FOOTNOTES:
[ [25] Samurai or shizoku comprise about a twentieth of the population.
[ [26] Every Japanese signs by means of a stone or hard-wood seal which he keeps in a case and ordinarily carries with him.
[ [27] A shō is about a quart and a half.
[ [28] The raised recess in which is usually displayed the flower arrangement, a piece of pottery and a kakemono. (See Note, page 35.)
[ [29] Farcical interludes of the Nō stage.