AABE NO MIUSHI. The Sadaijin Dainagon;one of Kaguya's five suitors,66-71AINO, GODDESS OF FIRE. The name of Mount Fujiprobably derived from Fuchi, the,131AINO-LAND. Professor B. H. Chamberlain writesre,131AINU, orAINO. Probably first inhabitants of Japan,xiii;rising of, subdued by Prince Yamato,54-56AJI-SHI-KI. Friend of Ame-waka;forms mountain of Moyama,31,32AKAMAGESÉKI. Temple of Amidaji built at,300AKASAKI. Tokoyo arrives at, in province of Hoki,334AKO, THE LORD OF. Princess Aya marries the second son of,173AMADERA TEMPLE. Hanagaki Baishū attends festival in,207AMA-NO-HASHIDATE. A fir-clad promontory dividing Lake Iwatakiand Miyazu Bay,204;one of the "Three Great Sights" of Japan,204;Saion Zenji gazes on,204-206AMA-NO-HO. Envoy sent out to prepare way of Ninigi,31AMA-TERASU. Daughter of Izanagi and Izanami;the Sun Goddess,23;ascends the Ladder of Heaven,23;persecuted by Susa-no-o,27;flees to a dark cave,27;tempted by, to Heaven,27,28;Ninigi grandson of,32;her gifts to Ninigi,32,33;Prince Yamato craves the blessing of,51AME-WAKA. Envoy sent out to prepare way of Ninigi,31;weds Shita-teru-hime,31; punished by the Gods,31,32AMIDA BUTSU. Story of, and the whale,82AMIDAJI. Temple of, built at Akamagaséki,300AMITÂBHA. Kwanjin (Chinese Kwannon) the spiritual son of,200ANDERSON, DR. WILLIAM. Legend from theCatalogue of Japaneseand Chinese Paintings in the British Museum,49, footnoteANIMALS. Legends referring to,255-275ANŌJI. Place in Tamba; one of the thirty-three places sacredto Kwannon,204ANTOKO TENNO.SeeTenno,300ARNOLD, SIR EDWIN. Reference to hisSeas and Lands, xiART, JAPANESE. Due to Buddhism,114;quickened by Chinese influence,114;extreme beauty and ugliness found in,114;woman in,112-114;the Treasure Ship in,115-116;the miraculous in,116;ghosts and goblins in,118;senninin,357ASAGAO. Legend fromThe Diary of a Convolvulusregarding the love of,244-249;otherwise Miyuki,245,246;her love for Komagawa Mi-yagi,245-249ASAKA("Slight Fragrance"). Friend of Asagao,246ASHIGARA MOUNTAIN. Yaégiri goes to, and gives birth to Kintaro there,367ASHI-NADZUCHI(Foot-stroke-elder). An earthly deity, husbandof Tenadzuchi, and father of Kushi-nada-hime,29;gives his daughter in marriage to Susa-no-o,29,30ASHINÓYA. Village in which Maiden of Unai dwelt,313-315ASTON, DR. W. G.Reference to thetorii, by,226;description in theHeike Monogatariof great sea-fightbetween Taira and Minamoto clans translated by,300ATSUMORI. Story regarding her use of the fan,243AWABI, THE GREAT. A group of,340,341;the Spirit of, appears to Kansuke,341AYA, PRINCESS. The Spirit of the Peony and,171-173;love for the Spirit of the Peony in the form of a youngand handsome samurai,172,173;Sadayo, maid of,172AYAME, THE LADY. Married to Yorimasa,39AYRTON, PROFESSOR. Japanese mirrors and,190BBADGER-S. Story of the hare and the, on the Crackling Mountain,258-260;description of, in legend,260;Kadzutoyo and the,260,262BAELZ, DR., of the Imperial University of Japan. Opinion of,rethe Japanese and Mongols,xiii; reference to,94BAISHŪ, HANAGAKI.SeeHanagaki Baishū,207-209BAKIN. A famous Japanese novelist;hisKumono Tayema Ama Yo No Tsukiand thunder legends,250;theIn(female principle) and theYo(male principle)associated with thunder, remarks on by,252BAKU. A supernatural creature known as the Eater of Dreams,358,359BATŌ-KWANNON.SeeKwannon,200BELL-S. Japanese, described,140;the largest in the Jodo temple of Chion, at Kyōto,140;the bell of Enkakuji the largest in Kamakura,140;the bell of