Chapter XXXI: Miscellaneous Legends (2)

Carp. Legend of the Dragon, 221;
flag shaped like a, 221;
symbolism of the, 221;
Bakin's reference to, 252
Cathay, Great. Spirit of Death-Stone took form of Hōji in, 97
Cat-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, 270
Celestial River. Hikoboshi and
Tanabata separated at the, 126, 127
Chamberlain, Professor Basil Hall. Reference to his works,
_Things Japanese, Kojiki_ (translation of), _Handbook for
Japan_, and _Japanese Poetry_, v;
legend of the Death-Stone translated by, 95;
reference to his translation of _Ha-Goromo_, 127;
his reference to Mount Fuji, 131;
designs on Chinese banners described by, 162;
Japanese mirrors described by, 190;
reference to the _torii_ by, 226;
reference to temple at Kawasaki sacred to Kōbō Daishi, in
_Murray's Handbook for Japan_, by, 239;
reference to _samisen_, the favourite instrument of the
singing-girls, by, 247;
reference to cats in _Things 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 explanation _re_ the Japanese equivalent for Dragon Palace, 324;
his reference to Urashima's tomb, 328;
reference to Japanese charms, 348;
description of the _Tengu_ by, 352;
story of Shikaiya Wasōbiōye adapted from his translation in the
_Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan_, 374
Charms. _See_ Superstitions, 348
Chikubu-shima. Island in Lake Biwa, in Ōmi, one of the thirty-three
places sacred to Kwannon, 204
Children. Jizō the God of the, 104-111;
the Cave of the Ghosts of the, 109;
superstitions relating to, 347, 348
China. Emperor Koso wooes and weds Kohaku Jo, daughter
of 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, 362
Chinu. Of Izumi, one of the Maiden of Unai's lovers, 313-316
Chinese. Japan called Jih-pén by, xiv;
banners, described, 162;
myth, Kwannon known as Kwanjin in, 200
Chiyo. 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 to
a dragon-fly, 282;
a touching _hokku_ by, 385
Chiyodō. Child of Heitaro and Higo (Willow), 180
Chokoro. Depicted releasing his magic horse from a gigantic gourd, 357
Chōmei. Twelfth-century Buddhist recluse; reference to
his _Hō-jō-ki_, 160, 385
Chōmeiji. Place in Ōmi; one of the thirty-three places sacred
to Kwannon, 204
Chosen. Otherwise the Land of the Morning Calm, the old name
for Korea, 328
Chow Dynasty. Kwanjin originally the daughter of the King of the, 200
Chronicles of Japan ("Ni-hongi"). Reference to, xv
Chrysanthemum. 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, 165-167
Chūjō Hime. A Buddhist nun, the greatest early Japanese artist
of embroidery, an incarnation of Kwannon, 201;
retires to temple of Toema-dera, 201
Conder, Josiah. Tells of custom connected with pine-trees at
wedding feasts, 159
Confucius. Added fresh material to the _Yih-King_
("Book of Changes"), 344
Contentment, The God of. _See_ Hotei, 211-213
Corpse-eater. _See_ Musō Kokushi, 305-308;
maiden who tested the love of her suitors as a, 311, 312
Crystal, The, of Buddha, 89-91

D

Daibutsu, The. _See_ Buddha (the Bronze), 82
Daikoku. 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, 212
Dai-Mokenren. A great disciple of Buddha; sees soul of his mother
in the Gakidō, 223
Daimyō. Lady White reaches palace of, 164, 165
Dan-doku, Mount. The Lord Buddha's meditations upon, 80
Dan-no-ura. The Taira clan finally driven into the sea by Benkei
and Yoshitsune, 43, 44;
Hōïchi receives stranger, who wishes to view scene of the
battle of, 301-304
Daruma. Son of a Hindu king, 297;
tempted like St. Anthony, 297;
Indian sage whose image was associated with the ritualistic
drinking of tea by the Zen sect in Japan, 297-299;
reference to, will be found in _Some Chinese Ghosts_ and
_A Japanese Miscellany_, by Lafcadio Hearn, 297, 299
Davis, F. Hadland. Reference to _Land of the Yellow Spring_
(page 113), by, 93, 149
Dead, Lord of the. Emma-Ō, the, 110, 201
Death-Spider. Japanese _Bimbomushi_ ("Poverty-Insect")
equivalent to our, 349
Death-Stone. Warning remarks of spirit of the, to the Buddhist
priest Genno, 95;
legend of, related, 95-98
Demoniacal Possession. Attributed to evil influence of foxes, 94
Dengyō Daishi. Buddhist saint who first introduced tea into Japan, 293
Destiny. Jizō at foot of, 109
Divination, Classical. Associated with Japanese superstition, 344;
_Yih-King_ ("Book of Changes") main source of the art, 344;
various forms of, 344-346
Dog. In Japan, looked on as a friendly animal, 268
Doll-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, 216
Dragon. 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 four
Dragon Kings, the Celestial, the Spiritual, the Earth, and the
Dragon of the Hidden Treasure, 363;
a bird called _O-Goucho_, transformation into a white, 363
Dragon-flies. Mention of, in Japanese poetry, 282;
Chiyo and her pathetic reference to, 282
Dragon King (of the Sea).
Steals Crystal of Buddha, 90;
Urashima at the palace of, 325-328;
Otohime the daughter of 325;
sends Tide Jewels to Empress Jingo by Isora, 331;
presents Tide Jewels to Ojin, 333;
Mamikiko meets a _Shojō_ who lives near palace of, 361
Dragon Kingdom. Samébito and, 376-379
Dragon Palace. The Evergreen Land appears in the ballad
"The Fisher Boy Urashima" as, 324;
Professor Chamberlain's explanation _re_ the equivalent
in Japanese, 324;
Samébito and the, 378
Dreams, Eater of. The _Baku_ known as the, 358, 359
Du Cane, Miss Florence. Her descriptions concerning Japanese
rocks and stones, 157

E

Earth and Heaven. Elements which comprised, 21 East, Sir Alfred. Japanese art described by, 112 Ebb-Tide Jewel. _See_ Jewels, 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, 212 Egyptian. Cosmogony stories, reference to, 21; conception of the future life, 117 Eight-Arms-Length-Spear. Given to Yamato, 54 Eighty Myriad Gods. Make entertainment to tempt the Sun Goddess (Ama-terasu) back to Heaven, 28 Eisai. A Buddhist priest who wrote a pamphlet entitled _The Salutary Influence of Tea-drinking_, 294; effort to convert Minamoto-no-Sanetomo from wine-cup, 294 Elixir of Life. Brought by Moonfolk to Lady Kaguya, 78; Rosei drinks of, 121; Mount Fuji the abode of the, 132 Emma-Ō. The Lord and Judge of the dead, 110; Jizō pleads with, on behalf of Soga Sadayoshi, iii; Festival of the Dead and, 117; Ono-no-Kimi appears before, 140; Tokudō Shōnin conducted into the presence of, 201; Shiro sent by, to conquer the God of Wealth, 211, 212; Festival of the Dead and, 222, 323 Emmei of Dogen-ji. Becomes a _sennin_, 356 England. Tea-drinking in Japan and, 290, 291 Enkakuji. The great bell of, 140, 141 Enoshima. A famous island, associated with the coming of Benten, 207 Eternal Land. The God "Thought-combining" brings birds from, 27 Eternity. Its meaning to the famous artist, Hokusai, 117 Evergreen Land. _See_ Dragon Palace, 324; orange first brought from, to Japan, 324

