Festival originated,225MIYADZU, PRINCESS. Prince Yamato meets and weds,55MIYUKI. The Chiunagon Otomo no, one of Kaguya's five suitors,66-70MIZARU.The three mystic Apes in Japanese legend are Kikazaru, Iwazaru,and,272MOCHIDA-NO-URA. Peasant of village of, who flung his childreninto a river,311MOMOTARO("Son of a Peach").His romantic discovery,58;his adventures in the North-Eastern Sea,59-62MOMOYE, KINO. Kōbō Daishi's work ridiculed by,237-238MONGOL-S. Elements, their contribution to Japanese characteristics,xiii;legendreinvasion of Japan by,250MONJU BOSATSU. The Lord of Wisdom; Kōbō Daishi and,237MOON. Belief of Japanese peasantsrethe Hare in the,162MOONFOLK. The Lady Kaguya and,75-79MOON GOD. Tsuki-yumi, son of Izanagi and Izanami, the,23MOON LADY, THE. The fisherman finds Robe of Feathers of,128,129MOONLAND. The capital of,the birthplace of Kaguya,75;Lady Kaguya departs to,79MOON, PALACE OF THE. The dance that makes, turn round,128MORNING CALM, THE LAND OF THE. Otherwise Chosen, the oldname for Korea,328MORRIS, WILLIAM. Story of "The Robe of Feathers" resembles Norse legend—seeThe Land East of the Sun and West of the Moon,127MOROKOSHI, THE LAND OF.Miushi required to fare to,67MOROTADA. The Lord of Iso;one of Kaguya's five suitors66-70MOSAKU. His death by the Lady of the Snow,150MOTHER, THE GHOST,308MOUNTAIN.I. Woman,355.II. Man,355MOUNTAIN SPIDER.SeeGoblin SpiderMOUNTAIN, THE CRACKLING. The story of the hare and badger on,258-260MOUNTAIN, THE SPIRIT OF THE,330MUBARA. One of the Maiden of Unai's lovers,313-316MUD, SEA OF. Visited by Shikaiya Wasōbiōye,375MUGENYAMA. The priests of,require a bell,194;one mirror used in making bell of, refuses to melt,195MURAKUMO-NO-TSURUGI. A divine sword, discovered by Susa-no-o and givenby him to the Gods of Heaven,30;sword of, given to Yamato,54MUSHIMARO. A poet, who wroterethe lovers of the Maiden ofUnai,313MUSŌ KOKUSHI. A priest;his gruesome experience with the corpse-eater,305-308MYOKEI. A celebrated painter under whom Sawara studies,122MYTHOLOGY.The Dragon intimately associated with Japanese,362;the Dragon in Chinese and Japanese,363NNAIZEN-NO-JO, THE LORD. Father of the Princess Aya,172,173NAKAYAMA-DERA. Place near Kōbe, in Settsu;one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon,204"NAMUDAISHI." A Japanese poem describing life of famous saintKōbō Daishi,234NANAO. Fishing village, destroyed by earthquake,339;experience of Kansuke and his son Matakichi while fishing near,340,341NAN-ENDŌ. Place at Nara, in Yamato;one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon,203NAREAI-JI. Place in Tango;one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon,204NARIAI, MOUNT. Saion Zenji and Kwannon on,204-206NARUSE TSUSHIMANOKAMI. An official who considers the sword securedby Sankichi a sacred treasure,337NASU. Genno arrives at moor of,95NASU NO YOICHI. A fan, the mark of bow of,243NATIONAL ANTHEM. English and Japanese compared,384;Japanese, based on an ancient song mentioned in theKokinshiu,384NATURE. Japanese love for,160,161;Japanese poetry and,380-386NETHER WORLD.SeeYomiNEW YEAR. Pine-tree and the Festival of the,176;Daikoku and origin of charm connected with,212;quaint observances at Festival of,220,221NICHIREN. The founder of the Buddhist sect of that name,240;name of, means Sun Lotus,240;his efforts to restore Buddhism to its old purity,240,241;exiled to Ito for thirty years by Hōjō Tokiyori,241;his escape from execution,241;again exiled, and dwells on Mount Minobu,241;attempts to replace the ordinarymantra,241;wrote "Book to Tranquillise the Country,"241NI-GWARSU-DŌ("Hall of the Second Moon").The Buddhist temple