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].