 145, 189, 213, 219, 220, 237, 268, 270, 271, 281, 285, 290, 292, 299-301
American baby, first, 60;
books, favorite, 204;
fleet visits Japan, 335;
life, 80;
state legislature, 135
“American Japanese Relations,” 341
“American Journal of Sociology,” 175
“American Missionary in Japan, An,” 190, 269
Americans, 33, 36, 47, 66, 79, 104, 107, 144, 165, 168, 210, 216
Americo-Japanese Entente, the, 335
Amoy, 295
Amusements, 66-69
Anarchists, 337
Ancestors, worship of, 64
“Ancestor-Worship and Japanese Law,” 174, 249
“Ancient Matters, Records of,” 92
Anderson, 235
Anglo-Japanese Alliance, 4, 92, 147, 153, 154, 156, 157, 299, 332, 338
Anglo-Saxon influence, 157;
town meeting, 142
Anglo-Saxons, 128, 168, 310
Animals, see names of animals
“Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science,” 129
Anti-Christian edicts removed, 91, 111, 112
Anti-foreign reaction, 92, 114, 115
Antimony, 23
Aomori, 17, 32
Aoyama, Dr., 220
Apples, 19
Apricots, 19
Arbitration treaty with United States, 335
Architecture, 51, 91
Area, 5, 7
Arima, 8
Arita ware, 229
Armor, 230
Army, 126, 147-151;
statistics, 381, 382
Arnold, Sir Edwin, 78, 253
Arsenal, 149, 150, 286
“Art Japonais, L’,” 235, 236
Artisans, 48, 82
“Artistic Japan,” 236
“Artist’s Letters from Japan, An,” 236
Arts, fine, 91, 222-236;
mechanical, 24, 25
Aryans, 45
Asahigawa, 149
Asakawa, 328
Asama, 8
Ashikaga period, 98, 99
Ashikaga supremacy, 91
Ashikaga Yoshimasa, 233
Asia, 14, 149, 156, 281, 292, 294, 301
“Asia, the key of,” 4;
Eastern, supremacy of Japan in, 299, 300
“Asiatic Loch Lomond,” 8
Asiatic Society of Japan, Transactions, 20, 22, 43, 54, 61, 62, 71, 83, 89, 92, 101, 132, 133, 145, 159, 174, 199, 208, 231, 249, 255, 259, 261
Aso, Mount, 8
Aso, Prof. S., 402
“As the Hague Ordains,” 328
Aston, W. G., 50, 92, 208, 232, 236, 249
Atami, 8
Athletics, 66
“Atlantic Monthly,” 302
Atsu, Prince, 123
Audsley, G. A., 235, 236
Australasia, 281
Australia, 34, 45
Austria, 85
Automobiles, 31, 34
Autumn, Japanese, 12
“Awakening of the East, The,” 28, 158
“Awakening of Japan, The,” 117, 304, 328
Ayrton, Mrs. Chaplin-, 75
B
Babylon, 300
Bacon, Miss Alice M., 59, 75, 189, 190, 221
Badgers, 13
Baelz, Dr., 46, 47
Baggage, 29
Baggage check system, American, 33
Bakan, 9
Ballard, Miss, 70
Ballard, Walter J., 356
Baltic fleet, Russian, 316, 317-318
Bamboo, 13, 22, 74
Bananas, 19
Bandai, Mount, 8, 113
Bank of Formosa, 38
Bank of Japan, 38, 39, 92, 170;
organized, 113
Banks, national, 38;
see also specific names;
private, 38;
savings, 38, 39;
deposits, 364
Baptists, 264, 272, 404, 405
Barbers’ guild, 27
Barley, 19, 26, 55
Base-ball, 66
Bastiat’s “Science of Finance,” 206
Batchelor, J., 45
Bathing, 58, 59
Battleships, see Warships
Bays, 9
Beans, 19, 37, 55
Bear, 13
Beechey, Capt., 105
Beef, 54
Beer, 56;
brewing, 24
Beets, 19
Beggars, 48;
guild, 27
Bellows, U. S. Consul, 351
Bettelheim, Dr., 105
Bevan, Paul, 236
Bicycle boats, 85
Bicycles, 31, 34, 280, 281
Biddle, Commodore, 105
Bimetalism, 92, 111
Bing, S., 236
Bird, Miss, see Bishop, Mrs. Isabella Bird
Birds, 13
Birth and birthdays, 60, 61
Bishop, Mrs. Isabella Bird, 15, 43, 45, 341
Biwa Lake, 8
Bizen ware, 229
Black, J. R., 117, 200
Blind, the, 217
“Blossom,” 105
“Blue-Jacket Spirit,” 152
Boar, 13
Boatmen, 30
Boats, 29, 31;
see also Steamboats
Boissonade, M., 161
Bonin Islands, 34
Books, 197, 203-206
Booth, General, 334
Bowes, J. L., 235
Boxer troubles, 115, 146, 153, 308
Bramhall, Mrs., 60, 75, 221
Brick industry, 24
Bricklayers’ guild, 27
Brinkley, Captain, 208, 231-233, 235, 309, 311
British, 7, 66
British Columbia, 14
Brothels, 166, 167, 271
Buckwheat, 19
Buddha, 253-255, 260;
statue of, 228;
birthday, 74
Buddhism, 48, 54, 90, 96, 99, 177, 224, 237, 252-260, 269, 288;
Buddhist ceremonies, 62;
education, 209;
festivals, 63, 65;
periodicals, 203;
philosophy, 198;
priests, 224, 258;
temples, 65, 166, 240, 243, 253, 258
Buffalo, N. Y., 37
Bushidō, 251-252
“Bushidō, the Soul of Japan,” 89, 239, 252, 261
Business ability of Japanese, 39-42, 82-83
“Business men’s party,” 131
Business men, American, visit Japan, 335;
Japanese visit United States, 337
Butter, 37
Button industry, 24
Byron, Lord, 204
C
Cabinet, 124, 125, 130, 143, 340, 375, 376;
reconstruction, 113, 114
California, 5, 14, 37
Camellia, 410;
trees, 12
Campbell, W., 398
Camphor, 37;
trees, 12, 21
Canada, 335
Canadian Pacific steamship line, 3
Candles, 37
Canning industry, 22
Canton river, 14
Capital punishment, 162
Capitals of Japan, 91, 96, 97
Carpenters, wages of, 26, 360;
guild, 27
Carriage, 281
Carrots, 19
Cary, Otis, 89, 249, 259, 276
“Catalogue of Japanese and Chinese Paintings in the British Museum,” 235
“Catalogue of the Morse Collection of Japanese Pottery,” 235
Cats, 13
Caucasians, 45
Cedar trees, 12
Cemeteries, 258, 259
Central America, 291
Chamberlain, B. H., 15, 22, 45, 58, 75, 86, 92, 152, 161, 192, 197, 199, 208, 222, 236, 252, 256, 408
Chang Chih-tung, Viceroy, 297
Changtu, occupation of, 317
Cha-no-Yu, see Tea-ceremonial
Characteristics of the people, 46-50, 76-89
“Charter Oath,” 91, 110-112, 118
“Chautauquan, The,” 211, 401
Chemulpo, 311
Cherry flowers, 65, 79, 408-410;
trees, 13
Chestnuts, 19
Chicago, 3, 11, 37, 38
Chickens, 13, 54, 56
“Child-Life in Japan,” 75
Children, 66, 181, 182
China, 4, 5, 7, 14, 21, 34, 35, 37, 42, 92, 96, 99, 103, 106, 115, 143, 146, 149, 150, 153, 154, 157, 221, 224, 237, 250, 255, 285, 287, 291, 292, 294-299, 301;
tribute to, 91;
war with, 92, 115, 307, 308;