F

Fan, Japanese. Significance of, 243; use of, 243;
use at festival of Sun Goddess in Ise, 243;
symbolism of, described by Mrs. C. M. Salwey, 244;
legend, "The Love of Asagao," from _The Diary of a
Convolvulus_, 244-249
Festival-s. Of the Dead, 117, 161, 181;
of Tanabata, 126;
New Year, 176, 220;
the Girls', 216; the Dolls', 216;
the Boys', 221;
the Laughing, of Wasa, 225;
of the _Minige_, and Oho-kuninushi the Bronze Horse, at, 275
Festival of Tanabata. Alternative, the Weaving Lady;
most romantic of Japanese festivals, 126
Festival of the Dead. Afforded a joyous exit from the world
of Emma-Ō, 117;
the greatest argument for Japan's love of Nature found in the, 161;
Bon Odori, a dance at the, 181;
customs and rites connected with the, 222-224;
the Tide of the Returning Ghosts and, 323;
poet souls and the, 386
Field-paths, Deity of. Accosted by Uzume, 33
Fields, The Spirit of the, 330
Fire Apparitions. Varieties in Japan, 357, 358
Fireflies. Stories _re_, 285-289; the Minamoto and the Taira
believed to be the ghosts of the Minamoto and Taira clans, 285, 286
Fire God. Kagu-tsuchi, child of Izanagi and Izanami, the, 23
Firmament, God of the. Tanabata daughter of, 126
Flag, Japanese. The chrysanthemum and, 161-163
Floating Bridge of Heaven. Uzume and her companions rest on the, 33
Flood-Tide Jewel. _See_ Jewels, 331, &c.
Flowers. The love of, its growth and symbolism among Japanese, 154-156;
legends of, 163-173
Footstool of the King. _Torii_ before the Itsukushima shrine
on Island of Myajima; alternatives, "The Gateway of Light" and
"The Water Gate of the Sacred Island," 227
Fox God. _See_ Inari
Fox Legends. "The Death-Stone" one of the most remarkable, 95
Fudaraku-ji. Place at Nachi, in Kishū; one of the thirty-three
places sacred to Kwannon, 203
Fudo.
I. God. Identified with Dainichi, the God of Wisdom;
Kiyo visits shrine of, 147;
temple on Oki-Yama dedicated to, 180;
the one-eyed priest at temple of, 180-182.
II. Cape. Known as the Cape of the Woman's Sword, 337
Fugin. Raiden, the Thunder God, often found in company with, 250
Fuji (_Fuji-yama_--i.e., Never Dying). Name given to highest
mountain in Suruga, 79 (_see_ Suruga);
seems to be typically Japanese, 130;
the mountain of the Lotus and the Fan, 130;
a place of pilgrimage for hundreds of years, 131;
its peak described by Lafcadio Hearn as "the Supreme Altar
of the Sun," 131;
an extinct volcano, 131;
name derived from Huchi, or Fuchi, the Aino Goddess of Fire, 131;
the deities of, 132;
the abode of the Elixir of Life, 132;
Jofuku at, 133; Sentaro visits, 133;
the Goddess of, 134, 138;
Visu's adventures near, 136-139;
Yurine lived near, 359
Fujii-dera. Place in Kawachi; one of the thirty-three places
sacred to Kwannon, 203
Fukurokuju. One of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, 115
Fusago. Sent by the Mikado to Kaguya, 73
Futon (Quilt), The, of Tottori, 309-311

G

Gama. With his wizard toad, depicted as a _sennin_ in Japanese art, 357 Garden-s. English and Japanese contrasted, 154; general description of Japanese, 156; Kobori-Enshiū, the great Japanese designer of, 156; the _torii_, or arch, a characteristic of Japanese, 157 Garden of Skulls. Idea of, borrowed by Hiroshige from _Heike Monogatari_, 119 Genealogy. Table showing the Age of the Gods, 393-396 Genno. A Buddhist priest; warning of the Spirit of the Death-stone to, 95; story of the Jewel Maiden related to, 95-98 Gensuke. Victim at building of bridge over river at Matsue, 344 Gesshōji Temple, The. The gigantic tortoise of, 275 Ghost-s. Of the Circle of Penance, fed in connection with the Festival of the Dead, 223; the ghost mother, 308; the Tide of the Returning, and the Festival of the Dead, 323 Gilbert and Sullivan. Reference to their _The Mikado_, xi Gisuke. Brother of O Cho San, 338; favours suit of Shinsaku, 338; builds shrine to O Cho San, 339 Goblin King. Shutendoji, the; his doings on Mount Oye, 44-48 Goblins. Ghosts and, 118 God of Roads, The. The pine-tree and, 176; love-test by invoking the, 346 God of the Sea. Hoori visits palace of, 35; father of Toyo-Tama ("Rich-jewel"), 36; presents Hoori with the Jewels of the Flowing Tide and the Ebbing Tide, 36 Gods and Goddesses. A general summary of, 387-391 Go-Fukakusa, Emperor. Saimyoji Tokiyori a celebrated Regent during reign of, 182 Gohitsu-Oshō. Name given to Kōbō Daishi by Chinese emperor, 236 Gojo Bridge of Kyōto. Benkei's lawless doings towards knights happening to cross the, 42 Golden Lotus. Legend of, 80-82 Gongen. Two of Raiko's knights visit shrine of, 45 Go-Toba. The silent pine and the Emperor, 177 Grass, The Spirit of, 330 Grass-Cleaving-Sword. Given to Yamato, 54; the origin of its name, 55 Great-Mountain-Possessor. Identical with Oho-yama, the Spirit of the Mountains, 34 Greey, Edward. The legend of the Golden Lotus, version of, by, 80 Gulliver. Shikaiya Wasōbiōye of Nagasaki a Japanese, 374-376

