Myths & Legends of Japan

by F. Hadland Davis

A
ABE NO MIUSHI. The Sadaijin Dainagon;
one of Kaguya's five suitors, [66]-[71]
AINO, GODDESS OF FIRE. The name of Mount Fuji
probably derived from Fuchi, the, [131]
AINO-LAND. Professor B. H. Chamberlain writes re, [131]
AINU, or AINO. Probably first inhabitants of Japan, [xiii];
rising of, subdued by Prince Yamato, [54]-[56]
AJI-SHI-KI. Friend of Ame-waka;
forms mountain of Moyama, [31], [32]
AKAMAGESÉKI. Temple of Amidaji built at, [300]
AKASAKI. Tokoyo arrives at, in province of Hoki, [334]
AKO, THE LORD OF. Princess Aya marries the second son of, [173]
AMADERA TEMPLE. Hanagaki Baishū attends festival in, [207]
AMA-NO-HASHIDATE. A fir-clad promontory dividing Lake Iwataki
and Miyazu Bay, [204];
one of the "Three Great Sights" of Japan, [204];
Saion Zenji gazes on, [204]-[206]
AMA-NO-HO. Envoy sent out to prepare way of Ninigi, [31]
AMA-TERASU. Daughter of Izanagi and Izanami;
the Sun Goddess, [23];
ascends the Ladder of Heaven, [23];
persecuted by Susa-no-o, [27];
flees to a dark cave, [27];
tempted by, to Heaven, [27], [28];
Ninigi grandson of, [32];
her gifts to Ninigi, [32], [33];
Prince Yamato craves the blessing of, [51]
AME-WAKA. Envoy sent out to prepare way of Ninigi, [31];
weds Shita-teru-hime, [31]; punished by the Gods, [31], [32]
AMIDA BUTSU. Story of, and the whale, [82]
AMIDAJI. Temple of, built at Akamagaséki, [300]
AMITÂBHA. Kwanjin (Chinese Kwannon) the spiritual son of, [200]
ANDERSON, DR. WILLIAM. Legend from the Catalogue of Japanese
and Chinese Paintings in the British Museum, [49], footnote
ANIMALS. Legends referring to, [255]-[275]
ANŌJI. Place in Tamba; one of the thirty-three places sacred
to Kwannon, [204]
ANTOKO TENNO. See Tenno, [300]
ARNOLD, SIR EDWIN. Reference to his Seas and Lands, xi
ART, JAPANESE. Due to Buddhism, [114];
quickened by Chinese influence, [114];
extreme beauty and ugliness found in, [114];
woman in, [112]-[114];
the Treasure Ship in, [115]-[116];
the miraculous in, [116];
ghosts and goblins in, [118];
sennin in, [357]
ASAGAO. Legend from The Diary of a Convolvulus
regarding the love of, [244]-[249];
otherwise Miyuki, [245], [246];
her love for Komagawa Mi-yagi, [245]-[249]
ASAKA ("Slight Fragrance"). Friend of Asagao, [246]
ASHIGARA MOUNTAIN. Yaégiri goes to, and gives birth to Kintaro there, [367]
ASHI-NADZUCHI (Foot-stroke-elder). An earthly deity, husband
of Tenadzuchi, and father of Kushi-nada-hime, [29];
gives his daughter in marriage to Susa-no-o, [29], [30]
ASHINÓYA. Village in which Maiden of Unai dwelt, [313]-[315]
ASTON, DR. W. G. Reference to the torii, by, [226];
description in the Heike Monogatari of great sea-fight
between Taira and Minamoto clans translated by, [300]
ATSUMORI. Story regarding her use of the fan, [243]
AWABI, THE GREAT. A group of, [340], [341];
the Spirit of, appears to Kansuke, [341]
AYA, PRINCESS. The Spirit of the Peony and, [171]-[173];
love for the Spirit of the Peony in the form of a young
and handsome samurai, [172], [173];
Sadayo, maid of, [172]
AYAME, THE LADY. Married to Yorimasa, [39]
AYRTON, PROFESSOR. Japanese mirrors and, [190]
B
BADGER-S. Story of the hare and the, on the Crackling Mountain, [258]-[260];
description of, in legend, [260];
Kadzutoyo and the, [260], [262]
BAELZ, DR., of the Imperial University of Japan. Opinion of,
re the Japanese and Mongols, [xiii]; reference to, [94]
BAISHŪ, HANAGAKI. See Hanagaki Baishū, [207]-[209]
BAKIN. A famous Japanese novelist;
his Kumono Tayema Ama Yo No Tsuki and thunder legends, [250];
the In (female principle) and the Yo (male principle)
associated with thunder, remarks on by, [252]
BAKU. A supernatural creature known as the Eater of Dreams, [358], [359]
BATŌ-KWANNON. See Kwannon, [200]
BELL-S. Japanese, described, [140];
the largest in the Jodo temple of Chion, at Kyōto, [140];
the bell of Enkakuji the largest in Kamakura, [140];
the bell of Miidera, [141], [142]
BENKEI. One of the most lovable of Japanese heroes, [xvi];
compared with Little John, Will Scarlet, and Friar Tuck combined, [39];
conflicting traits in his character, [40];
became a Buddhist priest at age of seventeen, [40];
adventure with Tamamushi, [40];
breaks from priestcraft and becomes a lawless warrior, [41];
his doings at Mount Hiei, [42];
waylays knights crossing the Gojo Bridge of Kyōto, [42];
conquered by Yoshitsune, [42], [43];
assists Yoshitsune finally to drive out the Taira, [43], [44];
carries off the bell of Miidera, [142], [143];
reference to story of, [351], [352]
BENTEN. One of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, [115], [206];
variants, Goddess of the Sea, of Love, of Beauty,
and Eloquence, [115], [206];
resembles Kwannon, [206];
the Dragon and, [207];
famous Island of Enoshima and the coming of, [207];
temple of the "Birth Water" sacred to, [207];
Hanagaki Baishū and, [207]-[209]
BIBLIOGRAPHY. See [397]-[401]
BIMBO. Raitaro (the Child of Thunder) and, [252], [253]
BIMBOGAMI. The God of Poverty;
Japanese superstitions and, [349]
BIMBOMUSHI ("Poverty-Insect").