Japanese influence in, 294-298;
Revolution, 340
“China and the Far East,” 341
Chinese, 7, 85, 94, 100, 105, 143, 144, 178, 198, 281, 297, 298;
Chinese art, 224;
Chinese Empire, 157;
ideographs, 193, 194, 207, 220, 227;
government service, 297;
language, 209;
literature, 90, 208, 209, 296;
zodiac, 71;
students in Japan, 340
“Chinese Recorder,” 297
Ching-ho-cheng, 317
Cholera, 10
Chop-sticks, 55
Chōshiu, Clan of, 109
Christian home, 177
Christian literature, 265, 266;
periodicals, 203
“Christian Movement in Japan, The,” 276
Christianity, 48, 61, 71, 91, 99, 100, 107, 111, 156-158, 167, 177, 190, 219, 237, 240, 242, 243, 247-249, 253, 256, 259, 276, 286-288;
helped by war, 324, 334, 336, 337;
statistics, 404-406;
see also Anti-Christian
“Christianity in Japan, History of,” 276
“Christianity in Modern Japan,” 276
Christmas, 66
Chromoxylography, see Color printing
“Chronicle,” Kōbe, 201
“Chronicles of Japan,” 92
Chrysanthemum Festival, 64, 65
Chrysanthemums, 408-410
“Chrysanthemums, War of the,” 91, 99
Church, Japanese, 336
Churches, 91, 110, 111, 267, 268, 287
Chūzenji, Lake, 8
Cire perdue process, 230
Cities, opening of, 91
Citizen (kōmin) 138-140
City Council, 140, 141
“Civil Code, New Japanese, Lectures on,” 174
Civil war, 91, 109, 110
“Classical Poetry of the Japanese,” 236, 408
Clearing-houses, 354
Clement’s “Christianity in Modern Japan,” 276
Clement’s “Japanese Floral Calendar,” 65
Climate, 5, 6, 11, 12
Cloisonné, 230
Coal, 23, 37, 41, 42, 152, 292, 295, 298
Coast line, 5, 9, 10
Cocoa, 37
Code, Civil, 61, 114-116, 176, 178, 18O-182, 190;
commercial, 38, 114, 115, 161;
criminal, 161;
Napoleon, 161;
penal, 113;
civil procedure, 161;
criminal procedure, 113, 161;
codes, new, 92
Co-education, 211
Coffins, 62
Coins, 39
Collotype, 227
Colonial Bank of Hokkaidō, 38
Color printing, 227
Columbia University, 296
“Commentaries on the Constitution of the Empire of Japan,” 132
Commerce, 36, 37, 39-43;
Treaty of commerce and navigation, 385-399
Commercial centre, 291
Compulsory school attendance, 212
Conder, Josiah, 54, 236
“Conflict of Christianity with Heathenism,” 275
Confucian education, 209;
influences, 91;
philosophy, 198
Confucianism, 48, 96, 100, 101, 237, 250-252, 260
Congregationalists, 264, 404, 405
Constantine, 248, 275
Constitution, 92, 113, 114, 120-122,124, 127, 128, 132, 150, 273, 287
“Constitutional Development of Japan,” 111, 132, 145
“Constitutional Government in Japan,” 129
Continental influences, 90
Convicts, 162
Cooking, 56
Cooks’, European-style, union, 27
Coolies, 27, 29, 31, 32, 282;
guild, 27
Co-operative stores, 27, 28
Copper, 23, 37, 41
“Corea, the Hermit Nation,” 341
Cornstarch, 37
Corporal punishment, 212
Costumes, see Dress
Cotton, 21, 37;
mills, 21, 286;
spinning, 21;
velvet, 37
Counsel, 163, 164
Couriers, 29, 35, 281
Courts, 163-165
Cream, evaporated, 37
Credit Mobilier, 38
“Creed of Half Japan, The,” 261
Crimes, 162
Criminal law, 160, 161
Criminals, 163
Currency, 39
Curtis, W. E., 28, 43, 56, 66, 132, 174
Curtius, ——, 107
Customs, 60-75
D
Dai Nihon Shi, 101
“Dai Nippon,” 28, 59, 89, 117, 132, 158
Dalny, 295, 309, 313
Damascus, 230
Dancing, 68, 69, 228, 231-233;
dancing-girls, 69
Dan-no-ura, Battle of, 98
Darwin’s “Origin of Species,” 204
Davidson, U. S. Consul, 21, 143, 145, 398
Days, special, lucky or unlucky, 71-75
Deaf, education of, 217
Death, 62
Deer, 13
De Forest, Dr., 276
Deme Jikan, 228
Dening, Prof., 86, 89
Deportation, 162
Development, internal, 104, 113, 114
“Dial, The,” Chicago, 204, 206, 208
“Diamond edition of humanity,” 47
“Diary of a Japanese Convert,” 265
Dickens, F. V., 236, 303
Dickson, Walter, 117
Dining-cars, 33
Diosy, Arthur, 39, 117, 145, 151, 152, 156, 158
Disciples, 264
Divisions, 5, 6
Divorce, 61, 177, 179, 180, 181
Dixon, W. G., 109, 117
Docks, 110, 111, 286;
dockyards, 91
Dogs, 13
Dogura, Mr., 402
Dolls, 66
Dolls’ festival, 61, 64, 65
Dōshisha, 215
Dowie, J. A., 264
Drama, 233
Dress, 56-59, 284
Duarchy, 97
Dumb, education of, 217
Dutch, 91, 100, 105, 106, 210, 281;
books, 285
“Dux Christus,” 276
Dyeing, 24
Dyer, Prof., 28, 59, 89, 117, 132, 158
E
“Earthquake, The Great,” see Cabinet reconstruction
Earthquakes, 8, 10, 51, 88, 106;
Gifu, 92, 114;
Professor of, 216
Easter, 66
Eastlake, F. W., 117, 158, 283
Ebara, Mr., 274
Editors, 201
Education, 47, 209-221, 285, 341
“Educational Conquest of the Far East, The,” 221
Edwards, Osman, 68
Egg-plants, 19
Eggs, 26, 55, 56, 60
Election, First National, 114;
first under Constitution of 1889, 127
Electoral franchise, extension of, 115, 116
Electric cars, 34, 281;
lights, 31, 36;
railways, 31;
apparatus manufactories, 286
Elgin, Lord, 106, 107
“Elizabethan Age,” Japan’s, 97
Elocution, 195
Embroidery, 24, 231
Emperor Yoshihito, 123, 339
Emperors and Empresses, chronological table, 374-375
Empire, New, 91
Empress Dowager, the, 111, 188, 280
Empress Sada, 123, 188
Enamelling, 230
“Encyclopædia Britannica,” 204
Engine works, 286
Engineering, 23
Engineers, American, 32
England, 37, 61, 85, 93, 300
English, 91, 145
“English-Japanese Dictionary,” 208
“English-Japanese Etymology,” 208
English language, 113, 195, 201, 211, 219, 285, 298
English normal school, 186
Epicureanism, 79, 81
Epidemics, 10
Episcopalians, 264, 272, 404, 405
Eularia, 409
Europe, 3, 34, 112, 156, 189, 213, 237, 281, 290, 292, 299, 301
European books, favorite, 204;
languages, 220
Europeans, 47
Evangelical alliance, 271
“Every Day Japan,” 15, 43, 59, 75, 89, 158, 174, 190, 221, 261
