Chapter II: Appendix: NOTE A—Provinces by Circuits 343

" B—Bibliography 344

" C—Use of Fire-Arms in the East 346

" D—Fernam Mendez Pinto 348

" E—Earliest English and Dutch Adventurers in the East—Goa 350

" F—Japanese Daring and Adventure Exterior to the Limits of
Japan 353

" G—List of Japanese Year Periods 357

" H—Chronological Table of Emperors and Empresses 360

" I—Omitted Documents 362

INDEX 369

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

VOLUME II

PAGE

Procession of Feudal Lords _Frontispiece_

A Scene in a Tea Garden 8

A Native Postman; Toko-no-ma 16

In a Japanese Garden 32

A Daimyō’s Procession 40

Image of Jizō 48

An Ancient Warrior 56

An Archer 64

The Marketing and Preparation of Food: A Kitchen, showing
Utensils; A Fishmonger 72

A Carpenter Shop 80

Ploughing; A Freight Cart 88

Views at Fushimi: Doll and Toy Shops; Entrance to Inari Temple 100

A View of Fuji 104

View of Hakone; Lake Biwa 112

The Ear-mound at Kyōtō 128

Kwannon, Goddess of Mercy 136

Scenes among the Silk Workers: Reeling; The Culture of the
Worms 144

Industrial Workers: An Umbrella-maker; A Charcoal Vender 152

Interior View of a Typical Japanese House 160

A Scene in the House of a Noble 178

A Japanese Bed 186

The Cultivation of Grain: Threshing and Cleaning Grain; Coolies
in a Rice Field; Women carrying Rice 194

The Processes of Weighing and Pounding Rice 202

A Coolie with Straw Raincoat 210

Farm Scenes: Coolies carrying Bamboo Baskets; An Irrigation
System 218

Artisans for the Common People: Repairing Wooden Clogs; Repairing
Tatami 226

Scenes in the Home: The Doctor’s Call; Hairdressing; A Blind
Masseur 234

Scene in a Common School 242

The Wedding Ceremony 250

A Buddhist Funeral 258

A Shintō Funeral 264

Scenes in Japanese Cemeteries 272

Players at the Game of “Go” 280

Theatrical Representations: The “No” Dance; Chrysanthemum
Figures 288

Japanese Wrestlers 296

Portrait of Commodore Oliver H. Perry 304

The Reception of Commodore Perry by the Japanese Emperor 312

Scene in the Harbor of Uraga 320

Portrait of Townsend Harris 328

The Old and the New: Junks; The New Battleship “Mikasa” 336

Nihombashi, Tōkyō 344

A Modern Street Scene in Tōkyō 352

JAPAN

AS IT WAS AND IS