Chapter II: Appendix: 343

INDEX 415

ILLUSTRATIONS

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The Late Emperor Meiji Tenno _Frontispiece_

Nagasaki Harbor 10

Lighthouse Inland Sea 10

Cotton Mills, Ōsaka 20

First Bank, Tōkyō 38

Baron Shibusawa 42

Group of Country People 46

New Year’s Greeting 64

Garden at Ōji 78

Ōsaka Castle 92

Perry Monument, near Uraga 106

Statesmen of New Japan: Prince Sanjō
and Count Katsu 116

Departments of State: Navy, Agriculture
and Commerce, Justice, Foreign Affairs 126

Naval Leaders of Japan: Admiral Enomoto,
Admiral Kabayama 136

Distinguished Land Commanders: General
Baron Kuroki, General Baron Oku,
General Baron Nodzu 146

Military Leaders of New Japan:
Field-Marshal Ōyama and Field-Marshal
Yamagata 150

Statesmen of New Japan: Count Ōkuma,
Marquis Inouye, Count Itagaki,
Marquis Matsukata 156

Court Buildings, Tōkyō 164

The Mint, Ōsaka 164

Statesmen of New Japan: Ōkubo, Saigō,
Kido, and Prince Iwakura 172

H. I. M. the Empress 188

H. I. M. the Crown Prince 196

Imperial University Buildings, Tōkyō 210

Educators and Scientists of Japan:
Baron Ishiguro, Viscount Mori,
Mr. Fukuzawa, Dr. Kitasato 216

Painting by Ho-Itsu: View of Fuji-San 224

Painting by Yasunobu: Heron and Lotus 230

Group of Pilgrims 252

Buddhist Priests 252

Gospel Ship, “Fukuin Maru” 268

Y. M. C. A. Summer School, Dōshisha,
Kyōto 268

Four Gates: Palace, Tōkyō; Palace,
Kyōto; Sakurada,Tōkyō; Nijō Castle,
Kyōto 282

The Naval Hero of the War, Admiral Togo 306

Distinguished Naval Commanders: Admiral
Uriu, Admiral Kamimura, Commander
Hirose 310

Distinguished Land Commanders: General
Baron Kodama, General Count Nogi,
Admiral Prince Itō 316

The Japanese Peace Envoys: Count Komura,
Minister Takahira 318

H. I. M. the Emperor 330

Marquis Saionji 332

Statesmen of New Japan: Marquis Katsura
and Prince Itō 336

Viscount Sone 338

General Viscount Terauchi 344

Military Review, Himeji 360

“Shikishima” in Naval Review, Kōbe 384

Map of Japan 342

JAPANESE PRONUNCIATION

_a_ like _a_ in _father_
_e_ „ _e_ „ _men_
_i_ „ _i_ „ _pin_
_o_ „ _o_ „ _pony_
_u_ „ _oo_ „ _book_
_ai_ as in _aisle_
_ei_ „ _weigh_
_au_ as _o_ in _bone_
_ō_ „ „ „ „
_ū_ as _oo_ in _moon_

_i_ in the middle of a word and _u_ in the middle or at the end of a word are sometimes almost inaudible.

The consonants are all sounded, as in English: _g_, however, has only the hard sound, as in _give_, although the nasal _ng_ is often heard; _ch_ and _s_ are always soft, as in _check_ and _sin_; and _z_ before _u_ has the sound of _dz_. In the case of double consonants, each one must be given its full sound.

There are as many syllables as vowels. There is practically no accent; but care must be taken to distinguish between _o_ and _ō_, _u_ and _ū_, of which the second is more prolonged than the first.

Be sure to avoid the flat sound of _a_, which is always pronounced _ah_.

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