I
Images, carving of,158
Imari ware,140,142
Industries,80
Influence of Japan,279,288
Inland Sea,21
Intellectual advancement,279,285
Iron,157
Irrigation,23
Ise ware,140
Ito, Marquis,81
Ivory, carvings in,149
Iwasaki, Mr.,129
J
Japan, Constitution of,49,58,59Development of,289English newspapers in,207Europeans in,230Europeanising of,230Expulsion of foreigners from,3Fascination of,295,296Fauna of,27Feudal system in,50Flora of,24for the Japanese,242Foreigners in,231Foreign troops in,234Future of,274,279,288,290Holidays in,69Missionaries in,46,47,239,256Naval Officer’s description of,11Occidentilation of,269Portuguese visits to,2Present position of,263Press, “Yellow,” in,206Religions of,39Tourists in,26,241Trade of China, capture by,227,294Transition of,274Vice in,212,217Young,270,287
Japan Times, the,202
Japanese, amusements of,68Army,117art,131,149artists,133banks,97Conversion of, to Christianity,3,261Clothing of,68Constitution of,49,58,59costume,161courts,234,235Descent of Sovereigns,52Diet, Imperial,52,53drama,193,198Dress of,68electors, qualifications of,55evergreens,24fruit,23gardens,75Generals,122grotesque in art,135,145history,1houses,64,170language,33,34,109legal system,187literature,37,193morality,13,211commercial,236,283Navy,117,123oligarchy,61paper,87Parliament,56people,63pictures,158pillow,65plays,199Psychology of,264race,29,30schools,104subjects,53
Jinrickshas,182
K
Kaemfer,5,30,39,153
Kaga ware,140,144
Kakemonos,65,160
Ken sect,44
Kiushiu,17
Kobé,25
Korea,172,262
Korean architecture,172potters,141
Kumoto, Mr.,202,203
Kurile Isles,17
Kutania ware,145
Kyoto,25,158,181
Kyoto ware,140,144,145
L
Labour question,88organisations,88
Labour Worldnewspaper,88
Lacquer,135artists,137
Language, Japanese, characteristics of,33Origin of,34Educational difficulties,109
Law and order,185
Legal system, Japanese,187
Letters, number posted,178
Literature, Japanese,37,193
Loans,90,92
Loo-Choo Islands,17
Loti, Pierre,213
Luxury, absence of,74
M
Macao,142
Machinery, manufacture of,81
“Madame Chrysanthéme,”213
Magazines,207
Makimonos,160
Manufactures,83
Marco Paolo,1
Marks on pottery and porcelain,148
Marriages,72
Matches,96
Mercantile Marine,129
Metals,21,157
Metal work,153workers,156industries, decline in,157
Metallurgists,152
Mikado,50,51; alsoseeEmperor
Mineral wealth,21,157
Minister, British, at Japanese Court,239
Missionaries in Japan,46,47,239,256in China,225
Mitake, Mount,18
Mitsui, house of,97
Mitsui Bussan Kwiasha,99
Mitsu Bishi Company,129
Monkey, red-faced,27
Morality, Japanese,13,211Commercial,236,283
Moral advancement,279,281
Moral code, educational,110
Mountains,18
Municipalities, European,232
Music,69
N
Nagasaki,21,25
Nagoya,25Castle at,171
Nara, Temple of,167
Navy, Japanese,117,123
Naval officer’s description of Japan,11
Netsukés,149,150
“New Far East,”213
New Year’s Day,69
Newspapers,89,200Circulation of,205English, in Japan,207
News agencies,204
Nikko,26Pagoda at,169Temples at,173,174
Nippon,17
Nippon Yusen Kaisha,129
“Nô,” the,200
Notes, bank,93
O
Oligarchy, Japanese,61
Oxen,27
P
Pacific, mastery of,292
Pagodas,171
Painting,158Schools of,159Western influences on,159
Panama Canal,292
Paper, Japanese,87
Paper money,13
Parkes, Sir Harry,240Life of,240
Parliament, Japanese,56
Parties and party system,58
Passports,233
Peers, House of,53
People, Japanese, life and habits,63
Petroleum,86
Phallic worship,281