“Evolution of the Japanese, The,” 89
Exports, 36, 37, 298, 368
F
Factories, 352-353
“Fairy Tales from Far Japan,” 70
Family, Japanese, 50, 51
Fan industry, 24
Farming, 16, 17-19;
farmers, 48, 82, 248, 283
Fenollosa, E. F., 235
Festivals, 63-65
“Feudal and Modern Japan,” 59, 89, 101, 132, 208, 249
Feudalism, 91, 110, 112, 119, 133, 134, 370
Figs, 19, 351
Filial piety, 87, 166, 176, 250
Fillmore, Millard, 102, 106
Finck, H. T., 15, 59, 89
Fine Arts School, Tōkyō, 217
Firefly lamp, 285
“Fire-Fly’s Lovers, The,” 70
Fire-Shine and Fire-Fade, Princes, 90
Fish, 13, 22, 23, 26, 55, 56;
fisheries, 294;
considered by Peace commissioners, 319, 320
Fisher’s “Universal History,” 205
Flag, Imperial, 5;
first foreign, officially raised, 107;
flags, feast of the, 61, 64, 65;
red and white, wars of, 91
Florenz, Dr., 249
Flour, 37
Flowers, 408-410;
arrangement, 233, 234;
festivals, 65, 409, 410;
“Flower-viewing,” 394;
see also specific names
“Flowers of Japan and the Art of Floral Arrangement, The,” 236
Folk-lore, 70
Food, 54-56, 284
Foreign Language School, Tōkyō, 217
Foreign trade, 368
Foreigners, status of, 170-174
Formosa, Island of, 3, 5, 6, 12, 14, 16, 21, 30, 34, 91, 92, 111, 115, 142-144, 220, 295, 336, 347;
under Japan, 143, 144, 411-413
Formosan Bank, 295
Foxes, 13
France, 37, 85, 164, 278, 290
Franco-Japanese Agreement, 333
Freight, 29, 30;
carts, 30, 31
French language, 211, 285
Friends, 264, 272
Froebel, Friedrich, 214
“From Far Formosa,” 276
“From Tōkyō through Manchuria with the Japanese,” 328
Fruit, see specific names
Fruit-growing, 351-352
Fuchow, 294, 295, 413
Fuji, Mount, 8
Fujiwara bureaucracy, 91;
epoch, 97;
family established in regency, 91
Fukuba, Viscount, 408
Fukuzawa, Mr., 184, 185, 215
Fukwai, 135-138
Funeral ceremonies, 62
Furniture, 52, 53
Fushun, occupation of, 317
“Future of Japan, The,” 304
G
Gale, J. S. 341
Gamblers’ guild, 27
Game, 54
Games, 66
Gardens, 17, 53, 54
Gas, 36
Geisha, see Dancing-girls
Genroku era, 356
German liberals, 264
Germany, 37, 85, 122, 145, 147;
and Japan, 300;
German language, 211, 285
“Geschichte des Japanischen Farbenholzschnitts,” 235
Gifu earthquake, 92, 114
Ginko or Salisburia, 351
Ginza, the, of Tōkyō, 26
“Gist of Japan, The,” 15, 89, 249, 276
Glass-blowing, 24
“Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan,” 43, 54, 65
Glyptic art, 227
Go, 66
Goats, 13
Goethe’s “Faust,” 204
Goh, ——, 50
Gokinai, 6
Gold, 23, 27, 41, 369;
see Coins;
gold standard, 39, 92, 115, 116
Golownin, Captain, 104
Gonse, Louis, 235, 236
Gordon, Captain, 104
Gordon, Dr., 190, 408
“Gospel ship,” 267, 287
Goto family, 230
Government, Constitutional, 113, 116;
and Liberals, alliance between, 115;
ownership, 33
Governor, 136-138
Governors, assembly of, 91, 111
Græco-Roman mythology, 95
“Grammar of the Japanese Written Language,” 208
Grant, U. S., 113, 369
Grapes, 19, 351
Grave-diggers, 48
Great Britain, 4, 37, 146, 147, 153-157, 308, 310, 317
Greater Japan, 331-341
“Great Righteousness,” Era, 339
Greece, 248, 300
Greek church, 263, 404, 406, 407;
language, 211, 285;
chorus, 68
Greene, D. C., 259
Gregorian calendar, 64, 91, 103, 111, 112, 409
Gribble, Henry, 20
Griffin, Professor, 380
Griffis, Dr., 18, 43, 59, 70, 71, 73, 75, 99, 101, 117, 206, 208, 210, 241, 242, 249, 252, 256, 257, 276, 341
“Grippe, La,” 10
Guam, 299
Guano deposits, 6
Gubbins, J. H., 117, 161, 176, 178, 182
Guilds, 27
Gulf Stream, 11
Gulick, S. L., 89, 117, 304, 328
Gumma Prefecture, Governor of, 138
Gunboat, United States, 23
Guncotton, 85
Gunpowder, smokeless, 85
H
Hachiman, god of war, 90, 96
Hachisuka, Marquis, 188
Hades, God of, 74
Haga, 261
Hakodate, 9, 107
Hakone, 8, 37;
lake, 8
Hakuchi era, 370
Hakuseki, Arai, 210
Ham, 54
Hamaoka, 39
Hamath, 46
Hancock, H. I., 66
“Hand-Book for Japan,” 15
“Hand-Book of Colloquial Japanese,” 208
Hand-carts, 31
Handkerchief industry, 24
Hangchau, China, 297
Happiness of the people, 79
Hara, Mr., 168
Harbors, 9
Hardy, Thomas, 204
Hare, 13
Harris, Townsend, 106, 107, 117
Hartshorne, Miss, 15, 43, 59, 75
Haru, Prince, 92, 113, 115, 123, 188, 211
Harunobu, 227
Harvard University, 307
“Hatsuse,” sinking of, 314
Hawaii, 3, 7, 35, 299
Hayashi, Mr., 312
Hearn, Lafcadio, 43, 54, 65, 75, 77, 89, 190, 238, 249
Hebrew, 285
Heco, Joseph, 200
Heikeutai, battle of, 315
Heine, Heinrich, 204
“Herald,” Kōbe, 201
Herbart, J. F., 205
“Heroic Japan,” 117, 158, 283
Hideyoshi, 91, 99
Hildreth, Richard, 101
Hiroöka, Mrs. Asa, 186, 187, 402
Hirose, Commander, 313
Hiroshima, 148
Hirth, Dr., 296
“Histoire de l’Art du Japan,” 235
History (Old Japan), 90-101
I. Divine Ages, 94
II. Prehistoric Period, 94-96
III. Imperialistic Period, 96-97
IV. Civil Strife, 97-100
V. Tokugawa Feudalism, 100-101
History (New Japan), 102-117
I. Period of Seclusion, 104-106
II. Period of Treaty-Making, 106-107
III. Period of Civil Commotions, 107-110
IV. Period of Reconstruction, 110-112
V. Period of internal Development, 113-114
VI. Period of Constitutional Government, 114-117
Greater Japan, 331-341
History and mythology outline, 90-92
“History of Japan,” 101
“History of Japanese Literature,” 208, 232, 236
“History of Japanese Political Parties,” 132
“History of Protestant Missions in Japan,” 276
“History of the Twelve Japanese Buddhist Sects,” 253
“Hitachi Maru,” sinking of, 314
Hittites, 46
Hizen ware, 229
Hoang-Ho river, 14
Hōjō tyranny, 91;
family, 98
Hokkaidō, 5, 6, 9, 11, 42, 142, 143, 292, 347;
see also Yezo
Hokurikudō, 6
Hokusai, 227
