of Illustrations
1. The black castle of Matsu-moto, frontispiece
2. Map of Japan, x
3. Snow scene, 2
4. The crater of Mt Aso, 3
5. Flooded rice-fields, 3
6. A forest of sugi, 4
7. Miyajima, 4
8. Stone Buddha of Usuki, 5
9. Gion Festival, 6
10. (a) Samurai in the street, 13
(b) Samurai at the poulterer’s, 14
11. Moat of Osaka Castle, 16
12. Himeji Castle, 17
13. Audience chamber in Nijō Castle, 18
14 (a). Samurai in naga-bakama, 19
(b) Samurai in kami-shimo, 19
15. Samurai on journey, 21
16. Ferry-boat on the Tōkaidō, 23
17. Post-station, 25
18. Yoriki and dōshin, 27
19. Jitte, 28
20. Shirasu, 30
21. Samurai view flower-arrangement, 32
22. Puppet-show in daimyō’s residence, 35
23. Kaempfer at the Shogun’s court, 36
24. The Shogun attended by ladies-in-waiting, 37
25. The Shogun’s ladies exercising with the halberd, 38
26. The Shogun’s ladies at their toilet, 39
27. Japanese and Chinese styles of writing, 42
28. The Shogun Yoshimune, 43
29. Ploughing, 45
30. Sprouting rice, 46
31. Sowing rice, 47
32. Rice-planting, 48
33. Three methods of raising water, 49
34. A procession of villagers, 51
35. Threshing, 52
36. Heckling rice, 53
37. Growing cotton, 54
38. Farm implements, 56
39. Woman’s undergarment, 59
40. Farmhouses with characteristic roof-shapes, 60
41. Typical hearth, 62
42. Famine, 67
43. Peasant riot, 69
44. Heads of puppets, 72
45. Yamabushi, 73
46. A plasterer and his mate, 76
47. Two mat-makers, 77
48. Two sword-smiths, 78
49. Lac-tappers at work, 79
50. Sake-brewing, 80
51. Stone-masons, 80
52. Lacquer chest, 83
53. Carpenters and their tools, 84
54. Wayside teashop, 88
55. Coins, 89
56. Money-changer’s, 91
57. Pawnbroker’s, 92
58. Interior of house at Taka-yama, 93
59. Rice-merchants, 97
60. Higaki ship, 100
61. Chair-men, 102
62. The Mitsui house-sign, 103
63. Mitsui drapery shop in Edo, 104
64. Nikkō, 110
65. Joss-stick maker, 113
66. Two shops for Buddhist supplies, 114
67. Manpukuji, 115
68. Blind masseur, 120
69. Bashō, 121
70. Actor’s face, 126
71. Girls of Yoshiwara, 127
72. One-man theatre, 128
73. Sword-swallower, 129
74. Room interior, 133
75. Various brooms, 134
76. China shop, 137
77. Stove-maker, 139
78. Porcelain sake-jar, 140
79. Lacquer sake-jar, 140
80. Sake-cups, 141
81. Itinerant oil-seller, 142
82. Candle-making, 142
83. Man with kotatsu frame, 143
84. Seller of round fans, 144
85. Men’s bath, 145
86. Go board, 149
87. Battledores for the New Year Festival, 150
88. Kite-seller, 152 89. Hanging out washing, 153
90. Writing class, 154
91. Illustrated bookshop, 155
92. Illustration from puppet play-book, 156
93. Sake-shop, 158
94. Story-teller, 159
95. Town riot in 1866, 160
96. Nightwatchman, 161
97. Theatre in 1804, 162
98. Fire-fighting tools and watch-tower, 163
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