of,204;small copper image of Kwannon in temple of,204"NIHONGI" ("Chronicles of Japan"). Written in Chinese and completedA.D. 720, and deals with the myths, legends, &c., from early timesto A.D. 697,xv; male and female principles, reference to, in,21NIIDONO. Takes infant Emperor, Antoku Tenno, to the Pure Land ofPerfect Happiness,300NIKKO. First Buddhist temple at, founded by Shōdō Shonin,242;notice toTenguand other demons prior to visit of YedoShōgun to,355NIKŌBŌ. A priest, famous for powers to exorcise evil spirits,357,358NINIGI. Grandchild of Taka-mi-musubi;sent to govern Central Land of Reed-Plains,30;presented with gifts by Ama-terasu,32;gives Uzume as wife to the Deity of the Field-Paths,33;meets and weds Ko-no-hana,34;Hoderi ("Fire-shine") and Hoori ("Fire-fade"), sons of,34NIPPON. Kamakura at one time capital of,82;pictorial art given to, by Buddhism,114;theNo, or lyrical drama of,119;bell-maker, skill of,140;fan of,243;tea-drinking in, associated with Buddhism,293NIPPONESE. Women, colour-prints depicting, do not reveal emotion,113;mirrors, significance of,190NIRVANA. Genno prays that the Jewel Maiden might attain,97;desire for not-being finally attained in,109;signification contrasted with Karma,144"NO." The lyrical drama of Nippon,119;theTakasagooneof the finest of the,186NOGUCHI, YONE.SeeYone NoguchiNOTO. Yōshō born at,356OO-ANA-MOCHi. A deity of Mount Fuji,132OBA KAGE-CHIKA. Yoritomo saved from power of, by two doves,277-278O CHO SAN. Dwells on Hatsushima Island,337;Gisuke the brother of,338;Shinsaku the favoured suitor of,338;death of,338; shrine raised to,339OGAWACHI-MYŌJIN. Shrine of,referred to,191;Matsumura, the Shintō priest in charge of shrine of,191O-HINA-SAN. Tiny doll named,215OHO-KUNINUSHI. The Deity of Kitzuki; the Bronze Horse and,275OHO-YAMA. Variants, Great-Mountain-Possessor and Spirit of theMountains; father of Ko-no-hane and Iha-naga,34;presents his daughter to Ninigi,34OJIN. Son of Empress Jingo,333;the Dragon King presents the Tide Jewels to,333OKA-DERA. Place in Yamato;one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon,203OKAKURA KAKUZO.The Book of Teaby,290OKI ISLANDS. Oribe Shima banished to Kamishima, one of the,333,334OKI-YAMA. Sonobé sent to great cryptomeria-tree on,181,182OLD JAPAN. Doll handed down from generation to generation in,215OMI, PROVINCE OF. Yamato Take slays serpent in,57"ONNA DAIGAKU" ("The Greater Learning for Women"). A treatiseby Kaibara,113ONOMO TOKU. Kōbō Daishi's work ridiculed by,238ONO-NO-KIMI. Appears before the Judgment Seat of Emma-Ō, the Judgeof Souls,140ORIBE SHIMA.Offends Hojo Takatoki and is banished to Kamishima,333,334;his grief at leaving his daughter, Tokoyo,334;sought after by Tokoyo,334-336;set at liberty by Hojo Takatoki,336OTOHIME, THE PRINCESS,daughter of the Dragon (Sea) King,325;becomes the bride of Urashima,325;bestows gift of the "Box of the Jewel Hand" (Tamate-Bako)on Urashima,327O-TOKU-SAN. Girl doll of life-size class,215OTOTACHIBANA, PRINCESS. Wife of Prince Yamato,51,52;drowned in crossing Straits of Kadzusa,56O TOYO. Favourite among ladies of the Prince of Hizen,265;a cat in form of a woman causes grievous harm to Princeof Hizen,265-269OWARI, PROVINCE OF. Yamato Take passes through,57OYAMA, GENERAL. A hero of Japan,xiiOYASU. Assumed name of the Lady of the Snow, by which sheintroduces herself to Kyuzaemon,153OYEYAMA, THE GOBLIN OF,44-48OZAKI, MADAME. Reference to story told by, regarding Kosoand Kohaku Jo,88PPALACE, DRAGON. "Evergreen Land" appears as, in ballad of"The Fisher Boy Urashima,"324PARADISE, THE BUDDHIST.Tapestry wrought by Kwannon depicting,201PEONY. THE SPIRIT OF