Superstition re, [349]
BIRD-S. LEGENDS OF, [276]-[280];
the hototogisu, a mysterious, [278];
the Tongue-cut Sparrow, [279];
killing of, contrary to teaching of the Lord Buddha, [280];
Saijosen and the Phoenix, [281];
called O-Goncho, [363];
birds beloved of Chōmei, [385]
BISHAMON. One of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, [115]
BIWA, LAKE. Hidesato's encounters with the Dragon King of, [62]-[64];
Visu sees lake bearing name of, [137];
Professor Chamberlain's opinion re, [137]
BANKO, ADMIRAL. Kohaku Jo sends treasures by, to temple of Kofukuji, [89]
BON ODORI. A dance at the Festival of the Dead, [181];
origin of, [223];
corresponds to the Indian sraddha, [224]
BOWL. The Begging-bowl of the Lord Buddha, see Buddha, [67]-[69];
the Maiden with the, on her head, [316]-[322]
"BOX OF THE JEWEL HAND." See Tamate-Bako, [327]
BREATH, GOD OF LONG. Yosoji visits shrine of, [134]
BRINKLEY, CAPTAIN. His reference in Japan and China to the
belief of Yedo Government officials in Tengu, [355]
BRONZE BUDDHA. See Buddha, [82]
BUDDHA FLOOD. Otherwise the Tide of the Returning Ghosts, [323]
BUDDHA, THE LORD. Begging-bowl of, [67];
the legend of the Golden Lotus and, [80]-[82];
the Bronze, of Kamakura, and the whale, [82]-[86];
the Crystal of, [86];
has compassion on spirit of the Death-Stone, [98];
the White Lotus the sacred flower of, [130];
the eight Intelligences of—Perception, Purpose, Speech, Conduct,
Living, Effort, Mindfulness, Contemplation, [130];
cat and serpent only creatures that did not weep at death of, [264];
copies of footprint of, as charms, [348]; lamp of, [357]
BUDDHISM. Its contribution to Japanese religion and art, [xii];
success in Japan, secured not by sweeping out Gods of Shintō
but in clever adaptations from India and China, [80];
Japan owed art to, [114]; pictorial art given to Nippon by, [114];
the power of Karma one of the great doctrines of, [143];
the lotus the sacred flower of, [169];
the torii adopted by, [226];
Nichiren attempts to restore to original purity, [240], [241]
BUDDHIST. Shingon-shū, a sect founded by Kōbō Daishi, [234];
Nichiren sect founded by Nichiren, [240];
first temple at Nikko, Shōdō Shonin founder of, [242];
saint, Dengyō Daishi, introduced tea into Japan, [293]
BUDDHIST DIVINITIES. Jizō the most lovable of, [104];
jealousy of, toward Daikoku, [211], [212]
BUTTERFLY-IES. Connected with folk-lore, [216];
legends re, borrowed by Japanese from China, [217];
Japanese poets and "butterfly names," [217];
romantic game of, [217];
Emperor Gensō and, [217];
of good and evil omen, [217];
suggestion of Lafcadio Hearn re, [217];
references in Japanese drama re, [218];
legend of the White, [218]-[219];
significance in Old Japan, [381], [382]
C
CARP. Legend of the Dragon, [221];
flag shaped like a, [221];
symbolism of the, [221];
Bakin's reference to, [252]
CATHAY, GREAT. Spirit of Death-Stone took form of Hōji in, [97]
CAT-S. The Japanese, not popular, [264];
the serpent and the, did not weep when the Lord Buddha died, [264];
story of the vampire, [265]-[268];
Shippeitarō and the phantom, [269], [270]
CELESTIAL RIVER. Hikoboshi and
Tanabata separated at the, [126], [127]
CHAMBERLAIN, PROFESSOR BASIL HALL. Reference to his works,
Things Japanese, Kojiki (translation of), Handbook for
Japan, and Japanese Poetry, [v];
legend of the Death-Stone translated by, [95];
reference to his translation of Ha-Goromo, [127];
his reference to Mount Fuji, [131];
designs on Chinese banners described by, [162];
Japanese mirrors described by, [190];
reference to the torii by, [226];
reference to temple at Kawasaki sacred to Kōbō Daishi, in
Murray's Handbook for Japan, by, [239];
reference to samisen, the favourite instrument of the
singing-girls, by, [247];
reference to cats in Things Japanese, [264];
reference to Japanese dogs, [268];
on tea ceremonies, [293];
his translation of the ballad of "The Maiden of Katsushika," [316], [317];
the legend of Urashima and, [324];
his explanation re the Japanese equivalent for Dragon Palace, [324];
his reference to Urashima's tomb, [328];
reference to Japanese charms, [348];
description of the Tengu by, [352];
story of Shikaiya Wasōbiōye adapted from his translation in the
Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, [374]
CHARMS. See Superstitions, [348]
CHIKUBU-SHIMA. Island in Lake Biwa, in Ōmi, one of the thirty-three
places sacred to Kwannon, [204]
CHILDREN. Jizō the God of the, [104]-[111];
the Cave of the Ghosts of the, [109];
superstitions relating to, [347], [348]
CHINA. Emperor Koso wooes and weds Kohaku Jo, daughter
of Kamatari, [86]-[88];
butterfly connected with folk-lore in, [216];
Thunder God in, [250]; thunder animal in, [251];
tea-drinking in, [291], [292];
Dragon of, [362]
CHINU. Of Izumi, one of the Maiden of Unai's lovers, [313]-[316]
CHINESE. Japan called Jih-pén by,[ xiv];
banners, described, [162];
myth, Kwannon known as Kwanjin in, [200]
CHIYO. A beautiful woman slain by Shokuro, [254];
restored to life by Raiden, [254];
Shokuro makes peace with, [254];
a poetess of the same name makes pathetic reference to
a dragon-fly, [282];
a touching hokku by, [385]
CHIYODŌ. Child of Heitaro and Higo (Willow), [180]
CHOKORO. Depicted releasing his magic horse from a gigantic gourd, [357]
CHŌMEI. Twelfth-century Buddhist recluse; reference to
his Hō-jō-ki, [160], [385]
CHŌMEIJI. Place in Ōmi; one of the thirty-three places sacred
to Kwannon, [204]
CHOSEN. Otherwise the Land of the Morning Calm, the old name
for Korea, [328]
CHOW DYNASTY. Kwanjin originally the daughter of the King of the, [200]
CHRONICLES OF JAPAN ("Ni-hongi"). Reference to, [xv]
CHRYSANTHEMUM. The Japanese flag and the, [161]-[163];
Japan's national flower, the, [162];
poetical naming of the, [163];
Lady White and Lady Yellow, story of, [163]-[165];
Kikuo ("Chrysanthemum-Old-Man"), retainer of Tsugaru, story of, [165]-[167]
CHŪJŌ HIME. A Buddhist nun, the greatest early Japanese artist
of embroidery, an incarnation of Kwannon, [201];
retires to temple of Toema-dera, [201]
CONDER, JOSIAH. Tells of custom connected with pine-trees at
wedding feasts, [159]
CONFUCIUS. Added fresh material to the Yih-King
("Book of Changes"), [344]
