CONTENTS.
[CHAPTER I.]
MY BIRTHPLACE—MY GRANDFATHER—TENJINSAN.
[CHAPTER II.]
OLD-FASHIONED SCHOOL—MY SCHOOLMASTER—THE SCHOOL-HOUSE.
[CHAPTER III.]
THE KITCHEN—DINNER—FOOD.
[CHAPTER IV.]
GAMES—NEW SCHOOL—IMITATING THE WEST—MORE ABOUT MY SCHOOLMASTER—PUNISHMENTS AT SCHOOL.
[CHAPTER V.]
BATHS—EVENINGS AT HOME—JAPANESE DANCING AND MUSIC.
[CHAPTER VI.]
AMATEUR ACTORS AND REAL ACTORS AND ACTRESSES—JAPANESE THEATRE.
[CHAPTER VII.]
WRESTLING—STORY-TELLERS—PICNIC AND PICNIC GROUNDS—AN OLD CASTLE AND A TRADITION.
[CHAPTER VIII.]
ANGLING—A PIOUS OLD LADY AND HER ADVENTURES.
[CHAPTER IX.]
THE YAITO—A WITCH-WOMAN—AUNT OTSUNÉ, MISS CHRYSANTHEMUM AND MR. PROSPERITY.
[CHAPTER X.]
NEW-YEAR'S DAY—THE MOCHI-MAKING—OLD-TIME OBSERVANCES.
[CHAPTER XI.]
KITE-FLYING—HOW I MADE MY KITE—MY UNCLE AND HIS RIG KIT—OTHER NEW-YEAR GAMES—HOW WE END OUR NEW-YEAR HOLIDAYS.
[CHAPTER XII.]
OTHER JAPANESE HOLIDAYS—TANABATA AND INOKO, THE BOYS' DAYS—THE SHINTOISTIC AND BUDDHISTIC ABLUTION MASS.
[CHAPTER XIII.]
OUR PRIEST AND BOY-PRIEST—OUR DOG GEM—SHAKA'S BIRTHDAY.
[CHAPTER XIV.]
THE FESTIVALS OF LOCAL DEITIES—SCHOOL AGAIN, AND SOME ACCOUNT OF MY SCHOOL-FELLOWS—CONCLUSION.