LIST OF PLATES.

[TITLE.]

[FESTIVAL IN HONOUR OF THE BIRTH OF CHILDREN.]

[MERCHANTS' GREAT FESTIVAL.]

[OTINTA LAMA.]

[A FIRE-BRIGADE ON ITS WAY TO A FIRE.]

[A JAPANESE WEDDING.]

[A DAIMIO PAYING A STATE VISIT.]

[A DAIMIO AND FAMILY WITNESSING FIREWORKS.]

[A MINISTER OF THE MIKADO ON A RELIGIOUS EXPEDITION.]

[THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE IN FRONT OF THE MIKADO'S PALACE.]

[LADIES OF THE MIKADO'S COURT PERFORMING THE BUTTERFLY DANCE.]

[THE TYCOON'S MESSENGERS READING THE SENTENCE.]

[THE SACRIFICE.]

[A DAIMIO'S FUNERAL.]

[CREMATION OF THE BODY.]

[RELATIVES COLLECTING ASHES.]

[PUBLIC WRESTLING IN THE GREAT AMPHITHEATRE AT VEDDO.]

[INTERIOR OF A THEATRE.]

[MODE OF CONDUCTING A CRIMINAL TO EXECUTION.]

[LONINS, OR OUTLAWS, ROBBING A RICH MERCHANT'S HOUSE.]

[EXPOSURE FOR INFIDELITY.]

[SELLING INDULGENCES BY PUBLIC AUCTION.]

[PRAYING A SOUL OUT OF PURGATORY.]

[SUDANGEE, OR LAST OFFICES.]

[A BAKER'S SHOP.]

[A TEA-HOUSE MERRY-MAKING.]

[UYA, OR BATH-HOUSE.]

[A FLOWER SHOW.]

[BOOK COVER.]

FESTIVAL IN HONOUR OF THE BIRTH OF CHILDREN

MERCHANTS' GREAT FESTIVAL