CONTENTMENT, THE GOD OF. See Hotei, [211]-[213]
CORPSE-EATER. See Musō Kokushi, [305]-[308];
maiden who tested the love of her suitors as a, [311], [312]
CRYSTAL, THE, of Buddha, [89]-[91]
D
DAIBUTSU, THE. See Buddha (the Bronze), [82]
DAIKOKU. One of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, [115];
associated with Ebisu (his son) and Hotei, the God of Laughter, [211];
his wonderful Mallet, [211];
a Rat the second attribute of, [211];
old legend regarding jealousy of Buddhist Gods toward, [211], [212];
the sixfold representation of, [212];
usually pictured with his son, Ebisu, [212]
DAI-MOKENREN. A great disciple of Buddha; sees soul of his mother
in the Gakidō, [223]
DAIMYŌ. Lady White reaches palace of, [164], [165]
DAN-DOKU, MOUNT. The Lord Buddha's meditations upon, [80]
DAN-NO-URA. The Taira clan finally driven into the sea by Benkei
and Yoshitsune, [43], [44];
Hōïchi receives stranger, who wishes to view scene of the
battle of, [301]-[304]
DARUMA. Son of a Hindu king, [297];
tempted like St. Anthony, [297];
Indian sage whose image was associated with the ritualistic
drinking of tea by the Zen sect in Japan, [297]-[299];
reference to, will be found in Some Chinese Ghosts and
A Japanese Miscellany, by Lafcadio Hearn, [297], [299]
DAVIS, F. HADLAND. Reference to Land of the Yellow Spring
(page [113]), by, [93], [149]
DEAD, LORD OF THE. Emma-Ō, the, [110], [201]
DEATH-SPIDER. Japanese Bimbomushi ("Poverty-Insect")
equivalent to our, [349]
DEATH-STONE. Warning remarks of spirit of the, to the Buddhist
priest Genno, [95];
legend of, related, [95]-[98]
DEMONIACAL POSSESSION. Attributed to evil influence of foxes, [94]
DENGYŌ DAISHI. Buddhist saint who first introduced tea into Japan, [293]
DESTINY. Jizō at foot of, [109]
DIVINATION, CLASSICAL. Associated with Japanese superstition, [344];
Yih-King ("Book of Changes") main source of the art, [344];
various forms of, [344]-[346]
DOG. In Japan, looked on as a friendly animal, [268]
DOLL-S. Comparison of English and Japanese, [214]-[216];
last resting-place, [216];
dedicated to Kōjin when dead, [177], [216];
the Feast of, otherwise the Girls' Festival, [216]
DRAGON. Intimately associated with Japanese mythology, [362];
of Japan, and of China, [362];
one of the signs of the Zodiac, [363];
in old Chinese conception of earth, four seas ruled over by four
Dragon Kings, the Celestial, the Spiritual, the Earth, and the
Dragon of the Hidden Treasure, [363];
a bird called O-Goucho, transformation into a white, [363]
DRAGON-FLIES. Mention of, in Japanese poetry, [282];
Chiyo and her pathetic reference to, [282]
DRAGON KING (of the Sea).
Steals Crystal of Buddha, [90];
Urashima at the palace of, [325]-[328];
Otohime the daughter of [325];
sends Tide Jewels to Empress Jingo by Isora, [331];
presents Tide Jewels to Ojin, [333];
Mamikiko meets a Shojō who lives near palace of, [361]
DRAGON KINGDOM. Samébito and, [376]-[379]
DRAGON PALACE. The Evergreen Land appears in the ballad
"The Fisher Boy Urashima" as, [324];
Professor Chamberlain's explanation re the equivalent
in Japanese, [324];
Samébito and the, [378]
DREAMS, EATER OF. The Baku known as the, [358], [359]
DU CANE, MISS FLORENCE. Her descriptions concerning Japanese
rocks and stones, [157]
E
EARTH AND HEAVEN. Elements which comprised, [21]
EAST, SIR ALFRED. Japanese art described by, [112]
EBB-TIDE JEWEL. See Jewels, [331], &c.
EBISU. One of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, [115];
son of Daikoku, [211];
the God of Labour, [211];
usually pictured with his father, Daikoku, [212]
EGYPTIAN. Cosmogony stories, reference to, [21];
conception of the future life, [117]
EIGHT-ARMS-LENGTH-SPEAR. Given to Yamato, [54]
EIGHTY MYRIAD GODS. Make entertainment to tempt the
Sun Goddess (Ama-terasu) back to Heaven, [28]
EISAI. A Buddhist priest who wrote a pamphlet entitled
The Salutary Influence of Tea-drinking, [294];
effort to convert Minamoto-no-Sanetomo from wine-cup, [294]
ELIXIR OF LIFE. Brought by Moonfolk to Lady Kaguya, [78];
Rosei drinks of, [121];
Mount Fuji the abode of the, [132]
EMMA-Ō. The Lord and Judge of the dead, [110];
Jizō pleads with, on behalf of Soga Sadayoshi, [111];
Festival of the Dead and, [117];

Ono-no-Kimi appears before, [140];
Tokudō Shōnin conducted into the presence of, [201];
Shiro sent by, to conquer the God of Wealth, [211], [212];
Festival of the Dead and, [222], [323]
EMMEI OF DOGEN-JI. Becomes a sennin, [356]
ENGLAND. Tea-drinking in Japan and, [290], [291]
ENKAKUJI. The great bell of, [140], [141]
ENOSHIMA. A famous island, associated with the coming of Benten, [207]
ETERNAL LAND. The God "Thought-combining" brings birds from, [27]
ETERNITY. Its meaning to the famous artist, Hokusai, [117]
EVERGREEN LAND. See Dragon Palace, [324];
orange first brought from, to Japan, [324]
F
FAN, JAPANESE. Significance of, [243]; use of, [243];
use at festival of Sun Goddess in Ise, [243];
symbolism of, described by Mrs. C. M. Salwey, [244];
legend, "The Love of Asagao," from The Diary of a
Convolvulus, [244]-[249]
FESTIVAL-S. Of the Dead, [117], [161], [181];
of Tanabata, [126];
New Year, [176], [220];
the Girls', [216]; the Dolls', [216];
the Boys', [221];
the Laughing, of Wasa, [225];
of the Minige, and Oho-kuninushi the Bronze Horse, at, [275]
FESTIVAL OF TANABATA. Alternative, the Weaving Lady;
most romantic of Japanese festivals, [126]
FESTIVAL OF THE DEAD. Afforded a joyous exit from the world
of Emma-Ō, [117];
the greatest argument for Japan's love of Nature found in the, [161];
Bon Odori, a dance at the, [181];
customs and rites connected with the, [222]-[224];
the Tide of the Returning Ghosts and, [323];
poet souls and the, [386]
FIELD-PATHS, DEITY OF. Accosted by Uzume, [33]
FIELDS, THE SPIRIT OF THE, [330]
FIRE APPARITIONS. Varieties in Japan, [357], [358]
FIREFLIES. Stories re, [285]-[289]; the Minamoto and the Taira
believed to be the ghosts of the Minamoto and Taira clans, [285], [286]
FIRE GOD. Kagu-tsuchi, child of Izanagi and Izanami, the, [23]
FIRMAMENT, GOD OF THE. Tanabata daughter of, [126]
FLAG, JAPANESE. The chrysanthemum and, [161]-[163]
FLOATING BRIDGE OF HEAVEN. Uzume and her companions rest on the, [33]
FLOOD-TIDE JEWEL. See Jewels, [331], &c.