H

Hachiman. The God of War;
two of Raiko's intending companions visit the temple of, 45;
temple of, still remains, 82;
Yoritomo erects shrines to, 278;
infant Emperor, Antoku Tenno, at shrine of, 300
Hades (_see_ Yomi), 23; messages from, 357
Hanagaki Baishū. A young poet; and Benten-of-the-Birth-Water, 207-210
Happiness, Land of Perfect. _See_ Land, 300
Hara-kiri, or Seppuku. Term applied to suicide among the
samurai class, 161
Hare. Legends _re_, 255-260;
Taoist legends and the, 255;
story of hare and badger on the Crackling Mountain, 258-260
Hase-dera. Place in Yamato; one of the thirty-three places
sacred to Kwannon, 203
Hat of Invisibility. Part of cargo of the Treasure Ship, 115
Hatsushima Island. Celebrated for its jonquils, 337;
Cho dwells on, 337
Hazoku, Prince. Pays homage to demon in Ind, 97
Hearn, Lafcadio. Reference to,
as an authority on Japanese subjects, v;
works referred to, vi;
subject of fox in Japan described by, 94;
Jizō, the God of the Children, and, 105;
reference to the Cave of the Children's Ghosts and Jizō, 109;
describes peak of Mount Fuji as "the Supreme Altar of the Sun," 131;
his narrative illustrating the power of Karma, 143;
his story of a Japanese nun with a love for things
in miniature, 158, 159;
describes the Lotus of Paradise, 169;
Japanese dolls described by, 214;
the suggestion of, _re_ butterflies, 217;
the _Bon-odori_, reference to, by, 224;
story of Japanese _semi_ (tree-cricket) in _Kottō_, 281;
reference to Yuki-Daruma in _A Japanese Miscellany_ by, 299;
legends of the Weird adapted from stories by, in _Kwaidan_
and _Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan_, 300
Heaven. Ladder of, 23;
High Plain of, 25;
River of, 27;
Hikoboshi's ox wanders over High Plain of, 126
Heaven and Earth. Elements which comprised, 21
Heitaro. A farmer who married Willow Wife, 178-180
Hell. Kwannon's concern for who pass into, told by Emma-Ō
to Tokudō Shōnin, 202
Hi. River in province of Idzumo; Susa-no-o arrives at, 29
Hidaka. A river, on the bank of which Kiyo lived, 145
Hidari Jingorō. The famous sculptor; legend of, reminds
us of story of Pygmalion, 116;
falls in love with a beautiful woman, 190
Hidesato. Variants: Tawara Toda, "My Lord Bag of Rice";
his encounter with the Dragon King of Lake Biwa, 62-64
Hiei, Mount. Yoshitsune hears of priest Benkei as living at, 42
Higo ("Willow"). Wife of Heitaro, 177-180
Hikoboshi. Husband of Tanabata, 126
Hinako-Nai-Shinnō. The miraculous chestnut and the Princess, 177
Hinokawa. River in which Yamato swims with Idzumo Takeru, 53
Hiroshige. Idea for one of his pictures borrowed from the
_Heike Monogatari_, 119
Hito-koto-Kwannon. _See_ Kwannon, 200
Hizen, Prince of.
Story of his love for a cat in form of a woman named O Toyo, 265-268;
the priest Ruiten prays for, 266;
Ito Soda discovers cause of illness of, 266-269
Hoderi ("Fire-shine"). Son of Ninigi and Ko-no-Hana, 34;
quarrels with his brother Hoori, 35;
reconciled to his brother, 37
Hōïchi-the-Earless. A blind priest who lived at the Amidaji temple, 301;
his recitals in connection with the war between the Taira and Minamoto
clans, 301;
unknowingly visits tomb of Antoku Tenno, 304;
how he gained his name, 305
Hōji. Spirit of Death-Stone takes form of, in Great Cathay, 97
Hōjō. Kamakura, the seat of Regents of family, 82
"Hō-jō-ki." F. Victor Dickins's translation of, v, 160, 385
Hōjō Takatoki. A great ruler, whom Oribe Shima offends, 333
Hōjō Tokiyori. Nichiren exiled to Ito by, 241
Hokkeji. Place in Harima;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 204
"Hokku." See Japanese Poetry, 380-386
Hokusai. A famous artist;
and his "Hundred Views of Fuji," 117;
Eternity, and its meaning to, 117
Holy One, The. Alternative title for the Lord Buddha, 80
Hoori ("Fire-fade"). Son of Ninigi and Ko-no-Hana, 34;
grandfather of the first Mikado of Japan, 34;
conveyed to the Palace of the Sea God by Shiko-tsutsu no Oji
("Salt-sea-elder"), 35;
weds Toyo-tama ("Rich-jewel"), daughter of the Sea God, 36;
presented with jewels of the Flowing Tide and Ebbing Tide, 36;
departs from Sea God's Palace, 37
Horai. Mountain;
Kuramochi required to fare to, 67;
the Jewel-bearing Branch of, 69, 70
Horiō Yoshiharu. _Daimyō_ of Izumo; builds bridge over river
at Matsue, 343
Horse. The Deity of Kitzuki (Oho-kuninushi) and the Bronze, 275
Hotei. One of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, 115;
the God of Laughter and Contentment, 211;
known as the Waggon Priest, &c., 213
Huchi. _See_ Fuji and Aino Goddess of Fire, 131
Hunt, Royal. The Mikado orders, 74;
the Mikado surprises Kaguya by means of, 74
"Hyaku-nin-isshiu" ("Single Verses by a Hundred People").
Written before the time of the Norman Conquest; _see_
Japanese Poetry, 382

