FOOTNOTES:

[ [135] The three leading silk prefectures are in order: Nagano, Fukushima and Gumma.

[ [136] At this time of the year, when the rice plants are small, the water in the paddies is still conspicuous.

[ [137] An old Japan hand once counselled me that "the thing to find out in sociological enquiries is not people's religions but their superstitions."

[ [138] See [Appendix IV].