THE,171;the Princess Aya loves, in the form of a young and handsomesamurai,172,173PERRY, PROFESSOR. Japanese mirrors and,190PIERRE LOTI. Reference to hisMadame Chrysanthème,xiPIGGOTT, SIR F. T. Cherry and plum blossoms, reference to, inThe Garden of Japan, by,174PLAIN OF HIGH HEAVEN. Susa-no-o visits his sister, Ama-terasu, in,25-27POETRY, JAPANESE. A note on,380-386;Mr. Noguchi'sThe Pilgrimageand,380;theTankaandHokkudescribed,381;reference to theHyaku-nin-isshiu("Single Verses by aHundred People"),382;reference to atankaby Yasuhide Bunya,382;quotation from the "Flower Dance" of Bingo province,383;quotation fromtankaby the eleventh-century officialMichimasa,383;reference to Nature poems,384;English National Anthem compared with Japanese National Anthem,384;quotation from Nature poem by Isé,384;quotation from theHō-jō-kiby twelfth-century recluse,Chōmei,385;touchinghokkuquoted, written by Chiyo after the death ofher little son,385;mono no aware wo shiru("the Ah-ness of things"), a phrasewhich describes most accurately the whole significance of,386POISON DRAGON, THE. His evil influence,193POLYNESIAN MYTHOLOGY. Rangi (Heaven) and Papa (Earth) correspond toJapaneseInandYo,21POOTOO. Kwanjin transported to Island of,200POVERTY. Japanese superstitions and Bimbogami, the God of,349;insect,Bimbomushithe Japanese name for,349PRECIOUS THINGS.SeeHotei,213"PRIEST, ONE-INCH."Otherwise Issunboshi; also nicknamed Little Fingerand Grain-of-Corn,364PURPLE HALL OF THE NORTH STAR. Emperor sick at,38QQUILT(Futon), The, of Tottori,309-311RRAIDEN. The God of Thunder,250;often found in company with Fugin or Raitaro,250;his favour toward Japan,250RAIJŪ. The Thunder Animal,251RAIKO.I. A doughty knight who seeks out and slays the Goblin of Oye,45-48;presented with a jar of magicalsaké(Shimben-Kidoku-Shu)intended by the Goblin King,46;givessakéto the Goblin,47;slays Goblin,48;returns to Kyōto,48;his illness,48;restored to health by slaying of the Goblin Spider,49;another version of the legend,49-51.II. A wealthy but mean man, whose meanness is cured by Inari,102,103RAITARO. Raiden, the Thunder God, often found in company with,250;Bimbo and,252,253RAT. The hour of the,76;Daikoku's,211,212"RATANA SUTRA,"THE. Reference to Karma in,145REDESDALE, LORD. See Mitford,98REIN. OPINION OF,reJapanese and Mongols,xiiiRENDAI, PLAIN OF,49RICE, GOD OF.SeeInariRIKIU. The greatest of tea-masters,296;the friend of Taiko-Hideyoshi,296,297RIN-JIN. King of the Sea;Yamato raises anger of,56;anger of, appeased by Princess Ototachibana,56;takes to wife a Dragon Princess,272-275;the jelly-fish, themonkey, and,272-275RIP VAN WINKLE. Visu the, of Old Japan,136RISING SUN. Spirit of Death-Stonein form of the JewelMaiden at Court of,98RIVER, CHILD OF THE.SeeKappa,350,351RIVET ROCK.SeeKashima,244ROAD-S. The pine-tree and the God of,176;reference to the God of,346ROBE, THE FEATHER. Brought to Kaguya by the Moonfolk,78ROCK ISLAND. Kansuke and Matakichi behold Spirit of the GreatAwabi on,341ROKKAKU-DŌ. Place at Kyōto;one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon,204ROKO. Depicted, on a flying tortoise, as one of thesenninin Japanese art,357ROKUHARA-DERA. Place at Kyōto;one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon,203RŌSAN. Chinese scholar, regaled with ghostly storiesrebutterflies,216ROSEI. His Magic Pillow of Dreams,119-122RUITEN. A priest who prays forthe Prince of Hizen,266RUSSIA. Establishment of military outpost at Wiju leads to warwith Japan,329RYŌSEKI. High-priest of Shin-Banzui-In; Shinzaburō sent by Yusai to,231SSACRED KEY. Part of the cargo of the Treasure Ship,115,116SACRIFICE, HUMAN.SeeSuperstition,342SADAYO. Princess