FLOWERS. The love of, its growth and symbolism among Japanese, [154]-[156];
legends of, [163]-[173]
FOOTSTOOL OF THE KING. Torii before the Itsukushima shrine
on Island of Myajima; alternatives, "The Gateway of Light" and
"The Water Gate of the Sacred Island," [227]
FOX GOD. See Inari
FOX LEGENDS. "The Death-Stone" one of the most remarkable, [95]
FUDARAKU-JI. Place at Nachi, in Kishū; one of the thirty-three
places sacred to Kwannon, [203]
FUDO.
I. God. Identified with Dainichi, the God of Wisdom;
Kiyo visits shrine of, [147];
temple on Oki-Yama dedicated to, [180];
the one-eyed priest at temple of, [180]-[182].
II. Cape. Known as the Cape of the Woman's Sword, [337]
FUGIN. Raiden, the Thunder God, often found in company with, [250]
FUJI (Fuji-yama—i.e., Never Dying). Name given to highest
mountain in Suruga, [79] (see Suruga);
seems to be typically Japanese, [130];
the mountain of the Lotus and the Fan, [130];
a place of pilgrimage for hundreds of years, [131];
its peak described by Lafcadio Hearn as "the Supreme Altar
of the Sun," [131];
an extinct volcano, [131];
name derived from Huchi, or Fuchi, the Aino Goddess of Fire, [131];
the deities of, [132];
the abode of the Elixir of Life, [132];
Jofuku at, [133]; Sentaro visits, [133];
the Goddess of, [134], [138];
Visu's adventures near, [136]-[139];
Yurine lived near, [359]
FUJII-DERA. Place in Kawachi; one of the thirty-three places
sacred to Kwannon, [203]
FUKUROKUJU. One of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, [115]
FUSAGO. Sent by the Mikado to Kaguya, [73]
FUTON (Quilt), The, of Tottori, [309]-[311]
G
GAMA. With his wizard toad, depicted as a sennin in Japanese art, [357]
GARDEN-S. English and Japanese contrasted, [154];
general description of Japanese, [156];
Kobori-Enshiū, the great Japanese designer of, [156];
the torii, or arch, a characteristic of Japanese, [157]
GARDEN OF SKULLS. Idea of, borrowed by Hiroshige from
Heike Monogatari, [119]
GENEALOGY. Table showing the Age of the Gods, [393]-[396]
GENNO. A Buddhist priest; warning of the Spirit of the Death-stone to, [95];
story of the Jewel Maiden related to, [95]-[98]
GENSUKE. Victim at building of bridge over river at Matsue, [344]
GESSHŌJI TEMPLE, THE. The gigantic tortoise of, [275]
GHOST-S. Of the Circle of Penance, fed in connection with the
Festival of the Dead, [223];
the ghost mother, [308];
the Tide of the Returning, and the Festival of the Dead, [323]
GILBERT AND SULLIVAN. Reference to their The Mikado, [xi]
GISUKE. Brother of O Cho San, [338];
favours suit of Shinsaku, [338];
builds shrine to O Cho San, [339]
GOBLIN KING. Shutendoji, the; his doings on Mount Oye, [44]-[48]
GOBLINS. Ghosts and, [118]
GOD OF ROADS, THE. The pine-tree and, [176];
love-test by invoking the, [346]
GOD OF THE SEA. Hoori visits palace of, [35];
father of Toyo-Tama ("Rich-jewel"), [36];
presents Hoori with the Jewels of the Flowing Tide and the
Ebbing Tide, [36]
GODS AND GODDESSES. A general summary of, [387]-[391]
GO-FUKAKUSA, EMPEROR. Saimyoji Tokiyori a celebrated
Regent during reign of, [182]
GOHITSU-OSHŌ. Name given to Kōbō Daishi by Chinese emperor, [236]
GOJO BRIDGE OF KYŌTO. Benkei's lawless doings towards knights
happening to cross the, [42]
GOLDEN LOTUS. LEGEND OF, [80]-[82]
GONGEN. Two of Raiko's knights visit shrine of, [45]
GO-TOBA. The silent pine and the Emperor, [177]
GRASS, THE SPIRIT OF, [330]
GRASS-CLEAVING-SWORD. Given to Yamato, [54];
the origin of its name, [55]
GREAT-MOUNTAIN-POSSESSOR.