I

Ichijo, Emperor.
Stories current in Kyōto regarding the Goblin of Oyeyama during
reign of, 44;
Raiko despatched by, to seek out and slay the Goblin, 45
Iha-naga. Variant, Princess Long-as-the-Rocks; daughter of Oho-yama, 34
Iijima. Father of Tsuyu ("Morning Dew"), 228
Ima-Gumano. Place at Kyōto, in Yamashiro;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 203
Impetuous Male. _See_ Susa-no-o, 23, 352
"In" and "Yo." Male and female principles, not yet divided, 21;
correspond to the Chinese _Yang_ and _Yin_, 21;
associated with thunder, according to Bakin, 252
INABA. Legend of the White Hare of, 256-260
INARI. Originally the God of Rice, and later (eleventh century)
associated with the Fox God, 93, 238;
answers a woman's prayer, 101;
appears to Kōbō Daishi, 238, 239
Increase, The Month of. _Yayoi_, the, 193
Ind. Place where demon received homage of Hazoku, 97
Indian _Sraddha_. Corresponds to Japanese Festival of the Dead, 223, 224
Inexhaustible Purse. Part of the cargo of the Treasure Ship, 115, 116
Infernal Regions. Kwanjin sent to, and from, the, 200
Insect-S. Legends _re_, 281-289;
Buddhists believe that soul of a man or woman may enter minute
form of, 281;
Sanemori, a rice-devouring, 284;
the _shiwan_ described, 284, 285
Intelligences, The Eight, of Buddhism, 130
Ippai, Murata. Unwittingly destroys a number of lotus and commits
_hara-kiri_, 171
Isaburo. Kyuzaemon visits, concerning the mysterious appearance
of Oyasu, 153
Ise. Prince Yamato prays at shrine of, 51;
the Divine Mirror into which the Sun Goddess gazes reposes at, 191;
gigantic fan used in festival of, 243;
infant Emperor Antoku Tenno at shrine of, 300;
poem by, 384
Ishidomaro. Son of Kato Sayemon, 371-372
Ishiyama-dera. Place near Otsu, in Ōmi;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 203
Ishizukuri, Prince. One of Kaguya's five suitors, 66-72
Isora. The Spirit of the Seashore; takes Tide Jewels to Empress Jingo
as a gift from the Dragon King, 331
Issunboshi ("One-Inch Priest").
Otherwise Little Finger and Grain-of-Corn, 364-367;
marries youngest daughter of Prince Sanjo, 367
Itsukushima. Shrine on Island of Myajima, 227;
_torii_ called "The Footstool of the King" before, 227
Iuwao, Emperor.
Spirit of Death-Stone the consort of, in Great Cathay, 97
Iwama-Dera. Place in Omi;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 203
Iwazaru. The three mystic Apes which figure in Japanese legend
are Mizaru, Kikazaru, and, 272
Izanagi and Izanami ("Male-who-invites" and "Female-who-invites").
Two important deities, 21;
island of Onogoro-jima formed by spear of, 22;
though related as brother and sister, desire to become husband and
wife, 22;
their marriage, 22; marriage produces islands, seas, rivers, herbs,
and trees, 22;
desire to produce a Lord of the Universe, 22;
the wish fulfilled in birth of Ama-terasu, the Sun Goddess, 23;
send Ama-terasu up Ladder of Heaven, 23;
parents of Tsukiyumi, the Moon God, who is sent up Ladder of Heaven
to be consort of Ama-terasu, 23;
Susa-no-o ("The Impetuous Male"), son of, 23;
Kagu-tsuchi, the Fire God, born to, 23;
Izanami creeps into the Land of Yomi (Hades), 23;
Izanagi follows his wife into Land of Yomi (Hades), 23;
Izanami angry with Izanagi for putting her to shame, 24;
Izanagi escapes from the Underworld, 24;
pursuit by the Eight Ugly Females, 24;
he reaches the Even Pass of Yomi, 24;
is divorced from Izanami, 24;
builds himself a perpetual home in island of Ahaji, 25;
wagtails sacred to, 276
Izumi. Place from which Chinu came, 313
Izumo. Queer custom in, associated with Jizō, 105, 106;
assembly of Gods in October in temple at, 225;
the _Kappa_ referred to as _Kawako_ by people
of village of, 350

J

Japan. Equivalent, "Land of the Rising Sun," xi;
reference to her victory over Russia, xi;
evolution of, how wrought, xii;
first inhabitants of, xiii;
Ainu, Mongol, and Malay elements formed one nation by A.D. 500, xiii;
national characteristics of, xiii;
called Jih-pén by Chinese, xiv;
general equivalents, xiv;
Kama-Yamato-Iware-Biko first human Emperor of, 37;
Buddhism in, India and China borrowed from, in regard to religious
teaching, 80;
the Bronze Buddha of Kamakura one of the sights of, 82;
legends of fox in, 93;
Ancient Cavern in, in which image of Jizō is seen, 109;
art of, owed to Buddhism, 114;
Buddha's teaching gave art of gardening to, 114;
art, quickened by Chinese influence, 114;
happy in naming chrysanthemums, 163;
Ama-no-Hashidate, one of the "Three Great Sights" of, 204;
butterfly connected with folk-lore in, 216;
legend _re_ invasion by Mongols of, 250;
Thunder Animal of, 251;
tea-drinking in England and, contrasted, 290, 291;
orange first brought from the "Evergreen Land" to, 324;
cause of becoming a world-Power, 329;
her influence on Korea when Russia established a military outpost
at Wiju, 329;
Korea a colony of, 329;
Dragon of, 362
Japanese. Character not Western, xii;
patriotism, source of, xii;
art and religion influenced by Buddhism, xii;
influence of Shintōism on, xii;
theories regarding racial origin of people, xiii;
superstition regarding the _Kappa_ (river monster), xiv;
divinities and heroes, general reference to, xvi-xx;
art, described by Sir Alfred East, 112;
artists, work of, considered, 112;
art, the face in, 113;
artist, Seven Gods of Good Fortune favourite theme of, 115;
Festival of Tanabata, 126;
bells, general description of, 140;
woman, cherry and plum blossoms associated with beauty and
virtue of, 174;
mirrors, significance of, 190-198;
English dolls compared with, 214-216;
fan, significance of, 243;
origin of name _kanamé_, applied to fans, 244;
cat, how regarded, 264-268;
art, _sennin_ in, 357;
poetry, note on, 380-386
"Japanese Literature, A History of." Reference to, v
Jewel-s. Precious, 28;
the Tide-flowing and the Tide-ebbing, 36;
the Jewel-bearing Branch of Mount Horai, 69-70;
the Jewel in the Dragon's Head, 71-73;
the Flood-Tide and the Ebb-Tide, given by Dragon King
to Empress Jingo, 331;
the Jewel-tears of Samébito, 376-379
Jewel Maiden. The story of, 95-98
Jih-pén. Chinese equivalent for Japan, xiv
Jimmu Tennō. Variant, Kamu-Yamato-Iware-Biko;
first human Emperor of Japan, 37
Jimpachi. Kanshiro and, 287-289
Jingo, The Empress.
Professor J. H. Longford writes _re_, 329;
legend of first Japanese invasion of Korea by, 330-333;
birth of her son Ojin, 333;
old couple's prayer for a child offered to, 364
Jizō. The God of Children, 94, 104;
compared to Kwannon, Goddess of Mercy, 104;
the creation of Japanese mothers, 104;
little children play in the Sai-no-Kawara ("Dry Bed of the River of
Souls") with, 106;
hymn of, 107, 108;
Cave of the Children's Ghosts and, 109;
Fountain of, 110;
Soga Sadayoshi remembered by, 110, 111;
picture of, contrasted with pictorial representation of a Japanese
goblin, 114, 115
Jofuku. Attempts to wrest the secret of perpetual life from
Mount Fuji, 133;
Shikaiya Wasōbiōye meets, 375
Jōshi. Term applied to lovers' suicide--variants, "love-death,"
or "passion-death," 144
Jurōjin. One of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, 115