Holidays, 63-66
Holland, 37
Holme, Charles, 22
Honda, Y., 334
“Honda the Samurai,” 75
Hondo, 5, 6
Hongkong, 33, 35, 37, 355
Honolulu, 3, 33
Horse-cars, 31, 34, 281
Horses, 13, 24
Hours, 72-73
House, E. H., 117
House of Commons, 119, 126, 130
House of Peers, 126, 128, 130, 376, 377
Houses of Japanese, 51-53, 284
Hozumi, Dr. N., 174, 249
Hugo’s “Les Misérables,” 204
Huish, Marcus, 22, 222, 229, 236
Hulbert, H. B., 341
“Human Bullets,” 328
“Hundred Poems,” 199
Hyōgō, see Kōbe
I
Ice industry, 24
“Ichijiku,” 266
“Ideals of the East, The,” 224
Iga ware, 229
Ii, Prime Minister, assassinated, 107, 108
Ikao, 8
Illinois, 37
Imari ware, 229
Imbrie, Dr., 208, 323
Imitation, Japanese ability for, 41, 85
Immigration, 335, 338
Imperial Court, 278, 296
Imperial Diet, 36, 92, 114, 122, 126-128, 130, 165, 207, 212, 247, 313
Imperial family, 48, 93
Imperial Guard, 149
“Imperial Japanese Navy, The,” 158
Imperial Library, see Library
Imperial Rescripts, 212, 398-399
Imperial University, see University
Imperialism, 91, 96-97, 101, 118-132
Imperialistic period, 90
Imports, 36, 37, 170, 368
“In the Mikado’s Service,” 75
Inagaki, Mr., 410
Inari Sama, 248
Incomes, see Wages and incomes
Indemnity, War, 319
India, 14, 21, 34, 37, 45, 48, 301
Indigo, 17
Industrial and commercial Japan, 17-28, 39-42, 183, 341
Industrial Bank, 38
“Industries of Japan, The,” 28, 231, 235
Inland Sea, 10, 267, 287
Inouye, Jukichi, 74
“Intercourse between the United States and Japan,” 117
International, law, violated by Russia, 317;
Oil Company, 36;
Postal Union, 35
Invention, Japanese ability for, 41, 85
Investment, foreign, 40-42
Iris, 65, 409, 410
Iron, 23, 37, 42, 295;
foundries, 286;
workers’ union, 27
Ise, shrine at, 167, 243
Ishigami, Dr., 220
Ishikari river, 9
Ishikawajima, 355
“Island of Formosa, The,” 21, 143
Itagaki, Count, 119, 131, 402
Italian, 285
Itō, Prince, 40, 120, 131, 132, 332, 336, 381, 402
“Ito, With Marquis, in Korea,” 341
Iwakura Embassy, 110, 112
Iyemochi, Shōgun, 108, 109
Iyenaga, 111, 132, 145
Iyenari, Shōgun, 280
Iyeyasu, Shōgun, 91, 99, 100
Iyeyoshi, Shōgun, 105
Izanagi, 90, 95
Izanami, 90, 95
Izumo, 94; ware, 229
J
Janes, 158
“Japan,” 15, 59, 101, 208, 249
“Japan, An Interpretation,” 89
“Japan: Its History, Arts, and Literature,” 231, 233, 235
“Japan and America,” 39, 42, 356
“Japan and her people,” 15, 43, 59, 190
“Japan and its Art,” 236
“Japan and its Regeneration,” 89, 249, 276
“Japan and its Trade,” 28
“Japan and the Japanese,” 300
“Japan as it Was and Is,” 101
“Japan Daily Advertiser,” 201
“Japan Evangelist,” 276
“Japan in History, Folk-lore, and Art,” 59, 101, 208, 210
“Japan in Transition,” 28, 145, 158, 291
“Japan Mail,” 46, 131, 184, 201, 243, 296, 350, 370, 376, 383, 404, 410, 411
Japan Mail Steamship Company, 34, 92, 113, 114, 139
Japan Society, London, Transactions, 22, 50, 92
“Japan Times,” 24, 130, 131, 188, 201, 204, 362, 381, 384, 399, 404
“Japan To-day,” 15, 43, 158, 261
“Japan Tract Society,” 266
“Japan Year Book,” 28, 43
“Japanese Boy, A,” 75, 221
“Japanese Calendars,” 71, 83
“Japanese Education,” 221
“Japanese Epigrams,” 208
“Japanese Fairy Book,” 70
“Japanese Fairy Tales,” 70
“Japanese Floral Calendar,” 65
“Japanese Girls and Women,” 59, 75, 189, 190, 221
“Japanese Homes,” 51, 54
“Japanese Illustration,” 235
“Japanese, Interior, A,” 59, 190, 221
“Japanese Legal Seal, The,” 174
“Japanese Life in Town and Country,” 59, 75, 89, 261
“Japanese Nation,” 341
“Japanese Odes,” 236
“Japanese Physical Training,” 66
“Japanese Plays,” 68
“Japanese Plays and Playfellows,” 68
“Japanese Rule in Formosa,” 145
“Japanese Wood-cutting and Wood-cut Printing,” 235
“Japanese Wood Engravings,” 235
Java, 45;
Javanese, 45
Jevon’s “Money,” 206
Ji sect, 254
Jimmu Tennō, Emperor, 63, 90, 93, 95, 121
“Jingles from Japan,” 83
Jingorō, Hidari, 228
Jingu, Empress, 90, 95, 96
Jinrikisha, 31, 32, 281
“Jinrikisha Days in Japan,” 15, 20, 43, 56, 123, 236
“Jinrikisha men,” 32, 203
Jōdo sect, 253, 255
Journalism, 200-202
Judges, 163-165
Julian, 248
Jūmin, see Resident
Justice, 160
K
Kaga ware, 229
Kagi, Formosa, 398
Kago, 30
Kagoshima, 32, 107, 108
“Kaigai Shimbun,” 200
Kaiping, 313
Kaiyuan, 317
Kajima, 186
Kamimura, Admiral, 314, 316
Kanazawa, 215
Kaneko, Baron, 120, 139, 307
Kanin, Prince, 278
Kansas City, 37
Karuizawa, 8
Kataoka, Mr., 274
Katayama Sea, 28
Katō, Baron, 402
Katsura, Prime Minister, 324;
ministry, 331, 332, 336-338, 340
Kawakami, E. E., 132, 341
Kawamura, Count and Countess, 123
Kawasaki, 341
Kegon waterfall, 9
Keiki, Shōgun, 108,109
Keiō-gijiku, 215
Kelung, Formosa, 412, 413
Kenkwai, 135-138
Kennan, George, 328
Kenzan ware, 228
“Keramic Art of Japan,” 235
Keramic wares, 228
Kii, 9
Kikuchi, Dr., 221
Kimotsuki, Admiral, 291
Kinchow, 313
Kindergartens, 210, 213, 214, 269, 403
Kingsley Hall, 28
“Kinse Shiriaku,” 117
Kipling, Rudyard, 204
Kirby, E. C., 341
Kiso river, 9
Kitakami river, 9
Kitasato, Dr., 10, 220
Kites, 66
Kiyomori, 98
Knapp, A. M., 59, 89, 101, 132, 208, 249
Knight, 283
Knox, G. W., 59, 75, 89, 249, 261, 304
Kōbe, 2, 9, 33, 110, 201, 355, 364
“Kōbe Herald,” 407
Koch, Dr., 220
Kodama, Baron, 220, 321
Koike, Major, 381
Kojiki, 241
Kojimachi Ku, 139
Kōkaku, Emperor, 278
“Kokumin Shimbun,” 335
Komagatake, 8
Komatsu II., Emperor, 99
Kōmei, Emperor, 64, 108,109, 122
Kōmin, see Citizen
Komura, Baron, 318
Korea, 4, 5, 7, 14, 32, 34, 90, 91, 95, 96, 99, 111, 154, 157, 224, 237, 252, 255, 292, 294, 299, 331;
Japanese convention with Japan, 332;