Identical with Oho-yama, the Spirit of the Mountains, [34]
GREEY, EDWARD. The legend of the Golden Lotus, version of, by, [80]
GULLIVER. Shikaiya Wasōbiōye of Nagasaki a Japanese, [374]-[376]
H
HACHIMAN. The God of War;
two of Raiko's intending companions visit the temple of, [45];
temple of, still remains, [82];
Yoritomo erects shrines to, [278];
infant Emperor, Antoku Tenno, at shrine of, [300]
HADES (see Yomi), [23]; messages from, [357]
HANAGAKI BAISHŪ. A young poet; and Benten-of-the-Birth-Water, [207]-[210]
HAPPINESS, LAND OF PERFECT. See Land, [300]
HARA-KIRI, OR SEPPUKU. Term applied to suicide among the
samurai class, [161]
HARE. LEGENDS re, [255]-[260];
Taoist legends and the, [255];
story of hare and badger on the Crackling Mountain, [258]-[260]
HASE-DERA. Place in Yamato; one of the thirty-three places
sacred to Kwannon, [203]
HAT OF INVISIBILITY. Part of cargo of the Treasure Ship, [115]
HATSUSHIMA ISLAND. Celebrated for its jonquils, [337];
Cho dwells on, [337]
HAZOKU, PRINCE. Pays homage to demon in Ind, [97]
HEARN, LAFCADIO. Reference to,
as an authority on Japanese subjects, v;
works referred to, vi;
subject of fox in Japan described by, [94];
Jizō, the God of the Children, and, [105];
reference to the Cave of the Children's Ghosts and Jizō, [109];
describes peak of Mount Fuji as "the Supreme Altar of the Sun," [131];
his narrative illustrating the power of Karma, [143];
his story of a Japanese nun with a love for things
in miniature, [158], [159];
describes the Lotus of Paradise, [169];
Japanese dolls described by, [214];
the suggestion of, re butterflies, [217];
the Bon-odori, reference to, by, [224];
story of Japanese semi (tree-cricket) in Kottō, [281];
reference to Yuki-Daruma in A Japanese Miscellany by, [299];
legends of the Weird adapted from stories by, in Kwaidan
and Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan, [300]
HEAVEN. LADDER OF, [23];
High Plain of, [25];
River of, [27];
Hikoboshi's ox wanders over High Plain of, [126]
HEAVEN AND EARTH. Elements which comprised, [21]
HEITARO. A farmer who married Willow Wife, [178]-[180]
HELL. Kwannon's concern for who pass into, told by Emma-Ō
to Tokudō Shōnin, [202]
HI. River in province of Idzumo; Susa-no-o arrives at, [29]
HIDAKA. A river, on the bank of which Kiyo lived, [145]
HIDARI JINGORŌ. The famous sculptor; legend of, reminds
us of story of Pygmalion, [116];
falls in love with a beautiful woman, [190]
HIDESATO. Variants: Tawara Toda, "My Lord Bag of Rice";
his encounter with the Dragon King of Lake Biwa, [62]-[64]
HIEI, MOUNT. Yoshitsune hears of priest Benkei as living at, [42]
HIGO ("Willow"). Wife of Heitaro, 1[77]-[180]
HIKOBOSHI. Husband of Tanabata, [126]
HINAKO-NAI-SHINNŌ. The miraculous chestnut and the Princess, [177]
HINOKAWA. River in which Yamato swims with Idzumo Takeru, [53]
HIROSHIGE. Idea for one of his pictures borrowed from the
Heike Monogatari, [119]
HITO-KOTO-KWANNON. See Kwannon, [200]
HIZEN, PRINCE OF.
Story of his love for a cat in form of a woman named O Toyo, [265]-[268];
the priest Ruiten prays for, [266];
Ito Soda discovers cause of illness of, [266]-[269]
HODERI ("Fire-shine"). Son of Ninigi and Ko-no-Hana, [34];
quarrels with his brother Hoori, [35];
reconciled to his brother, [37]
HŌÏCHI-THE-EARLESS. A blind priest who lived at the Amidaji temple, [301];
his recitals in connection with the war between the Taira and Minamoto
clans, [301];
unknowingly visits tomb of Antoku Tenno, [304];
how he gained his name, [305]
HŌJI. Spirit of Death-Stone takes form of, in Great Cathay, [97]
HŌJŌ. Kamakura, the seat of Regents of family, [82]
"HŌ-JŌ-KI." F. Victor Dickins's translation of, v, [160], [385]
HŌJŌ TAKATOKI. A great ruler, whom Oribe Shima offends, [333]
HŌJŌ TOKIYORI. Nichiren exiled to Ito by, [241]
HOKKEJI. Place in Harima;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, [204]
"HOKKU." See Japanese Poetry, [380]-[386]
HOKUSAI. A famous artist;
and his "Hundred Views of Fuji," [117];
Eternity, and its meaning to, [117]
HOLY ONE, THE. Alternative title for the Lord Buddha, [80]
HOORI ("Fire-fade"). Son of Ninigi and Ko-no-Hana, [34];
grandfather of the first Mikado of Japan, [34];
conveyed to the Palace of the Sea God by Shiko-tsutsu no Oji
("Salt-sea-elder"), [35];
weds Toyo-tama ("Rich-jewel"), daughter of the Sea God, [36];
presented with jewels of the Flowing Tide and Ebbing Tide, [36];
departs from Sea God's Palace, [37]
HORAI. MOUNTAIN;
Kuramochi required to fare to, [67];
the Jewel-bearing Branch of, [69], [70]
HORIŌ YOSHIHARU. Daimyō of Izumo; builds bridge over river
at Matsue, [343]
HORSE. The Deity of Kitzuki (Oho-kuninushi) and the Bronze, [275]
HOTEI. One of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, [115];
the God of Laughter and Contentment, [211];
known as the Waggon Priest, &c., [213]
HUCHI. See Fuji and Aino Goddess of Fire, [131]
HUNT, ROYAL. The Mikado orders, [74];
the Mikado surprises Kaguya by means of, [74]
"HYAKU-NIN-ISSHIU" ("Single Verses by a Hundred People").
Written before the time of the Norman Conquest; see
Japanese Poetry, [382]
I
ICHIJO, EMPEROR.