Miidera,141,142BENKEI. One of the most lovable of Japanese heroes,xvi;compared with Little John, Will Scarlet, and Friar Tuck combined,39;conflicting traits in his character,40;became a Buddhist priest at age of seventeen,40;adventure with Tamamushi,40;breaks from priestcraft and becomes a lawless warrior,41;his doings at Mount Hiei,42;waylays knights crossing the Gojo Bridge of Kyōto,42;conquered by Yoshitsune,42,43;assists Yoshitsune finally to drive out the Taira,43,44;carries off the bell of Miidera,142,143;reference to story of,351,352BENTEN. One of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune,115,206;variants, Goddess of the Sea, of Love, of Beauty,and Eloquence,115,206;resembles Kwannon,206;the Dragon and,207;famous Island of Enoshima and the coming of,207;temple of the "Birth Water" sacred to,207;Hanagaki Baishū and,207-209BIBLIOGRAPHY.See397-401BIMBO. Raitaro (the Child of Thunder) and,252,253BIMBOGAMI. The God of Poverty;Japanese superstitions and,349BIMBOMUSHI("Poverty-Insect").Superstitionre,349BIRD-S. LEGENDS OF,276-280;thehototogisu, a mysterious,278;the Tongue-cut Sparrow,279;killing of, contrary to teaching of the Lord Buddha,280;Saijosen and the Phoenix,281;calledO-Goncho,363;birds beloved of Chōmei,385BISHAMON. One of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune,115BIWA, LAKE. Hidesato's encounters with the Dragon King of,62-64;Visu sees lake bearing name of,137;Professor Chamberlain's opinionre,137BANKO, ADMIRAL. Kohaku Jo sends treasures by, to temple of Kofukuji,89BON ODORI. A dance at the Festival of the Dead,181;origin of,223;corresponds to the Indiansraddha,224BOWL. The Begging-bowl of the Lord Buddha,seeBuddha,67-69;the Maiden with the, on her head,316-322"BOX OF THE JEWEL HAND." SeeTamate-Bako,327BREATH, GOD OF LONG. Yosoji visits shrine of,134BRINKLEY, CAPTAIN. His reference inJapan and Chinato thebelief of Yedo Government officials inTengu,355BRONZE BUDDHA.SeeBuddha,82BUDDHA FLOOD. Otherwise the Tide of the Returning Ghosts,323BUDDHA, THE LORD.Begging-bowl of,67;the legend of the Golden Lotus and,80-82;the Bronze, of Kamakura, and the whale,82-86;the Crystal of,86;has compassion on spirit of the Death-Stone,98;the White Lotus the sacred flower of,130;the eight Intelligences of—Perception, Purpose, Speech, Conduct,Living, Effort, Mindfulness, Contemplation,130;cat and serpent only creatures that did not weep at death of,264;copies of footprint of, as charms,348; lamp of,357BUDDHISM. Its contribution to Japanese religion and art,xii;success in Japan, secured not by sweeping out Gods of Shintōbut in clever adaptations from India and China,80;Japan owed art to,114; pictorial art given to Nippon by,114;the power of Karma one of the great doctrines of,143;the lotus the sacred flower of,169;thetoriiadopted by,226;Nichiren attempts to restore to original purity,240,241BUDDHIST. Shingon-shū, a sect founded by Kōbō Daishi,234;Nichiren sect founded by Nichiren,240;first temple at Nikko, Shōdō Shonin founder of,242;saint, Dengyō Daishi, introduced tea into Japan,293BUDDHIST DIVINITIES. Jizō the most lovable of,104;jealousy of, toward Daikoku,211,212BUTTERFLY-IES. Connected with folk-lore,216;legendsre, borrowed by Japanese from China,217;Japanese poets and "butterfly names,"217;romantic game of,217;Emperor Gensō and,217;of good and evil omen,217;suggestion of Lafcadio Hearnre,217;references in Japanese dramare,218;legend of the White,218-219;significance in Old Japan,381,382CCARP. Legend