agreement influence in, 294;
Russia in, 309;
with Japan, 333;
annexed, 337;
Supreme Court in, 334;
Koreans, 85;
students, 341
“Korea and Her Neighbors,” 341
“Korean Sketches,” 341
“Korea in Transition,” 341
“Korea, The Passing of,” 341
“Korea, The Tragedy of,” 341
“Korea, With Marquis Ito in,” 341
See also “Corea the Hermit Nation,” 341
Koriusai, 227
Korsakoff Harbor, Sakhalin, 315
Kublai Khan, 98
Kuchinotsu, 9
Kumamoto, 32, 149, 215
Kure, 150, 355
Kurihama, 102
Kurile Islands, 5, 6, 12, 44, 105, 111
Kuroki, General, 313, 315
Kuropatkin, General, 313, 315
Kuro Shio (Black Stream), 11
Kurozumi-kyō, 259
Kusatsu, 8
Kusunoki, 91, 98
Kyonaga, 227
Kyōto, 19, 91, 97, 109, 215, 230, 278, 280, 282, 350
Kyōto ware, 229
Kyōwa era, 277
Kyūshiu, 5, 9, 10, 12, 14, 42, 45, 95, 292
L
Labor unions, 27, 28
“Labor World,” 28
Lacquer trees, 12;
lacquer work, 24;
lacquering, 230-231
Ladd, George T., 87, 341
“Ladoga” (American), 105
La Farge, John, 236
Lakes, 8
Lamps, 298
Land, arable, 350, 351;
foreign ownership of, 170, 171
“Land of the Morning,” 109
Landscape-gardening, 54, 234
“Landscape-Gardening in Japan,” 54, 236
Lange, Dr., 208
Language, 191-198, 206, 207, 232
Lanman, Chas., 117
Latin, 211, 285
Latitude, 5
“Lawrence” (American), 105
Laws, 96, 137
Lay, A. H., 132, 376, 380
Lead, 23
Legal Japan, 159-174
Leroy-Beaulieu, A., 28, 158
Lespedeza, 395
Lewis, R. E., 221
Liaotung Peninsula, 307, 308
Liaoyang, 313, 315
Library, Imperial, 203, 220;
Max Müller, 220
“Life of Sir Harry Parkes,” 303
Light-houses, 91, 110
Ligneul, L’Abbé, 391
Literary class, 48
Literature, 70, 100, 198-208
Lithography, 227
Living expenses, 26, 27, 358-360
Lizards, 13
Lloyd, Prof., 15, 59, 75, 89, 158, 174, 190, 221, 259, 261
Loans, war, 313
Local self-government, 113, 114, 116, 120, 133-145
Locomotives, 37
London, 341
Longford, J. H., 101, 174
Lönholm, Dr., 161
Loo Choo (Ryūkyū) Islands, 5, 12, 34, 92, 105, 113
Loquats, 19, 351
Loti, Pierre, 77
“Lotos-Time in Japan,” 15, 59, 89
Lotus, 65, 410
Lotze, R. H., 87
Louisiana, 5
Lowell, Percival, 26, 43, 50, 75, 89, 195, 223, 239, 249, 257
Loyalty, 87
Lucky and unlucky days, 71-75
Lumber, 24
Lunar calendar, 64
Lutherans, 264
M
MacCauley, Clay, 199
McClatchie, T. R., 68
McCormick, Frederick, 328
McDonald, Roland, 105, 106
McKenzie, F. A., 341
Mackay, Dr., 276
Maclay, A. C., 75
Magazines, 202, 285
“Magna Charta of Japanese liberty,” see Constitution
Maize, 19
Maizuru, 150
Makaroff, Admiral, 314
“Maker of the New Orient, A,” 276
Malays, 45, 46, 95
Manchoo Court, 301
Manchuria, China, 30, 32, 295, 308-310, 313, 331
Manila, 33, 35
Manners, see Customs
Manufacturing plants, 286
“Manyōshiu,” 407
Maple, 65, 408, 409
Marcus Island, 6
“Mariner” (British), 105
Marriage, 61, 62, 178-182
Masamune, 230
Mason, W. B., 15
Masujima, Dr., 169, 170, 174
Match industry, 24, 37, 298
Matsukata, Count, 128
Matsumai, Yezo, 105
“Matthew Calbraith Perry,” 117
Matting, 37
“Mayors of the Palace,” 98, 278
Mechanics, 283;
wages of, 26, 358-360
Megata, Mr., 351
Meiji era, 91, 277, 339
Melons, 19
Memorial Day, 65
Men-of-war, American, 23
Mercantile Marine, 384
“Mercator” (American), 105
Merchants, 48, 82, 283
Meredith, George, 204
Merovingians, Japanese, 98
Metal work, 24, 229-230
Meteorological table, 346
Methodist Publishing House, 266, 276
Methodists, 264, 272, 334, 404, 405
Michi, Prince, 123
Migrations, 95
“Mikado’s Empire, The,” 43, 66, 71, 206
Military class, 48
Mill, John Stuart, 380
Miller, ——, a criminal, 165
Millet, 19, 55
Milne, Professor, 15
Minamoto, 98
Mining, 23, 294
Minko, 228
Minnesota, 5
Mint, 39, 91, 110, 111
Miochin family, 230
Mission of Japan, the, 289-304
Mission schools, 211, 219
Missionaries, 107, 157, 173, 177, 218, 245, 263-269, 272, 287
Missionary Conference, First, 110;
at Ōsaka, 92, 113;
at Tōkyō, 92, 115;
at Yokohama, 91
Mississippi valley, 5
Mitake, 8
Mitford, A. B. F., 70, 75, 261
Mito, 54, 60, 67, 280
Mito clan, 100
Mito, Prince of, 149, 286
“Mito Yashiki,” 75
Mitschenko’s cavalry, 315
Mitsu Bishi Company, 23
Mitsui Bank, 370
Miwa, 228
“Miyako-Dori,” 236
Miyanoshita, 8
“Modern Japanese Legal Institutions,” 174
Moji, 9, 32, 187
“Moji no Shirube,” 208
Money, Table of, 347-349;
in circulation, 367;
money-making, 81-82, 408
Mongolians, 45
Monkey, 13
Morals, 48, 257, 271, 287
Mormons, 265
Morning-glory, 65, 410
Morris, John, 15, 28, 117, 132, 158, 208
Morrison, Arthur, 235
“Morrison” Expedition, 105
Morrison, Mt., 8
Morse, E. S., 51, 54, 235
“Moscow Gazette,” 406
Mosquitoes, 10
Mossman, Samuel, 117
Mother-in-law, 176
Mott, John R., 270
Mounsey, A. H., 117
Mountains, 8
Mourning, 62
Mousseline, 37
Mukden, battle of, 317
Mulberry trees, 19
Munichika, 230
Munzinger, Carl, 85
Muramasa, 230
Murata rifle, 149
Murdock, James, 101, 276
Muroran, 9, 150
Murray, David, 15, 59, 94, 97, 101, 132, 263
“Murray’s Hand-Book,” 12, 15
“Muscovite Menace,” 322
Music, 68, 69, 231, 232
“Music and Musical Instruments of Japan, The,” 236
Mutsuhito, Emperor, 108-110, 118, 121, 122, 279;
death of, 339, 340
Mythology, 90, 92-95;
history, outline, 90-92
N
Nachi waterfall, 9
Nagasaki, 9, 23, 32, 104-107, 201, 281, 341, 405, 406
Nagoya, 21, 148, 230, 364
Namikawa, 230
Nanjo, 253
Nankaidō, 6
Nanshan, 313
“Napoleon of Japan,” 91, 99
Nara, 97, 228;
Nara epoch, 90, 97
“Narrative of a Japanese,” 200
Naruse, Jinzō, 187, 188, 402
“Nation, The,” 132, 134, 145
National Assembly, 120
National development, 366, 367
National exhibition in Tōkyō, 111
National song, 407, 408