Stories current in Kyōto regarding the Goblin of Oyeyama during
reign of, [44];
Raiko despatched by, to seek out and slay the Goblin, [45]
IHA-NAGA. Variant, Princess Long-as-the-Rocks; daughter of Oho-yama, [34]
IIJIMA. Father of Tsuyu ("Morning Dew"), [228]
IMA-GUMANO. Place at Kyōto, in Yamashiro;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, [203]
IMPETUOUS MALE. See Susa-no-o, [23], [352]
"IN" and "YO." Male and female principles, not yet divided, [21];
correspond to the Chinese Yang and Yin, [21];
associated with thunder, according to Bakin, [252]
INABA. Legend of the White Hare of, [256]-[260]
INARI. Originally the God of Rice, and later (eleventh century)
associated with the Fox God, [93], [238];
answers a woman's prayer, [101];
appears to Kōbō Daishi, [238], [239]
INCREASE, THE MONTH OF. Yayoi, the, [193]
IND. Place where demon received homage of Hazoku, [97]
INDIAN SRADDHA. Corresponds to Japanese Festival of the Dead, [223], [224]
INEXHAUSTIBLE PURSE. Part of the cargo of the Treasure Ship, [115], [116]
INFERNAL REGIONS. Kwanjin sent to, and from, the, [200]
INSECT-S. Legends re, [281]-[289];
Buddhists believe that soul of a man or woman may enter minute
form of, [281];
Sanemori, a rice-devouring, [284];
the shiwan described, [284], [285]
INTELLIGENCES, THE EIGHT, OF BUDDHISM, [130]
IPPAI, MURATA. Unwittingly destroys a number of lotus and commits
hara-kiri, [171]
ISABURO. Kyuzaemon visits, concerning the mysterious appearance
of Oyasu, [153]
ISE. Prince Yamato prays at shrine of, [51];
the Divine Mirror into which the Sun Goddess gazes reposes at, [191];
gigantic fan used in festival of, [243];
infant Emperor Antoku Tenno at shrine of, [300];
poem by, [384]
ISHIDOMARO. Son of Kato Sayemon, [371]-[372]
ISHIYAMA-DERA. Place near Otsu, in Ōmi;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, [203]
ISHIZUKURI, PRINCE. One of Kaguya's five suitors, [66]-[72]
ISORA. The Spirit of the Seashore; takes Tide Jewels to Empress Jingo
as a gift from the Dragon King, [331]
ISSUNBOSHI ("One-Inch Priest").
Otherwise Little Finger and Grain-of-Corn, [364]-[367];
marries youngest daughter of Prince Sanjo, [367]
ITSUKUSHIMA. Shrine on Island of Myajima, [227];
torii called "The Footstool of the King" before, [227]
IUWAO, EMPEROR.
Spirit of Death-Stone the consort of, in Great Cathay, [97]
IWAMA-DERA. Place in Omi;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, [203]
IWAZARU. The three mystic Apes which figure in Japanese legend
are Mizaru, Kikazaru, and, [272]
IZANAGI AND IZANAMI ("Male-who-invites" and "Female-who-invites").
Two important deities, [21];
island of Onogoro-jima formed by spear of, [22];
though related as brother and sister, desire to become husband and
wife, [22];
their marriage, [22]; marriage produces islands, seas, rivers, herbs,
and trees, [22];
desire to produce a Lord of the Universe, [22];
the wish fulfilled in birth of Ama-terasu, the Sun Goddess, [23];
send Ama-terasu up Ladder of Heaven, [23];
parents of Tsukiyumi, the Moon God, who is sent up Ladder of Heaven
to be consort of Ama-terasu, [23];
Susa-no-o ("The Impetuous Male"), son of, [23];
Kagu-tsuchi, the Fire God, born to, [23];
Izanami creeps into the Land of Yomi (Hades), [23];
Izanagi follows his wife into Land of Yomi (Hades), [23];
Izanami angry with Izanagi for putting her to shame, [24];
Izanagi escapes from the Underworld, [24];
pursuit by the Eight Ugly Females, [24];
he reaches the Even Pass of Yomi, [24];
is divorced from Izanami, [24];
builds himself a perpetual home in island of Ahaji, [25];
wagtails sacred to, [276]
IZUMI. Place from which Chinu came, [313]
IZUMO. Queer custom in, associated with Jizō, [105], [106];
assembly of Gods in October in temple at, [225];
the Kappa referred to as Kawako by people
of village of, [350]
J
JAPAN. Equivalent, "Land of the Rising Sun," [xi];
reference to her victory over Russia, [xi];
evolution of, how wrought, [xii];
first inhabitants of, [xiii];
Ainu, Mongol, and Malay elements formed one nation by A.D. 500, [xiii];
national characteristics of, [xiii];
called Jih-pén by Chinese, [xiv];
general equivalents, [xiv];
Kama-Yamato-Iware-Biko first human Emperor of, [37];
Buddhism in, India and China borrowed from, in regard to religious
teaching, [80];
the Bronze Buddha of Kamakura one of the sights of, [82];
legends of fox in, [93];
Ancient Cavern in, in which image of Jizō is seen, [109];
art of, owed to Buddhism, [114];
Buddha's teaching gave art of gardening to, [114];
art, quickened by Chinese influence, [114];
happy in naming chrysanthemums, [163];
Ama-no-Hashidate, one of the "Three Great Sights" of, [204];
butterfly connected with folk-lore in, [216];
legend re invasion by Mongols of, [250];
Thunder Animal of, [251];
tea-drinking in England and, contrasted, [290], [291];
orange first brought from the "Evergreen Land" to, [324];
cause of becoming a world-Power, [329];
her influence on Korea when Russia established a military outpost
at Wiju, [329];
Korea a colony of, [329];
Dragon of, [362]
JAPANESE. Character not Western, [xii];
patriotism, source of, [xii];
art and religion influenced by Buddhism, [xii];
influence of Shintōism on, [xii];
theories regarding racial origin of people, [xiii];
superstition regarding the Kappa (river monster), [xiv];
divinities and heroes, general reference to, [xvi]-[xx];
art, described by Sir Alfred East, [112];
artists, work of, considered, [112];

art, the face in, [113];
artist, Seven Gods of Good Fortune favourite theme of, [115];
Festival of Tanabata, [126];
bells, general description of, [140];
woman, cherry and plum blossoms associated with beauty and
virtue of, [174];
mirrors, significance of, [190]-[198];
English dolls compared with, [214]-[216];
fan, significance of, [243];
origin of name kanamé, applied to fans, [244];
cat, how regarded, [264]-[268];
art, sennin in, [357];
poetry, note on, [380]-[386]
JAPANESE LITERATURE, A HISTORY OF." Reference to, [v]
JEWEL-S. Precious, [28];
the Tide-flowing and the Tide-ebbing, [36];
the Jewel-bearing Branch of Mount Horai, [69]-[70];
the Jewel in the Dragon's Head, [71]-[73];
the Flood-Tide and the Ebb-Tide, given by Dragon King
to Empress Jingo, [331];
the Jewel-tears of Samébito, [376]-[379]
JEWEL MAIDEN. THE STORY OF, [95]-[98]
JIH-PÉN. Chinese equivalent for Japan, [xiv]
JIMMU TENNŌ. Variant, Kamu-Yamato-Iware-Biko;
first human Emperor of Japan, [37]
JIMPACHI. Kanshiro and, [287]-[289]
JINGO, THE EMPRESS.