K

Kaibara. Treatise by, known as _Onna Daigaku_, 113
Kadzusa, Straits of.
Princess Ototachibana drowned in crossing, 56
Kadzutoyo. Story of the badger and, 260-262
Kagu-Tsuchi. The Fire God, child of Izanagi and Izanami, 23
Kaguya, Lady ("Precious-Slender-Bamboo-of-the-Field-of-Autumn").
Discovered and reared by Sanugi no Miyakko, 65;
Prince Ishizukuri, Prince Kuramochi, the Sadaijin Dainagon Abe
no Miushi, the Chiunagon Otomo no Miyuki, and Morotada, the Lord of
Iso, suitors of, 66-72;
her plan to test the five suitors, 67;
fame of, reaches the Mikado, who sends Fusago to, 73;
Moonland Capital the birthplace of, 75;
departs to Moonland, 79
Kamakura. The one-time capital of Nippon, 82;
seat of the Shōguns, 82;
the Bronze Buddha of, and the Whale, 82-86;
city of, laid out by General Yoritomo, 83;
the bell of Enkakuji the largest in, 140
Kamatari. A State Minister of Japan; father of Kohaku Jo, 86
Kami Daigo-dera. Place at Uji, in Yamashiro;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 203
Kaminari. Thunder Woman, 252
Kamishama. One of the Oki Islands, to which Oribe Shima is banished, 333
Kamo, Lady. The Soul of the Mirror (Yayoi) falls into possession of, 194
Kamo no Chōmei. A Buddhist recluse of twelfth century;
his book called _Hō-jō-ki_ shows him a great Nature-lover, 160
Kamo Yamakiko. A magician, consulted by Yosoji, 134
Kamu-Yamato-Iware-Biko. Descendant of Hoori;
present equivalent, Jimmu Tennō; first human Emperor of Japan, 37
Kanagawa. Urashima's tomb still shown in a temple in, 328
Kanasoka. A great artist; legend _re_ the painted horse of, 116
Kano Hogai. Embroidery depicting Kwannon as the Divine Mother by, 201
Kanshiro. The vengeance of, 287-289
Kansuke. Father of Matakichi, 340
Kantan's Pillow. Rosei rests upon, 121
Kappa, The. A river goblin; description of, 350;
people in village of Izumo refer to as _Kawako_ ("The Child
of the River"), 350;
the story of the promise of, 351
Karma. The power of, one of the great Buddhist doctrines, 143;
signifies the desire to be--in contrast to Nirvana, the desire
not to be, 144;
reference to, in the _Ratana Sutra_, 145;
Kiyo and the power of, 145-148;
power of, illustrated by story of Tsuyu, 228, 233
Kashima. Origin of _kanamé_, name applied to Japanese fans, and, 244
Katsuo-dera. Place in Settsu; one of the thirty-three places
sacred to Kwannon, 204
Katsushika, The Maiden of. Ballad of, 316, 317
Kawachi. River, near which is the temple known as Kawako-no-miya, 350
Kawachi-mura. Hamlet near Matsue, 350
Kawako ("The Child of the River"). _See_ Kappa, 350
Kawako-no-Miya. The temple of the _Kawako_, or _Kappa_, 350
Ken-cho-ji. Visit of Soga Sadayoshi to temple of, 110
Kenkō Hōshi. Another legend of Raiko and the Goblin by, 49-51
Kikazaru. The three mystic Apes which figure in Japanese legend
are Mizaru, Iwazaru, and, 272
Kiku ("Chrysanthemum"). Sawara weds, 124;
Sawara sends back to her parents, 125
Kikuo ("Chrysanthemum-Old-Man"). Retainer of Tsugaru;
story of, 165-167
Kimi. Story of her faithless behaviour toward Kurosuke, 181
Kimii-dera. Place near Wakayama, in Kishū;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 203
Kimitaka. The Goblin of Oye snatches away, 45
Ki-no-o-baké. A true spirit, 176
Kintaro. Otherwise the Golden Boy, 367-369;
named Sakata Kurando by Yorimitsu,368, 369
Kishiwada, The Lord of.
Sends Sonobé to great cryptomeria-tree on Oki-yama, 181, 182
Kitzuki. The Deity of (Oho-kuninushi), and the Bronze Horse, 275;
the Deity of, spends much time catching birds and fish, 277
Kiuchi Heizayemon. Adventures of, which illustrate the
_Tengu-kakushi_, 353-355
Kiyo. The fairest girl in the tea-house near the Dragon's
Claw hill, 145;
her love for a Buddhist priest and its fatal ending, 145-148
Kiyomizu-dera. Place at Kyōto;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 203
Kiyomori. Leader of the Taira clan, 41;
Tokiwa, widow of Yoshitomo, weds, 41
Kōbō Daishi ("Glory to the Great Teacher").
The most famous of Japanese Buddhist saints, 234;
Kūkai name when living; Kōbō Daishi a posthumous title, 234;
founded Buddhist sect called the Shin-gon-shū, 234;
named by Chinese Emperor as Gohitsu-Oshō ("The Priest who writes
with Five Brushes"), 236;
Monju Bosatsu, the Lord of Wisdom, and, 237;
paints the _ten_ by flinging his brush, 237;
work ridiculed by Kino Momoye and Onomo Toku, 237, 238;
his voyage to Japan, 238;
Inari, the God of Rice, and, 238, 239;
his death, 239;
temple at Kawasaki dedicated to, 239
Kobori-Enshiu. The great Japanese designer of gardens, 156
Kochō. Reference to the play called _The Flying Hairpin of Kochō_, 218
Kōdō. Place at Kyōto; one of the thirty-three places sacred
to Kwannon, 204
Kofukuji, Temple of, 87-89
Kohaku Jo. Daughter of Kamatari, 86;
Emperor of China hears of beauty of, 86;
Emperor of China wooes, 86;
sails for China, 87;
weds Emperor of China, 87, 88;
sends treasures to temple of Kofukuji, 89
Kojiki. "Records of Ancient Matters" completed A.D. 712,
what it deals with, &c., xv;
told in, that Izanagi presented mirrors to his children, 191
Kōjin, The God. Spirit of, resides in the _enoki_ tree;
the God to whom very old dolls are dedicated, 176, 177, 216
Kokawa-dera. Place in Kishū; one of the thirty-three places
sacred to Kwannon, 203
Komagawa Miyagi. A retainer of one of the _daimyōs_;
his love for Miyuki, 245-249
Kompira. Originally an Indian God, identified with Susa-no-o;
the shrine of, visited by Kiyo, 147
Ko-no-hana-saku-ya-hime. "The Princess who makes the Flowers of the
Trees to Blossom";
daughter of Oho-yama, 34;
weds Ninigi, 34;
mother of Hoderi and Hoori, 34;
_see_ Sengen, 132
Korea. Reference to legendary conquest of, 282;
Chosen, the Land of the Morning Calm, the old name for, 328;
troubled with armies of China and Japan, 328;
under glamour of Chinese civilisation, 329;
becomes a Japanese colony, 329;
legend of first invasion of, by Japan, 329-333;
King of, surrenders to Empress Jingo, 332
"Korean Towers." Lamps in Japanese gardens sometimes still known as, 157
Korinji. Kimi prayed for by priests of temple, 125
Koriyama, The Lord.
Idzumi, place where lived, 170;
he and his wife and child stricken down with a strange malady, 170;
restored by planting lotus about his castle, 170, 171
Kōshin. The God of Roads, 176
Koso. Emperor of China; wooes and weds Kohaku Jo, 86-88
Koyuri. Son of Yurine, 359
Kumaso. Brigand, slain by Yamato, 52
Kumé. One of the _sennin_, who falls from his chariot of cloud,
depicted in Japanese art, 357
Kuni-toko-tachi. A Japanese God; origin of, 21
Kuramochi, Prince. One of Kaguya's five suitors, 46-72
Kurando, Sakata. An officer of the Emperor's bodyguard, 367;
falls in love with Yaégiri, 367;
see Kintaro, 368
Kurosuke. Story how he was forsaken by Kimi, 181
Kushi-nada-hime ("Wondrous-Inada-Princess").
Daughter of Ashi-nadzuchi and Te-nadzuchi, 29;
wooed and wedded by Susa-no-o, 29, 30
Kwanjin. Chinese equivalent for Kwannon, 200
Kwannon. The Goddess of Mercy; two of Raiko's intending companions
visit shrine of, 45;
ex-Emperor Toba desires to build a temple to, 179;
resemblance to Jizō, 199;
sometimes depicted as Senjiu-Kwannon,
or Kwannon-of-the-Thousand-Hands, 199;
description of Jiu-ichi-men-Kwannon
(the Kwannon-of-the-Eleven-Faces), 199;
the tiara of, sometimes takes title of Batō-Kwannon
(Kwannon-with-the-Horse's-Head), 199;
Batō-Kwannon, the Goddess who protects dumb animals, 200;
Hito-Koto-Kwannon, the Kwannon who will only answer one prayer, 200;
the Gods of Love and Wisdom are frequently represented
in conjunction with, 200;
not inappropriately called the Japanese Madonna, 200;
known in Chinese myth as Kwanjin, 200;
is the spiritual son of Amitâlbha, in China, 200;
Chūjō Hime, a Buddhist nun, an incarnation of, 201;
as the Divine Mother, 201;
thirty-three shrines sacred to Kwannon, 201-204;
the Lady of Mercy, 202;
the Goddess of Mercy, 203;
copper image of, in temple of Ni-gwarsu-dō, 204;
sacrifice of, in form of a deer, on behalf of Saion Zenji, 204-206;
Princess Sanjo visits temple of, 365
Kwannonji. Place in Omi;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 204
Kyōto. Stories current in, regarding the Goblin of Oyeyama, 44;
Matsumura journeys to, 191;
thirty-three shrines sacred to Kwannon in, 201
Kyu-Kukedo-San. An Ancient Cavern in Japan associated with Jizō, 109
Kyuzaemon. The Lady of the Snow and, 152, 153