Nature-worship, 45, 79
Naval increment, 383, 384
Navy, 126, 147-152
Nelson, Lord, 151
Nemoto, Mr., 274
“New Far East, The,” 39, 117, 145, 151, 158
New Year’s Day, 61, 64, 75
New York City, 296
New York State Bar Association, 170
Newchang, 315
Newspaper, first, 91, 110, 111, 200;
newspapers, 200-202, 257, 266, 273, 285;
see also specific names
Nichiren sect, 253, 255-256
Nicolai, Bishop, 263
Nietzche’s “Zarathustra,” 204
Nightingale, 13
Niigata, 9, 110
Niitaka, 8
Nikkō, 8, 9, 185, 228
Ninigi, 90
Ninsei ware, 228
Nippon Electric Company, 38
Nippon Yūsen Kwaisha, see Japan Mail Steamship Company
“Nisshin Shinjishi,” 200
Nitobe, Dr., 45, 89, 117, 239, 252, 261, 341
Nitta, 91, 98
Nō dances, 228, 233
Nobility, new orders of, 92, 113, 114
Nobles’ School, 123, 211
Nobunaga, persecutor of Buddhists, 91, 99
Nodzu, General, 313, 315
Nogi, General, 313, 316, 340
Norimono, see Sedan-chair
Normal schools, 211, 216, 400
Norman, Henry, 56, 57, 69, 152, 158, 174, 202
Noss, Christopher, 208
“Notes on Shippo,” 235
“Noto, an Unexplored Corner of Japan,” 43
Novik, sinking of, 315
Nunobiki waterfall, 9
Nuts, 55
Nuttall’s “Standard Dictionary,” 205
O
Oak trees, 12
Oatmeal, 37
Occidentalization, 69
“Occult Japan,” 249
Ocean currents, 11, 14
Officials, 26, 48
Ōhashi, Mr., 220
Oil, 23, 36, 41, 42;
industry, 364-365
Ōjin, 90, 96
Okakura, Kakasu, 117, 224, 235, 304, 328
Okayama, 215
Oku, General, 313, 315
Ōkuma, Count, 119, 130, 154, 215, 218, 333, 381, 402
Olcott, Colonel, 253
Omaha, 37
Omnibus, 34
Onions, 19
Onohama, 355
Onsen, 8
Oöka, 159
“Open door,” 310, 322
Opium, 144, 170
Oranges, 19, 351, 352
Orchestras, 67-69
Oregon, 14, 106
“Orient, The Spirit of the,” 304
Oriental Steamship Company, 23, 35
“Ornamental Arts of Japan,” 235
Ōsaka, 9, 21, 39, 92, 110, 148, 149, 186, 355, 364, 402, 406;
“Ōsaka Asahi Shimbun,” 202;
Exhibition, 24, 356-358;
Gas Company, 36;
“Ōsaka Mainichi Shimbun,” 202;
Merchant Steamship Company, 34, 295;
Missionary Conference, Proceedings, 276;
Shōsen Kwaisha, 34, 295
Oshū, 45
Ota ware, 229
“Othello,” 68
Ōuchi, Mr., 322
“Out of the Far East,” 190
Outcasts, 283;
admitted to citizenship, 91, 110, 112
“Outline of the History of Ukiyo-ye, An,” 235
“Outlook, The,” 309, 328
Owari ware, 229
Oxen, 13; ox-carts, 29, 31
Ōyama, Marquis, 150, 321
Ozaki, Mme., 70
P
Pacific Ocean, 1-3, 6, 14, 299, 301
Pack-horses, 29, 31
“Painters of Japan, the,” 235
Painting, 225-227;
collections in America, 225
Palanquin, 30
Palmer, Frederick, 328
Pantomime, 68
Paper-making, 24;
mills, 286
Paper money, 39
“Paradise of the East,” 290
“Party Cabinet,” first, 115
Paulownia, 409
Peace, articles of, 318-320
Peace commissioners, 318;
conference by, 318
“Peace Preservation Act,” 113, 114
Peace Resolutions, 335
Peace Society, 333
Peach trees, 13;
blossoms, 410;
peaches, 19, 351, 352
Peanuts, 19
Pears, 19, 351, 352
Peas, 19, 37
Peeresses’ School, 188, 211
Peery, R. B., 15, 89, 249, 276
Peking, 115, 296, 297, 301
Penal Code, 113
People, 44-59;
see also Characteristics of the people
Perry, Commodore, 102, 103, 105-107, 116;
anniversary of treaty, 314;
Memorial Relief Fund, 314;
expedition, 91, 117
Persimmons, 19, 351
Pescadores Islands, 5, 413
Petroleum, 37, 365
“Petropavlovsk,” sinking of, 314
“Phaethon” (British), 104
Philippine Islands, 3, 14, 15, 291, 299
Phillips, Fs. C., 205
Phœnicia, 300
Physiographical advantages, 291
Physiography, 1-15
Pickles, 37
Pickpockets’ guild, 27
“Pictorial Arts of Japan, The,” 235
Piggott, F. T., 22, 236
Pine, 12, 409, 410
Pisciculture, 24
Plague, 10, 413
Plasterers’ guild, 27
Plum trees, 13;
blossoms, 65, 79, 408, 409, 410;
plums, 19, 351, 352
Poetry, 192, 198-200, 225, 226, 231, 232, 407
Policemen, 162, 163
“Political and Commercial Reasons for the Study of Chinese,” 296
“Political Development of Japan (1867-1909), The,” 132
“Political Ideas of Modern Japan, The,” 132
Political parties, 113, 114, 130, 376-381
“Political Science Quarterly,” 145
Pomegranate, 351
Population, 7, 366
Porcelain, 24, 37, 228-229
Pork, 54
Port Arthur, 307, 309, 311, 313, 315, 316
Portland, Oregon, 2
Ports, opening of, 91
Portsmouth, N. H., peace conference at, 318
Portuguese, 20, 91, 99
Postage, letter, 35, 36
Postal system, 31, 35, 91, 110, 111;
postal savings, 35, 362-364
Potatoes, 19, 26
Pottery, 24, 228-229;
“Father of Pottery,” 229
Poultry, 24
“Powers, Great,” 146, 307, 308
“Practical Introduction to the Study of Japanese Writing,” 208
“Preble” (United States), 105
Prefectural assemblies, 92, 111-114
Prehistoric period, 90
Presbyterians, 264, 272, 404, 405
Presents, 60
Press, freedom of the, 92, 115, 116, 201
Printers’ union, 27
Prison system, 165, 166;
officials, school for, 168;
treatment of prisoners, 321
Privy council, 92, 113, 124
Professional schools, 218
“Progress of Japan, 1853-1871, The,” 117
Pronunciation, xvii
Prophecy, 288
Proverb, a Japanese, 46
Provinces and Prefectures, 345, 347
Prussian voting system, 141
R
Radicals, dissatisfaction of, 113, 114
Radish, 19
Railroad, first, 91, 110;
fare, 33;
carriages, 37;
engineers’ union, 27;
workmen’s union, 27
Railroads, 31-33, 282, 294, 333, 360-362, 367
Rainy seasons, 11
Ransome, Stafford, 28, 145, 158, 291
Rathgen, Dr. Karl, 17
Rats, 10, 13
“Real Japan, The,” 56, 57, 69, 152, 158, 174, 190, 202
“Real Triumph of Japan, The,” 158
Red Cross Society, 188, 269, 270, 280, 321
Reform School, 168
Reform work, 271
Registration, system of, 168, 169
Rein, J. J., 15, 22, 28, 46, 59, 75, 85, 89, 208, 231, 235, 249