of the Dragon,221;flag shaped like a,221;symbolism of the,221;Bakin's reference to,252CATHAY, GREAT. Spirit of Death-Stone took form of Hōji in,97CAT-S. The Japanese, not popular,264;the serpent and the, did not weep when the Lord Buddha died,264;story of the vampire,265-268;Shippeitarō and the phantom,269,270CELESTIAL RIVER. Hikoboshi andTanabata separated at the,126,127CHAMBERLAIN, PROFESSOR BASIL HALL. Reference to his works,Things Japanese, Kojiki(translation of),Handbook forJapan, andJapanese Poetry,v;legend of the Death-Stone translated by,95;reference to his translation ofHa-Goromo,127;his reference to Mount Fuji,131;designs on Chinese banners described by,162;Japanese mirrors described by,190;reference to thetoriiby,226;reference to temple at Kawasaki sacred to Kōbō Daishi, inMurray's Handbook for Japan, by,239;reference tosamisen, the favourite instrument of thesinging-girls, by,247;reference to cats inThings Japanese,264;reference to Japanese dogs,268;on tea ceremonies,293;his translation of the ballad of "The Maiden of Katsushika,"316,317;the legend of Urashima and,324;his explanationrethe Japanese equivalent for Dragon Palace,324;his reference to Urashima's tomb,328;reference to Japanese charms,348;description of theTenguby,352;story of Shikaiya Wasōbiōye adapted from his translation in theTransactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan,374CHARMS.SeeSuperstitions,348CHIKUBU-SHIMA. Island in Lake Biwa, in Ōmi, one of the thirty-threeplaces sacred to Kwannon,204CHILDREN. Jizō the God of the,104-111;the Cave of the Ghosts of the,109;superstitions relating to,347,348CHINA. Emperor Koso wooes and weds Kohaku Jo, daughterof Kamatari,86-88;butterfly connected with folk-lore in,216;Thunder God in,250; thunder animal in,251;tea-drinking in,291,292;Dragon of,362CHINU. Of Izumi, one of the Maiden of Unai's lovers,313-316CHINESE. Japan called Jih-pén by,xiv;banners, described,162;myth, Kwannon known as Kwanjin in,200CHIYO. A beautiful woman slain by Shokuro,254;restored to life by Raiden,254;Shokuro makes peace with,254;a poetess of the same name makes pathetic reference toa dragon-fly,282;a touchinghokkuby,385CHIYODŌ. Child of Heitaro and Higo (Willow),180CHOKORO. Depicted releasing his magic horse from a gigantic gourd,357CHŌMEI. Twelfth-century Buddhist recluse; reference tohisHō-jō-ki,160,385CHŌMEIJI. Place in Ōmi; one of the thirty-three places sacredto Kwannon,204CHOSEN. Otherwise the Land of the Morning Calm, the old namefor Korea,328CHOW DYNASTY. Kwanjin originally the daughter of the King of the,200CHRONICLES OF JAPAN("Ni-hongi"). Reference to,xvCHRYSANTHEMUM. The Japanese flag and the,161-163;Japan's national flower, the,162;poetical naming of the,163;Lady White and Lady Yellow, story of,163-165;Kikuo ("Chrysanthemum-Old-Man"), retainer of Tsugaru, story of,165-167CHŪJŌ HIME. A Buddhist nun, the greatest early Japanese artistof embroidery, an incarnation of Kwannon,201;retires to temple of Toema-dera,201CONDER, JOSIAH. Tells of custom connected with pine-trees atwedding feasts,159CONFUCIUS. Added fresh material to theYih-King("Book of Changes"),344CONTENTMENT, THE GOD OF.SeeHotei,211-213CORPSE-EATER.SeeMusō Kokushi,305-308;maiden who tested the love of her suitors as a,311,312CRYSTAL, THE, of Buddha,89-91DDAIBUTSU, THE.SeeBuddha (the Bronze),82DAIKOKU. One of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune,115;associated with Ebisu (his son) and Hotei, the God of Laughter,211;his