L

Ladder of Heaven.
Ama-terasu, the Sun Goddess, climbs the, 23;
Tsuki-yumi, the Moon God, also climbs the, 23
Lady of Mercy. Kwannon called the, 202
Land of Endless Plenty.
Shikaiya Wasōbiōye visits the, 375
"Land, The Evergreen."
Appears in the Japanese ballad "The Fisher Boy Urashima" as
the Dragon Palace, 324
Land of the Followers of the Antique.
Shikaiya Wasōbiōye visits the, 375
Land of Giants.
Shikaiya Wasōbiōye visits the, 375
Land of the Morning Calm. Chosen, the old name for Korea, 328
Land of Paradoxes.
Shikaiya Wasōbiōye visits the, 375
Land of Perfect Happiness.
The infant Emperor, Antoku Tenno, taken to, 300
Land of Shams.
Shikaiya Wasōbiōye visits the, 375
Laughter, God of. _See_ Hotei, 211-213
Legend-s. Butterfly, 216-219;
from _The Diary of a Convolvulus_, 244-249;
Thunder, 250-254;
of Magical Animals 255-275;
the _Kojiki_ ("The White Hare of Inaba"), 255-260;
the three mystic Apes figure in, 272;
birds in, 276-281;
of dragon-flies, 282;
of fire flies, 285-289;
of the tea-plant, 297-299;
of the Weird, 300-304;
of the sea, 323-341;
of Urashima, 323;
Japanese superstitions the source of, 342;
of the sea monster _Shōjō_, 359-360;
miscellaneous, 370-379
Lightning, The Goddess of, 251
Lights, Miraculous. Varieties in Japan, 357, 358
Liu-kiu Islands. Chinese equivalent for Japanese Luchu Islands, 324
Long-as-the-Rocks, Princess. Variant for Iha-naga, 34
Longford, Joseph H. Reference to _The Story of Korea_, by, 328, 329
Lotus, The Golden. Legend of, 80-82; the sacred flower of Buddhism, 169
"Lotus of the Law." Yōshō studies, 356
Love.
Maiden imposes test of, as a corpse-eater, 311, 312;
poems, _see_ Japanese Poetry, 380-386;
the Goddess of, 206
Luchu Islands. The Japanese pronunciation for the, 324;
Chinese equivalent, Liu-kiu, 324
Luck, Seven Divinities of.
Benten one of the, 206;
variants, the Goddess of the Sea, of Love, of Beauty,
of Eloquence, 206;
charms to represent, 348
Lucky Raincoat. Part of cargo of the Treasure Ship, 115
Luwuh. The first Chinese tea-master, 292;
his _Chaking_ ("The Holy Scripture of Tea"), 292;
sought after by Emperor Taisung, 293