Religion, 172, 173, 237-276
“Religion in Japan, Development of,” 249, 261
Religions, Bureau of, 243
“Religions of Japan, The,” 242, 249, 257, 276
Remmon-kyō, 259
Remsen, Ira, 205
Resanoff, 104
“Rescue homes,” 168
Resident (jūmin), 138, 139
Resources, 41, 42, 340
Restoration, 108, 110, 118, 144, 210, 242
Revolutionary war, 91
Rice, 18, 19, 26, 37, 54, 56, 169, 351
Richardson affair, 91, 107, 108
Rifles, 85
Ritter, H., 276
Rivers, 9
Roman Catholic, 264, 404-406
Roosevelt, President, 318
Rosen, Baron, 318
Roses, War of the, 99
Rowing, 66
“Rurik,” loss of, 314
Russia, 4, 14, 36, 145, 263, 285, 294, 295;
and Japan, 299, 300, 307-328
“Russia, The Tragedy of,” 328
Russian aggressions, 155, 157
Russian Church, 406
Russian epidemic, 10
Russian language, 285
“Russo-Japanese Conflict, The,” 328
Russo-Japanese convention, 333
Russo-Japanese war, 307-327, 331, 332, 336
Ryūkyū Islands, see Loo Choo Islands
S
Sada, Empress, 123, 188, 211
Saga rebellion, 91, 111
Saikaidō, 6
Saionji, Marquis, 402;
cabinet, 332, 336, 340
“Saiseikwai” Society, 338
Sake, 24, 55
Sakhalin traded off for Kurile Islands, 111;
indemnity from Russia, 331
Salisburia, or Ginko, 351
Salt, 23
Salvation Army, 168, 264, 271
Samurai, or Knight, 283
San Diego, 2, 3
San Francisco, 2, 3, 35, 37
Sanindō, 6
Sanskrit, 211, 285
Sanyō Railway Company, 33
Sanyōdō, 6
Sapporo Agricultural College, 216
“Saramang” (British), 105
Saseho, 150, 311
Satin, 37
Satow, Sir Ernest, 22, 117, 241, 249
Satsuma, Prince of, 108
Satsuma rebellion, 91, 111
Satsuma ware, 229
Sawyers’ guilds, 27
Saxons, 93
Scandinavian Alliance, 264
Scherer, J. A. B., 15, 43, 117, 158, 221, 261
Schools, 210-212, 214-218;
statistics, 399-401;
see also Academy of Music, Fine Arts School, Foreign Language School, Kindergartens, Mission, Nobles’, Normal, Peeresses’, Professional, and Technical schools, Sapporo Agricultural College, University for Women, and University, Imperial
Schopenhauer, Arthur, 204
Scidmore, Miss E. R., 15, 20, 43, 56, 75, 123, 236, 328
“Scribner’s Monthly,” 87, 132
Scripture Union, 271
Sculptors, 228
Sea of Japan, battle of, 318
Seaman, Louis L., Major, 158, 328
Seattle, Washington, 2, 35, 355
Seaweed, 55
Second Army, 313
Sedan-chair, 30
Seidlitz, 235
Seifu ware, 228
Sei-i-Tai-Shōgun, 98
Seismology, 15, 216
“Seiyō Kibun,” 210
Sekigahara, 91, 100
Senate, 91, 111, 119
Sendai, 148, 215, 332
Seoul, 311, 312
Seto ware, 229
Setonouchi, see Inland Sea
Setouchi, see Inland Sea
“Seven grasses,” 410
Seventh-Day Adventists, 264
Shaho River, battle of, 315;
skirmishes on, 317
“Shakai Zasshi,” 18
Shanghai, China, 298, 355
Sheep, 13
Shibata, Mr., 323
Shibusawa, Baron, 39, 82
Shigemi, 75, 221
Shikoku, 5, 10, 12
Shimada, Mr., 274
Shimoda 107
Shimonoseki, and Straits of, 32, 91, 107, 108
Shin sect, 253, 255, 256
Shinano river, 9
Shinchiku, Formosa, 412
Shingon sect, 253, 254
“Shinshiu,” 255
Shintō, 48, 50, 62, 68, 94, 177, 224, 237-249, 250, 251, 254, 259, 260, 288, 340;
periodicals, 203;
shrines, 166, 240, 243, 244;
temples, 65, 238
“Shinto: the Way of the Gods,” 249
Shinyeisho, Formosa, 412
Shioya, S., 75, 221
Ship-building, 23, 24, 354-356
Ship-carpenters’ union, 27
Shippō, 230, 235
Shirane, 8
Shirozaemon, 229
Shizuoka, 280
Shōgunate, 91, 98, 99, 108-110
Shops, shopkeepers, shopping, 25-26
Shōtoku Taishi, 90, 96
Shrines, Bureau of, 243
Shunsho, 227
Siam, 4, 299;
and Japan, 298, 410-411
Siberia, 4, 14, 34
Siberia railway, 291, 309
Sick poor, relief of, 338
Silk, 17, 20, 21, 37, 41;
silkworms, 20
Silver, 23, 41, 42
Simmons, Dr., 133
Simplicity of life, 78-81
Singapore, 355
Sin-tek, Formosa, 413
“Sketches of Tōkyō Life,” 74
Sleeping-cars, 33
Smallpox, 10, 220, 413
Smelt-fishing, 22
Smoking, 20
Snakes, 13
Soap, 37
Social evil, 166-168
Social settlement, 28
Socialism, 28
Society, classes of, 48-49, 282, 283
Soldiers, 30, 82, 283
“Solomon, Japanese,” 159
Soma ware, 229
Sone, Viscount, 337
“Soul of the Far East,” 26, 50, 89, 195, 239, 249
Soups, 55
South Pacific Islands, 45
Soy, 24, 55
Spanish, 285
Spencer, D. S., 404
Spencer, Herbert, 206
Spokane Falls, Washington, 37
Spring, Japanese, 12
Springs, hot, mineral, 8, 59
Stage, 31, 34, 281
“Standard, The,” Chicago, 237
Standard Oil Company, 36
Star Vega, Festival of the, 64, 65
Stature of Japanese, 47
Steamboats, 31, 281
Steam-car, 281
Steamers, 37;
companies, 34;
lines, 2, 3;
steamships, 286
Steel, 37
Stevenson, R. L., 204
Stoicism, 81
Stonemasons’ guild, 27
Stores, see Shops
“Story of Japan, The,” 15, 59, 94, 132, 263
“Story of Old Japan, The,” 101
Strange, E. F., 235
Strawberries, 19
Street-car conductors, wages, 26;
drivers, 26
Stroessel, General, 316
Students’ Standard Dictionary, 205
Sugar-raising, 24
Sugawara, 91
Suiko, Empress, 96
“Sūjin, the Civilizer,” 90, 95
Sulphur, 23
Sumac tree, 230
“Summary of Japanese Penal Codes,” 174
Summer, Japanese, 12
Sunday-school, National Association, 334
Sunday-school picnics, 66
Sun-goddess, 90, 95, 248, 259
“Sunrise Kingdom, The,” 5
“Sunrise in the Sunrise Kingdom,” 276
Superiors, obedience to, 49, 50
Superstitions, 70-75
“Superstitious Japan,” 73
Suyematsu, Baron, 120
Swords, 24, 48, 230
T
Tacoma, Washington, 2
Taft, W. H., 334
Taggart’s “Cotton Spinning,” 205
Taihoku, Formosa, 412
Taikwa Reformation, 370
Tainan-fu, Formosa, 412
Taine’s “English Literature,” 206
Taira supremacy, 91, 98
Taisho Era, 339
“Taiyō,” 291, 293, 368
Takahashi, K., 290
Takahira, Minister, 318
Takekoshi, 145
Take-no-uchi, 90, 96
Takow, Formosa, 412, 413
Takushan, 313
