FOOTNOTES:
[ [9] Exchange in 1916; in 1921 the yen is worth 2s. 8d.
[ [10] The chapters in this section are based on notes of several visits paid to Aichi, which is in the middle of Japan, and agriculturally and socially one of the most interesting of the prefectures. It is three prefectures distant from Tokyo.
[ [11] Throughout this book an attempt has been made to preserve in translation something of the character of the Japanese phraseology.
[ [12] Cryptomeria japonica, or in Japanese, sugi, allied to the sequoia, yew and cypress.
[ [13] Miso, bean paste.