M

Madonna, The Japanese. The Goddess of Mercy not inappropriately called, 200 "Maiden's Grave, The." Burial-place of the Maiden of Unai, 314 Maiden of Katsushika, The. The tale of, as translated by Professor B. H. Chamberlain, 316, 317 Maiden of Unai, The. And her lovers, 313-316; the grave of, 315, 316 Maiden with the Wooden Bowl. The strange story of, 317-322 Maki. Moor to which Tokutaro was challenged to go, 98 Maki Hiogo. Attempts to capture the Spirit of the Peony, 172, 173 Malay Elements. Their contribution to Japanese characteristics, xiii Mamikiko. Neighbour of Yurine; his unkindness to Koyuri, 360-362 "Master Singers of Japan," Miss Clara A. Walsh's reference to, v Mason, W. B. Reference to temple at Kawasaki sacred to Kōbō Daishi, in _Murray's Handbook for Japan_, by, 239 Matakichi. Son of Kansuke, 340 Matsu. Shingé's maid, 167 Matsue. I. Daughter of a fisherman at Takasago, 187; rescues Teoyo, their love, 188, 189. II. Bridge. Sacrifices associated with, 343, 344; Horiō Yoshiharu and, 343. III. The Bronze Deer of, 275 Matsumura. A Shintō priest in charge of shrine of Ogawachi-Myōjin, 191; journey to Kyōto to appeal to Shōgun, 191; his strange sight of a beautiful woman's face in a well, 192; the Poison Dragon and, 193; the Soul of the Mirror and, 193-196 Matsunoo-dera. Place in Wakasa; one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 204 Matsuyama, The Mirror of, 196-198 Mercy, Goddess of. Kwannon, the; compared to Jizō, 104 Michimasa. An eleventh-century official; _tanka_ by, quoted, 383; addressed _tanka_ to the Princess Masako, 383 Miidera. I. The Bell of, 141-143. II. Place near Otsu, in Omi; one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 203 Midzunoe. Village in province of Tango, in which Urashima lived, 324 Mimuroto-dera. Place at Uji, in Yamashiro; one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 203 Minamoto Clan. Reference to great sea-fight between Taira clan and, 300 Miné. Wife of Tomozō, 233 Minokichi. Loved by the Lady of the Snow, 150-151 Mio. Shore of, on which the Moon Lady's Robe of Feathers is found by Hairukoo, 128 Mionoseki. The God of, is the God of Mariners, 276; detests cocks and hens, 276 Mirrors. Significance of Japanese, 190-198; the Divine, into which Sun Goddess gazes, reposes at Ise, 191; the soul of the, 193; old bronze mirrors contributed to form a bell, 195; the mirror of Matsuyama, 196-198 Mitford, A. B. (Lord Redesdale). Reference to his _Tales of Old Japan_, 98, 161 Miushi. The Sadaijin Dainagon Abe no, one of Kaguya's five suitors, 66-70 Miwa Daimyōjin. Japanese God, in connection with whom the Laughing Festival originated, 225 Miyadzu, Princess. Prince Yamato meets and weds, 55 Miyuki. The Chiunagon Otomo no, one of Kaguya's five suitors, 66-70 Mizaru. The three mystic Apes in Japanese legend are Kikazaru, Iwazaru, and, 272 Mochida-no-ura. Peasant of village of, who flung his children into a river, 311 Momotaro ("Son of a Peach"). His romantic discovery, 58; his adventures in the North-Eastern Sea, 59-62 Momoye, Kino. Kōbō Daishi's work ridiculed by, 237-238 Mongol-s. Elements, their contribution to Japanese characteristics, xiii; legend _re_ invasion of Japan by, 250 Monju Bosatsu. The Lord of Wisdom; Kōbō Daishi and, 237 Moon. Belief of Japanese peasants _re_ the Hare in the, 162 Moonfolk. The Lady Kaguya and, 75-79 Moon God. Tsuki-yumi, son of Izanagi and Izanami, the, 23 Moon Lady, The. The fisherman finds Robe of Feathers of, 128, 129 Moonland. The capital of, the birthplace of Kaguya, 75; Lady Kaguya departs to, 79 Moon, Palace of the. The dance that makes, turn round, 128 Morning Calm, The Land of the. Otherwise Chosen, the old name for Korea, 328 Morris, William. Story of "The Robe of Feathers" resembles Norse legend --see _The Land East of the Sun and West of the Moon_, 127 Morokoshi, The Land of. Miushi required to fare to, 67 Morotada. The Lord of Iso; one of Kaguya's five suitors 66-70 Mosaku. His death by the Lady of the Snow, 150 Mother, The Ghost, 308 Mountain. I. Woman, 355. II. Man, 355 Mountain Spider. _See_ Goblin Spider Mountain, The Crackling. The story of the hare and badger on, 258-260 Mountain, The Spirit of the, 330 Mubara. One of the Maiden of Unai's lovers, 313-316 Mud, Sea of. Visited by Shikaiya Wasōbiōye, 375 Mugenyama. The priests of, require a bell, 194; one mirror used in making bell of, refuses to melt, 195 Murakumo-no-Tsurugi. A divine sword, discovered by Susa-no-o and given by him to the Gods of Heaven, 30; sword of, given to Yamato, 54 Mushimaro. A poet, who wrote _re_ the lovers of the Maiden of Unai, 313 Musō Kokushi. A priest; his gruesome experience with the corpse-eater, 305-308 Myokei. A celebrated painter under whom Sawara studies, 122 Mythology. The Dragon intimately associated with Japanese, 362; the Dragon in Chinese and Japanese, 363

N

Naizen-no-jo, The Lord. Father of the Princess Aya, 172, 173
Nakayama-dera. Place near Kōbe, in Settsu;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 204
"Namudaishi." A Japanese poem describing life of famous saint
Kōbō Daishi, 234
Nanao. Fishing village, destroyed by earthquake, 339;
experience of Kansuke and his son Matakichi while fishing near, 340, 341
Nan-endō. Place at Nara, in Yamato;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 203
Nareai-ji. Place in Tango;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 204
Nariai, Mount. Saion Zenji and Kwannon on, 204-206
Naruse Tsushimanokami. An official who considers the sword secured
by Sankichi a sacred treasure, 337
Nasu. Genno arrives at moor of, 95
Nasu no Yoichi. A fan, the mark of bow of, 243
National Anthem. English and Japanese compared, 384;
Japanese, based on an ancient song mentioned in the _Kokinshiu_, 384
Nature. Japanese love for, 160, 161;
Japanese poetry and, 380-386
Nether World. _See_ Yomi
New Year. Pine-tree and the Festival of the, 176;
Daikoku and origin of charm connected with, 212;
quaint observances at Festival of, 220, 221
Nichiren. 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 ordinary _mantra_, 241;
wrote "Book to Tranquillise the Country," 241
Ni-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 completed
A.D. 720, and deals with the myths, legends, &c., from early times
to A.D. 697, xv; male and female principles, reference to, in, 21
Niidono. Takes infant Emperor, Antoku Tenno, to the Pure Land of
Perfect Happiness, 300
Nikko. First Buddhist temple at, founded by Shōdō Shonin, 242;
notice to _Tengu_ and other demons prior to visit of Yedo
Shōgun to, 355
Nikōbō. A priest, famous for powers to exorcise evil spirits, 357, 358
Ninigi. 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, 34
Nippon. Kamakura at one time capital of, 82;
pictorial art given to, by Buddhism, 114;
the _No_, or lyrical drama of, 119;
bell-maker, skill of, 140;
fan of, 243;
tea-drinking in, associated with Buddhism, 293
Nipponese. Women, colour-prints depicting, do not reveal emotion, 113;
mirrors, significance of, 190
Nirvana. 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;
the _Takasago_ one
of the finest of the, 186
Noguchi, Yone. _See_ Yone Noguchi
Noto. Yōshō born at, 356