wonderful Mallet,211;a Rat the second attribute of,211;old legend regarding jealousy of Buddhist Gods toward,211,212;the sixfold representation of,212;usually pictured with his son, Ebisu,212DAI-MOKENREN. A great disciple of Buddha; sees soul of his motherin the Gakidō,223DAIMYŌ. Lady White reaches palace of,164,165DAN-DOKU, MOUNT. The Lord Buddha's meditations upon,80DAN-NO-URA. The Taira clan finally driven into the sea by Benkeiand Yoshitsune,43,44;Hōïchi receives stranger, who wishes to view scene of thebattle of,301-304DARUMA. Son of a Hindu king,297;tempted like St. Anthony,297;Indian sage whose image was associated with the ritualisticdrinking of tea by the Zen sect in Japan,297-299;reference to, will be found inSome Chinese GhostsandA Japanese Miscellany, by Lafcadio Hearn,297,299DAVIS, F. HADLAND. Reference toLand of the Yellow Spring(page113), by,93,149DEAD, LORD OF THE. Emma-Ō, the,110,201DEATH-SPIDER. JapaneseBimbomushi("Poverty-Insect")equivalent to our,349DEATH-STONE. Warning remarks of spirit of the, to the Buddhistpriest Genno,95;legend of, related,95-98DEMONIACAL POSSESSION. Attributed to evil influence of foxes,94DENGYŌ DAISHI. Buddhist saint who first introduced tea into Japan,293DESTINY. Jizō at foot of,109DIVINATION, CLASSICAL. Associated with Japanese superstition,344;Yih-King("Book of Changes") main source of the art,344;various forms of,344-346DOG. In Japan, looked on as a friendly animal,268DOLL-S. Comparison of English and Japanese,214-216;last resting-place,216;dedicated to Kōjin when dead,177,216;the Feast of, otherwise the Girls' Festival,216DRAGON. Intimately associated with Japanese mythology,362;of Japan, and of China,362;one of the signs of the Zodiac,363;in old Chinese conception of earth, four seas ruled over by fourDragon Kings, the Celestial, the Spiritual, the Earth, and theDragon of the Hidden Treasure,363;a bird calledO-Goucho, transformation into a white,363DRAGON-FLIES. Mention of, in Japanese poetry,282;Chiyo and her pathetic reference to,282DRAGON KING(of the Sea).Steals Crystal of Buddha,90;Urashima at the palace of,325-328;Otohime the daughter of325;sends Tide Jewels to Empress Jingo by Isora,331;presents Tide Jewels to Ojin,333;Mamikiko meets aShojōwho lives near palace of,361DRAGON KINGDOM. Samébito and,376-379DRAGON PALACE. The Evergreen Land appears in the ballad"The Fisher Boy Urashima" as,324;Professor Chamberlain's explanationrethe equivalentin Japanese,324;Samébito and the,378DREAMS, EATER OF. TheBakuknown as the,358,359DU CANE, MISS FLORENCE. Her descriptions concerning Japaneserocks and stones,157EEARTH AND HEAVEN. Elements which comprised,21EAST, SIR ALFRED. Japanese art described by,112EBB-TIDE JEWEL.SeeJewels,331, &c.EBISU. One of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune,115;son of Daikoku,211;the God of Labour,211;usually pictured with his father, Daikoku,212EGYPTIAN. Cosmogony stories, reference to,21;conception of the future life,117EIGHT-ARMS-LENGTH-SPEAR. Given to Yamato,54EIGHTY MYRIAD GODS. Make entertainment to tempt theSun Goddess (Ama-terasu) back to Heaven,28EISAI. A Buddhist priest who wrote a pamphlet entitledThe Salutary Influence of Tea-drinking,294;effort to convert Minamoto-no-Sanetomo from wine-cup,294ELIXIR OF LIFE. Brought by Moonfolk to Lady Kaguya,78;Rosei drinks of,121;Mount Fuji the abode of the,132EMMA-Ō. The Lord and Judge of the dead,110;Jizō pleads with, on behalf of Soga Sadayoshi,111;Festival of the Dead and,117;