“Tales of Old Japan,” 70, 75, 261
Tamsui, Formosa, 412
Tamura, N., 61
Tanners, 48
Tariff, 92, 108, 115, 116, 170
Tartars, 98; armada, 91
Tax, land, 18, 49, 139, 169;
business, 169;
house, 169, 170;
income, 169
Taxation, 48, 142, 150, 169
Tea, 19, 20, 26, 37, 41, 55;
ceremonial, 99, 233
Teachers’ Institutes, 219, 220
Technical schools, 211, 216, 400
Telegraph, 31, 91, 110, 282, 294, 367, 413
Telephone, 31, 33, 34, 282, 413
Telissu, 313
Temperament, 87-89
Tempō era, 370
Tendai sect, 253, 254
Tennis, 66
Tennyson, Alfred, 204
Tenrikyō, 259
Tenryu-gawa, river, 9
Terauchi, Gen., 339
Terry, Prof., 161
Teru, Prince, 123
“Text-book of Colloquial Japanese,” 208
Theatre, 66-68
Thibet, 301
“Things Japanese,” 161, 199, 256
Third Army, 313
“30th year” (of Meiji) rifle, 149
Thomson, Elihu, 205
“Three Provinces,” 310
Tidal wave, 115
“Tidings from Japan,” 404
Tiehling, occupation of, 317
“Time, Land of Approximate,” 83
Tin, 23
Tobacco, 17, 19, 20;
sale of, to minors, prohibited, 271
Togo, Admiral, 311, 315, 316, 318
Tōkaidō, 6
Tokonami, Mr., 339
Tokugawa Dynasty, 91, 100, 101, 110, 280
Tokuno, 235
Tōkyō, 21, 26, 28, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 47, 91, 92, 110, 111, 114, 139, 148, 149, 166, 168, 186, 201, 215-217, 220, 230, 270, 276, 280, 282, 285, 286, 322, 334, 336, 360, 361, 364, 370, 402, 406, 410
Tōkyō Bay, 314
Tōkyō Missionary Conference, Proceedings, 276
Toledo blades, 230
Tolstoi, Leo, 204
Tomeoka, 168
Tomotada, 228
Tone river, 9
Torpedo-boats, 311
Tōsandō, 6
Tōyō Kisen Kwaisha, 23, 35
Toyokuni, 227
Trade Unions, 27, 28
Traits, 46-50, 76-89
Transportation, travel, 29-43, 281
Treaties, new, 92;
with foreign nations, 91;
of-alliance between Japan and Korea, 312;
of commerce and navigation between Japan and the United States, 385-399;
of Portsmouth between Japan and Russia, 331, 333;
new, with United States, 338
Treaty-Making, Period of, 104, 106-107
Tree peony, 409
Trees, see names of trees
Trials, 164
Tri-Religion Conference, 339
Troup, James, 255
Trusteeship, system of, 41
Turnips, 19
“Twain, Mark,” 204
Twentieth Century Japan, 267, 277-288
“203-metre Hill,” 316
Type Foundry, Tsukiji, Tōkyō, 285, 286
Typhoons, 10, 11, 88
U
Uchimura, 265, 300
Uhlhorn, Gerhard, 275
Uji, 19
Ukita, K., 293
Umé Tsuda, Miss, 186
“Unabridged Japanese English Dictionary,” 208
United States, 2, 3, 7, 14, 36, 37, 85, 157, 186, 200, 291, 293, 299, 308, 310, 317, 335, 336, 338;
President of the, 102, 106;
treaties between, and Japan, 338, 385-399
Universalists, 264
University, Imperial, 23, 91, 165, 166;
at Kyōto, 211, 215;
at Tōkyō, 110, 210, 215, 216, 221
University for Women, 186, 188, 211, 401-403
Uraga, 102, 106, 355;
dockyard, 23
Urami waterfall, 9
Uriu, Admiral, 311, 316
Utamaro, 227
Utsumi, Baron, 402
Uychara, G. E., 132
Uyeno, 381
V
Vaccination, 413
Vancouver, 2
“Various impressions,” 45
Vegetables, see names of vegetables
Vehicles, 30
“Verbeck of Japan,” 117, 276
Verestchagin, death of, 314
Vergil, 304
Vessels, 367
Vladivostock, 33, 315;
squadron of, 314
Volcanoes, 8
Von Siebold, Dr., 105
W
Wadō era, 370
Wages and incomes, 26, 27, 358-360
Wakayama, 17
Walker’s “Political Economy,” 206
War indemnity, 319, 331
War, Russo-Japanese, 307-327
Warships, 150, 151, 383
Waseda, 215
Washington, 14; D. C., 157
Watanabe, Viscount, 43, 333
Watson, 304
Wealth of Japan, 369-370
Weasels, 13
Weaving, 24
Webster’s Dictionaries, 205
Weddings, see Marriage
“Wee Ones of Japan, The,” 60, 75, 221
Weight and Measure, Table of, 347-350
Weights, comparative, of Japanese and European men, 47
Weihaiwei, battle of, 150
Wheat, 19; cracked, 37
“When I was a Boy in Japan,” 75, 221
Whistler, J. A. M., 223
“White Peril in the Far East, The,” 117, 304, 328
Wigmore, Prof., 132-134, 145, 159, 160
William II. of Holland, 105
Willow, 409
Wine, 56
Winter, Japanese, 12
Wistaria, 65, 409, 410
“With Kuroki in Manchuria,” 328
Witnesses, 164
Witte, Sergius, Count, 318
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, 168, 264, 270, 271
Women, 175-190, 286;
Japanese and American, contrasted, 81;
legal position of, 178-182;
education of, 183, 185, 186, 188, 401-403;
employment for, 183, 188, 270
Wool, 37
Woollen mills, 286
World’s Student Christian Federation, 334
Wrestling, 66;
wrestler’s guild, 27
Writing, art of, introduced, 92, 94, 96
Wuchang, China, 297
X
Xavier, Francis, 91, 99, 262
Y
Yalu, battle of, 150
Yalu River, battle of, 313
Yamada, 117, 158, 283
Yamagata, Isoh, 276
Yamagata, Marquis, 150, 321
Yamaguchi, 215
Yamamoto, Count, 375, 340
Yamath, Yamato, 46
Yamato-Dake, Prince, 90, 95
Yangtze Kiang river, 14, 295
“Yankees of the East, The,” 28, 43, 56, 66, 123, 132, 174, 190
Year Periods, 370-373
Yedo (now Tōkyō), 91, 100, 106, 110, 280, 282; Bay, 102, 104, 105
“Yellow Peril,” 321
Yezo, 5, 9, 12, 16, 32, 44, 104, 106, 110, 162;
see also Hokkaidō
Yinkow, 315
Yi Tchi Yong, Major-General, 312
Yokohama, 2, 3, 9, 14, 28, 91, 107, 165, 166, 201, 360, 361, 364;
Athletic Association, 66;
Specie Bank, 38, 170
Yokosuka, 150
Yoritomo, 91, 98
“Yoshino,” sinking of, 314
Yoshihito, Emperor, 339
Yoshitsune, 91, 98
“Young Japan,” 117, 221
Young Men’s Buddhist Association, 256
Young Men’s Christian Association, 256, 264, 270;
Perry celebration in Tōkyō rooms of, 314;
work at Antung, 324;
providing teachers, 340
Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor, 265, 271
Young Women’s Christian Association, 270
Yuzu Nembutsu sect, 254
Z
Zen sect, 253-255
Zola, Émile, 204