O

O-ana-mochi. A deity of Mount Fuji, 132 Oba Kage-chika. Yoritomo saved from power of, by two doves, 277-278 O Cho San. Dwells on Hatsushima Island, 337; Gisuke the brother of, 338; Shinsaku the favoured suitor of, 338; death of, 338; shrine raised to, 339 Ogawachi-myōjin. Shrine of, referred to, 191; Matsumura, the Shintō priest in charge of shrine of, 191 O-Hina-San. Tiny doll named, 215 Oho-Kuninushi. The Deity of Kitzuki; the Bronze Horse and, 275 Oho-yama. Variants, Great-Mountain-Possessor and Spirit of the Mountains; father of Ko-no-hane and Iha-naga, 34; presents his daughter to Ninigi, 34 Ojin. Son of Empress Jingo, 333; the Dragon King presents the Tide Jewels to, 333 Oka-dera. Place in Yamato; one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 203 Okakura Kakuzo. _The Book of Tea_ by, 290 Oki Islands. Oribe Shima banished to Kamishima, one of the, 333, 334 Oki-yama. Sonobé sent to great cryptomeria-tree on, 181, 182 Old Japan. Doll handed down from generation to generation in, 215 Omi, Province of. Yamato Take slays serpent in, 57 "Onna Daigaku" ("The Greater Learning for Women"). A treatise by Kaibara, 113 Onomo Toku. Kōbō Daishi's work ridiculed by, 238 Ono-no-Kimi. Appears before the Judgment Seat of Emma-Ō, the Judge of Souls, 140 Oribe 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, 336 Otohime, 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, 327 O-Toku-San. Girl doll of life-size class, 215 Ototachibana, Princess. Wife of Prince Yamato, 51, 52; drowned in crossing Straits of Kadzusa, 56 O Toyo. Favourite among ladies of the Prince of Hizen, 265; a cat in form of a woman causes grievous harm to Prince of Hizen, 265-269 Owari, Province of. Yamato Take passes through, 57 Oyama, General. A hero of Japan, xii Oyasu. Assumed name of the Lady of the Snow, by which she introduces herself to Kyuzaemon, 153 Oyeyama, The Goblin of, 44-48 Ozaki, Madame. Reference to story told by, regarding Koso and Kohaku Jo, 88

P

Palace, Dragon. "Evergreen Land" appears as, in ballad of
"The Fisher Boy Urashima," 324
Paradise, The Buddhist.
Tapestry wrought by Kwannon depicting, 201
Peony. The Spirit of the, 171;
the Princess Aya loves, in the form of a young and handsome
samurai, 172, 173
Perry, Professor. Japanese mirrors and, 190
Pierre Loti. Reference to his _Madame Chrysanthème_, xi
Piggott, Sir F. T. Cherry and plum blossoms, reference to, in
_The Garden of Japan_, by, 174
Plain of High Heaven. Susa-no-o visits his sister, Ama-terasu, in, 25-27
Poetry, Japanese. A note on, 380-386;
Mr. Noguchi's _The Pilgrimage_ and, 380;
the _Tanka_ and _Hokku_ described, 381;
reference to the _Hyaku-nin-isshiu_ ("Single Verses by a
Hundred People"), 382;
reference to a _tanka_ by Yasuhide Bunya, 382;
quotation from the "Flower Dance" of Bingo province, 383;
quotation from _tanka_ by the eleventh-century official
Michimasa, 383;
reference to Nature poems, 384;
English National Anthem compared with Japanese National Anthem, 384;
quotation from Nature poem by Isé, 384;
quotation from the _Hō-jō-ki_ by twelfth-century recluse,
Chōmei, 385;
touching _hokku_ quoted, written by Chiyo after the death of
her little son, 385;
_mono no aware wo shiru_ ("the Ah-ness of things"), a phrase
which describes most accurately the whole significance of, 386
Poison Dragon, The. His evil influence, 193
Polynesian Mythology. Rangi (Heaven) and Papa (Earth) correspond to
Japanese _In_ and _Yo_, 21
Pootoo. Kwanjin transported to Island of, 200
Poverty. Japanese superstitions and Bimbogami, the God of, 349;
insect, _Bimbomushi_ the Japanese name for, 349
Precious Things. _See_ Hotei, 213
"Priest, One-Inch." Otherwise Issunboshi; also nicknamed Little Finger
and Grain-of-Corn, 364
Purple Hall of the North Star. Emperor sick at, 38

Q

Quilt (_Futon_), The, of Tottori, 309-311

R

Raiden. The God of Thunder, 250;
often found in company with Fugin or Raitaro, 250;
his favour toward Japan, 250
Raijū. The Thunder Animal, 251
Raiko.
I. A doughty knight who seeks out and slays the Goblin of Oye, 45-48;
presented with a jar of magical _saké_ (Shimben-Kidoku-Shu)
intended by the Goblin King, 46;
gives _saké_ to 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, 103
Raitaro. Raiden, the Thunder God, often found in company with, 250;
Bimbo and, 252, 253
Rat. The hour of the, 76;
Daikoku's, 211, 212
"Ratana Sutra," The. Reference to Karma in, 145
Redesdale, Lord. See Mitford, 98
Rein. Opinion of, _re_ Japanese and Mongols, xiii
Rendai, Plain of, 49
Rice, God of. _See_ Inari
Rikiu. The greatest of tea-masters, 296;
the friend of Taiko-Hideyoshi, 296, 297
Rin-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, the
monkey, and, 272-275
Rip van Winkle. Visu the, of Old Japan, 136
Rising Sun. Spirit of Death-Stone
in form of the Jewel
Maiden at Court of, 98
River, Child of the. _See_ Kappa, 350, 351
Rivet Rock. _See_ Kashima, 244
Road-s. The pine-tree and the God of, 176;
reference to the God of, 346
Robe, The Feather. Brought to Kaguya by the Moonfolk, 78
Rock Island. Kansuke and Matakichi behold Spirit of the Great
Awabi on, 341
Rokkaku-dō. Place at Kyōto;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 204
Roko. Depicted, on a flying tortoise, as one of the _sennin_
in Japanese art, 357
Rokuhara-dera. Place at Kyōto;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 203
Rōsan. Chinese scholar, regaled with ghostly stories _re_
butterflies, 216
Rosei. His Magic Pillow of Dreams, 119-122
Ruiten. A priest who prays for
the Prince of Hizen, 266
Russia. Establishment of military outpost at Wiju leads to war
with Japan, 329
Ryōseki. High-priest of Shin-Banzui-In; Shinzaburō sent by Yusai to, 231

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