Aya's favourite maid,172SAGA, EMPEROR. Kōbō Daishi performs funeral obsequies of,239SAIJOSEN. The Phoenix and,281SAIKOU SANJŪ-SAN SHO("The Thirty-three Places").Reverence bestowed upon the,201SAI-NO-KAWARA. "The Dry Bed of the River of Souls,"106;place where all children go at death,106;the legend of the Humming of the,107SAION ZENJI. Kwannon's sacrifice on behalf of, on Mount Nariai,204-206SAKATA KURANDO. Name given by Yorimitsu to Kintaro,368SALWEY, MRS. C. M.New Year Festival described by,220;reference to thetoriiby,226,227;reference toFans of Japan, by,243;reference toOn Symbolism and Symbolic Ceremonies of theJapanese, by,244SAMÉBITO("A Shark-Person").Tōtarō kindly succours,376;the jewel-tears of,377-379SANEMORI. A great warrior;becomes a rice-devouring insect called Sanemori-San,284SAN-GA-NICHI. Pine-tree conspicuous at the Festival of,187SANJO, PRINCESS. Issunboshi becomes page to,365-367;the magic mallet and,366SANKICHI. Dives from Tarada's junk and secures the Woman's Sword,337SANO GENZALMON TSUNEYO. Peasant who burns three dwarf trees to givewarmth to Tokiyori,183-186;goes to Kamakura,185;rewarded by Tokiyori by being presented with the villages ofMatsu-idu, Umeda, and Sakurai,185,186SANUGI NO MIYAKKO. Discovers Lady Kaguya("Precious-Slender-Bamboo-of-the-Field-of-Autumn"),65SANZU-NO-KAWA. "The River of the Three Roads" along which the deadjourney,222SAWARA. Pupil of the artist Tenko,122;loves Kimi, Tenko's niece,122-125SAYEMON, KATO. A rich man who lived in palace of the ShōgunAshikaga,370;Ishidomaro son of,371;becomes a priest in the temple of Kongobuji, on Mount Koya,371SEA. LEGENDS OF THE,323-341;Urashima in the palace of the Sea-King,325,328;of Mud, visited by Shikaiya Wasōbiōye,374SEA GOD.SeeGod of the Sea,35SEASHORE, THE SPIRIT OF THE.Is unfavourable to Empress Jingo,331SEFUKU-JI. Place in Izumi;one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon,203SENGEN. Otherwise Ko-no-hana-saku-ya-hime;as Ko-no-hana, the wife of Ninigi,34;the Goddess of Fuji,132SENNIN= mountain recluses,356,357;Yōshō, the first great Japanese,356;Emmei becomes a,356;Japanese art and,357;Chokoro a,357; Gama a,357; Tekkai a,357; Kumé a,357; Roko a,357SENTARO. His visit to the Land of Perpetual Youth (Mount Fuji),133,134SERPENT. CAT AND THE, did not weep when the Lord Buddha died,264;the White Sea, otherwise Yofuné-Nushi,334SESSHIU. A great artist;legendrehis liberation from imprisonment by painting rats,116SÉTA. Samébito and Tōtarō at the Long Bridge of,376-379SEVEN GODS OF GOOD FORTUNE.The favourite theme of the Japanese artist,115;Shintōism, Taoism, Buddhism, and Brahmanism, the source of the,115SHAKA MUNI. The Lord Buddha; legendrehis sacrifice as a hare,255SHELF OF SOULS. Food placed on, by Shinzaburō,229SHIDOJI. Temple called, built at Shido-no-ura by Kamatari,92SHIDO-NO-URA. Boy of,89;Kamatari builds temple called Shidoji at,92SHIKO-TSUTSU NO OJI("Salt-sea-elder").Conveys Hoori to the Palace of the Sea God,35SHIN KIYOMIZU-DERA. Place in Harima;one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon,204SHINGÉ. Bitten by a snake in the Valley of Shimizutani,167;rescued by Yoshisawa,167;found dead at the bottom of the Violet Well,168SHINGON-SHŪ. Buddhist sect founded by Kōbō Daishi,234SHINSAKU. Favoured suitor for hand of O Cho San,338;raises shrine to O Cho San,339SHINTŌ. Temples, contrasted with those of Buddhism,114;old custom associated with Mount Fuji,131;cult, "The Way of the Gods" symbol of the Right Direction,according to the dogmas of the,227SHINTŌISM. Reverence to dead taught by,xii;legends relating to Japanese heroes enriched by,xvi;