Professor J. H. Longford writes re, [329];
legend of first Japanese invasion of Korea by, [330]-[333];
birth of her son Ojin, [333];
old couple's prayer for a child offered to, [364]
JIZŌ. The God of Children, [94], [104];
compared to Kwannon, Goddess of Mercy, [104];
the creation of Japanese mothers, [104];
little children play in the Sai-no-Kawara ("Dry Bed of the River of
Souls") with, [106];
hymn of, [107], [108];
Cave of the Children's Ghosts and, [109];
Fountain of, [110];
Soga Sadayoshi remembered by, [110], [111];
picture of, contrasted with pictorial representation of a Japanese
goblin, [114], [115]
JOFUKU. Attempts to wrest the secret of perpetual life from
Mount Fuji, [133];
Shikaiya Wasōbiōye meets, [375]
JŌSHI. Term applied to lovers' suicide—variants, "love-death,"
or "passion-death," [144]
JURŌJIN. One of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, [115]
K
KAIBARA. Treatise by, known as Onna Daigaku, [113]
KADZUSA, STRAITS OF.
Princess Ototachibana drowned in crossing, [56]
KADZUTOYO. Story of the badger and, [260]-[262]
KAGU-TSUCHI. The Fire God, child of Izanagi and Izanami, [23]
KAGUYA, LADY ("Precious-Slender-Bamboo-of-the-Field-of-Autumn").
Discovered and reared by Sanugi no Miyakko, [65];
Prince Ishizukuri, Prince Kuramochi, the Sadaijin Dainagon Abe
no Miushi, the Chiunagon Otomo no Miyuki, and Morotada, the Lord of
Iso, suitors of, [66]-[72];
her plan to test the five suitors, [67];
fame of, reaches the Mikado, who sends Fusago to, [73];
Moonland Capital the birthplace of, [75];
departs to Moonland, [79]
KAMAKURA. The one-time capital of Nippon, [82];
seat of the Shōguns, [82];
the Bronze Buddha of, and the Whale, [82]-[86];
city of, laid out by General Yoritomo, [83];
the bell of Enkakuji the largest in, [140]
KAMATARI. A State Minister of Japan; father of Kohaku Jo, [86]
KAMI DAIGO-DERA. Place at Uji, in Yamashiro;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, [203]
KAMINARI. Thunder Woman, [252]
KAMISHAMA. One of the Oki Islands, to which Oribe Shima is banished, [333]
KAMO, LADY. The Soul of the Mirror (Yayoi) falls into possession of, [194]
KAMO NO CHŌMEI. A Buddhist recluse of twelfth century;
his book called Hō-jō-ki shows him a great Nature-lover, [160]
KAMO YAMAKIKO. A magician, consulted by Yosoji, [134]
KAMU-YAMATO-IWARE-BIKO. Descendant of Hoori;
present equivalent, Jimmu Tennō; first human Emperor of Japan, [37]
KANAGAWA. Urashima's tomb still shown in a temple in, [328]
KANASOKA. A great artist; legend re the painted horse of, [116]
KANO HOGAI. Embroidery depicting Kwannon as the Divine Mother by, [201]
KANSHIRO. The vengeance of, [287]-[289]
KANSUKE. Father of Matakichi, [340]
KANTAN'S PILLOW. Rosei rests upon, [121]
KAPPA, THE. A river goblin; description of, [350];
people in village of Izumo refer to as Kawako ("The Child
of the River"), [350];
the story of the promise of, [351]
KARMA. The power of, one of the great Buddhist doctrines, [143];
signifies the desire to be—in contrast to Nirvana, the desire
not to be, [144];
reference to, in the Ratana Sutra, [145];
Kiyo and the power of, [145]-[148];
power of, illustrated by story of Tsuyu, [228], [233]
KASHIMA. Origin of kanamé, name applied to Japanese fans, and, [244]
KATSUO-DERA. Place in Settsu; one of the thirty-three places
sacred to Kwannon, [204]
KATSUSHIKA, THE MAIDEN OF. Ballad of, [316], [317]
KAWACHI. River, near which is the temple known as Kawako-no-miya, [350]
KAWACHI-MURA. Hamlet near Matsue, [350]
KAWAKO ("The Child of the River"). See Kappa, [350]
KAWAKO-NO-MIYA. The temple of the Kawako, or Kappa, [350]
KEN-CHO-JI. Visit of Soga Sadayoshi to temple of, [110]
KENKŌ HŌSHI. Another legend of Raiko and the Goblin by, [49]-[51]
KIKAZARU. The three mystic Apes which figure in Japanese legend
are Mizaru, Iwazaru, and, [272]
KIKU ("Chrysanthemum"). Sawara weds, [124];
Sawara sends back to her parents, [125]
KIKUO ("Chrysanthemum-Old-Man"). Retainer of Tsugaru;
story of, [165]-[167]
KIMI. Story of her faithless behaviour toward Kurosuke, [181]
KIMII-DERA. Place near Wakayama, in Kishū;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, [203]
KIMITAKA. The Goblin of Oye snatches away, [45]
KI-NO-O-BAKÉ. A true spirit, [176]
KINTARO. Otherwise the Golden Boy, [367]-[369];
named Sakata Kurando by Yorimitsu, [368], [369]
KISHIWADA, THE LORD OF.
Sends Sonobé to great cryptomeria-tree on Oki-yama, [181], [182]
KITZUKI. The Deity of (Oho-kuninushi), and the Bronze Horse, [275];
the Deity of, spends much time catching birds and fish, [277]
KIUCHI HEIZAYEMON. Adventures of, which illustrate the
Tengu-kakushi, [353]-[355]
KIYO. The fairest girl in the tea-house near the Dragon's
Claw hill, [145];
her love for a Buddhist priest and its fatal ending, [145]-[148]
KIYOMIZU-DERA. Place at Kyōto;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, [203]
KIYOMORI. Leader of the Taira clan, [41];
Tokiwa, widow of Yoshitomo, weds, [41]
KŌBŌ DAISHI ("Glory to the Great Teacher").