Philippine Islands,292
Philologists and Japanese language,33
Philosophers, English, widely read,284,285
Philosophy of life,78
Physical advancement,279
Physical features of country,17
Physique,112
Pictures, Japanese,158
Pigs,27
Pillow, Japanese,65
Plays, Japanese,199
Poetry,194in newspapers,205
Police,188
Political future,279
Population,17
Porcelain,140,142,145Modern,147Marks on,148
Port Arthur,17
Portuguese visits to Japan,2
Postal service,177orders,178
Post-office business,178Savings Bank,179
Post-offices, foreign,232
Potters, Korean,141
Pottery,140Marks on,148
Press, “Yellow,” in Japan,206Functions of,210Newspaper,202
Prisons,189
Prison system,190
Privy Council,59
Prostitution,215,283
Punch, Yokohama,209
Punishments,190
Psychology of Japanese,264
R
Race, Japanese, its origin,29Theories regarding,30
Railways,25,176
Raku ware,140,145
Rein, Professor,19
Religions of Japan,39influence on people,76
Representatives, House of,53,55
Resources of country,90
Revenue,101
Revolution of 1868,21,165,186,197,203
Rhus Vernicifera,22,138
Rice,23,84
Rivers,19
Royal Family, style and address of, defined,59
Russia,292
Russia, war with,120,127,221
Ryder, Admiral Sir A. P.,240
S
Saké,25
St. Francis Xavier,2,41,45,47,134,260,261,271
Sakhalin,17,18
Salt,87
Samurai,155,236,283
San Francisco,294
Satin embroidery,161
Satsuma, Prince of,134ware,140,143,144,145
Savings Banks, Post-office,179
Scabbards, sword,155
Scenery,25
Schools, Japanese,104for girls,106,114Higher,107Technical,108of painting,159of progressive art,147
Sculpture,149
Seto ware,145
Shampooing,75
Sheep,27
Shiba, temples at,158,173,174
Shikoku,17
Shingon Yoko sect,44
Shinto temples,45
Shintoism,39,40,41Influences of,48,77
Shirakawa, Emperor,42
Shogun,51
Shrines,77
Siberian railway,292
Silk,83embroidery,161-worms,84
Silver,157
Smoking,66
Snakes,27
Social intercourse,237
Socialism,89State,82
Spheres of influence,293
Stonewall Jackson,125
Straits Settlements,292
Sugar,87
Subjects, Japanese, rights and duties of defined,53
Swords,154Abolition of wearing of,155Accessories,156
Sword-makers,155
T
Tea,24,95ceremonies,141houses,24industry,86
Tea Traders’ Association,85
Telegrams,180
Telegraphs,179
Telephones,180
Temperature of Japan,20
Temples, Buddhist,171,173,174Shinto,171Some Buddhist, a visit to,244Construction of,158
Tendai sect,44
Territoriality, extra,232,235
Theatre,68,199
“Things Japanese,”131
Thunberg,6
Tin,157
Tobacco,66,82,86,149
Tokio,20,25,181
Tokugawa period,191
Tooth-powder,162
Tourists in Japan,26,241
Trade,80Chinese, capture by Japan,227,294
Traders,236,237
Tramways,181
Transition of Japan,274
Treasures, art,165,168
Trees,22
Tsu-shima,18,240
Turanian race,33
Tycoon,11,12,13,51
Typhoons,21
U
Utilitarianism in art,143
“Unbeaten Tracks in Japan,”212
United States of America,293export of tea to,85
University, Imperial,107
Universities,107,116
V
Vancouver,294
Vice in Japan,212,217
Vladivostock,18
Volcanoes,18
W
War with China,93,208Russia,120,127,221
Ware, ceramic,140
Wergman Mr.,209
Whistler, Mr.,160
White peril,227
Wild animals,27
Wild birds,27
Wilson, Admiral Sir A. K.,126
Wolf,27
Women, position of,67
Wrestling,72
X
Xavier, St. Francis,2,41,45,47,134,260,261,271
Y
“Yellow peril,” the,222,226
Yesso,17,250
Yokohama,25,234
Yokosko, dockyard at,123
Yomuri,202
Yoshiwara,215,216,218,220,239
Young Japan,270,287
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