The most famous of Japanese Buddhist saints, [234];
Kūkai name when living; Kōbō Daishi a posthumous title, [234];
founded Buddhist sect called the Shin-gon-shū, [234];
named by Chinese Emperor as Gohitsu-Oshō ("The Priest who writes
with Five Brushes"), [236];
Monju Bosatsu, the Lord of Wisdom, and, [237];
paints the ten by flinging his brush, [237];
work ridiculed by Kino Momoye and Onomo Toku, [237], [238];
his voyage to Japan, [238];
Inari, the God of Rice, and, [238], [239];
his death, [239];
temple at Kawasaki dedicated to, [239]
KOBORI-ENSHIU. The great Japanese designer of gardens, [156]
KOCHŌ. Reference to the play called The Flying Hairpin of Kochō, [218]
KŌDŌ. Place at Kyōto; one of the thirty-three places sacred
to Kwannon, [204]
KOFUKUJI, TEMPLE OF, [87]-[89]
KOHAKU JO. Daughter of Kamatari, [86];
Emperor of China hears of beauty of, [86];
Emperor of China wooes, [86];
sails for China, [87];
weds Emperor of China, [87], [88];
sends treasures to temple of Kofukuji, [89]
KOJIKI. "Records of Ancient Matters" completed A.D. 712,
what it deals with, &c., xv;
told in, that Izanagi presented mirrors to his children, [191]
KŌJIN, THE GOD. Spirit of, resides in the enoki tree;
the God to whom very old dolls are dedicated, [176], [177], [216]
KOKAWA-DERA. Place in Kishū; one of the thirty-three places
sacred to Kwannon, [203]
KOMAGAWA MIYAGI. A retainer of one of the daimyōs;
his love for Miyuki, [245]-[249]
KOMPIRA. Originally an Indian God, identified with Susa-no-o;
the shrine of, visited by Kiyo, [147]
KO-NO-HANA-SAKU-YA-HIME. "The Princess who makes the Flowers of the
Trees to Blossom";
daughter of Oho-yama, [34];
weds Ninigi, [34];
mother of Hoderi and Hoori, [34];
see Sengen, [132]
KOREA. Reference to legendary conquest of, [282];
Chosen, the Land of the Morning Calm, the old name for, [328];
troubled with armies of China and Japan, [328];
under glamour of Chinese civilisation, [329];
becomes a Japanese colony, [329];
legend of first invasion of, by Japan, [329]-[333];
King of, surrenders to Empress Jingo, [332]
"KOREAN TOWERS." Lamps in Japanese gardens sometimes still known as, [157]
KORINJI. Kimi prayed for by priests of temple, [125]
KORIYAMA, THE LORD.
Idzumi, place where lived, [170];
he and his wife and child stricken down with a strange malady, [170];
restored by planting lotus about his castle, [170], [171]
KŌSHIN. The God of Roads, [176]
KOSO. Emperor of China; wooes and weds Kohaku Jo, [86]-[88]
KOYURI. Son of Yurine, [359]
KUMASO. Brigand, slain by Yamato, [52]
KUMÉ. One of the sennin, who falls from his chariot of cloud,
depicted in Japanese art, [357]
KUNI-TOKO-TACHI. A Japanese God; origin of, [21]
KURAMOCHI, PRINCE. One of Kaguya's five suitors, [46]-[72]
KURANDO, SAKATA. An officer of the Emperor's bodyguard, [367];
falls in love with Yaégiri, [367];
see Kintaro, [368]
KUROSUKE. Story how he was forsaken by Kimi, [181]
KUSHI-NADA-HIME ("Wondrous-Inada-Princess").
Daughter of Ashi-nadzuchi and Te-nadzuchi, [29];
wooed and wedded by Susa-no-o, [29], [30]
KWANJIN. Chinese equivalent for Kwannon, [200]
KWANNON. The Goddess of Mercy; two of Raiko's intending companions
visit shrine of, [45];
ex-Emperor Toba desires to build a temple to, [179];
resemblance to Jizō, [199];
sometimes depicted as Senjiu-Kwannon,
or Kwannon-of-the-Thousand-Hands, [199];
description of Jiu-ichi-men-Kwannon
(the Kwannon-of-the-Eleven-Faces), [199];
the tiara of, sometimes takes title of Batō-Kwannon
(Kwannon-with-the-Horse's-Head), [199];
Batō-Kwannon, the Goddess who protects dumb animals, [200];
Hito-Koto-Kwannon, the Kwannon who will only answer one prayer, [200];
the Gods of Love and Wisdom are frequently represented
in conjunction with, [200];
not inappropriately called the Japanese Madonna, [200];
known in Chinese myth as Kwanjin, [200];
is the spiritual son of Amitâlbha, in China, [200];
Chūjō Hime, a Buddhist nun, an incarnation of, [201];
as the Divine Mother, [201];
thirty-three shrines sacred to Kwannon, [201]-[204];
the Lady of Mercy, [202];
the Goddess of Mercy, [203];
copper image of, in temple of Ni-gwarsu-dō, [204];
sacrifice of, in form of a deer, on behalf of Saion Zenji, [204]-[206];
Princess Sanjo visits temple of, [365]
KWANNONJI. Place in Omi;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, [204]
KYŌTO. Stories current in, regarding the Goblin of Oyeyama, [44];
Matsumura journeys to, [191];
thirty-three shrines sacred to Kwannon in, [201]
KYU-KUKEDO-SAN. An Ancient Cavern in Japan associated with Jizō, [109]
KYUZAEMON. The Lady of the Snow and, [152], [153]
L
LADDER OF HEAVEN.
Ama-terasu, the Sun Goddess, climbs the, [23];
Tsuki-yumi, the Moon God, also climbs the, [23]
LADY OF MERCY. Kwannon called the, [202]
LAND OF ENDLESS PLENTY.
Shikaiya Wasōbiōye visits the, [375]
"LAND, THE EVERGREEN."
Appears in the Japanese ballad "The Fisher Boy Urashima" as
the Dragon Palace, [324]
LAND OF THE FOLLOWERS OF THE ANTIQUE.
Shikaiya Wasōbiōye visits the, [375]
LAND OF GIANTS.
Shikaiya Wasōbiōye visits the, [375]
LAND OF THE MORNING CALM. Chosen, the old name for Korea, [328]
LAND OF PARADOXES.
Shikaiya Wasōbiōye visits the, [375]
LAND OF PERFECT HAPPINESS.
The infant Emperor, Antoku Tenno, taken to, [300]
LAND OF SHAMS.
Shikaiya Wasōbiōye visits the, [375]
LAUGHTER, GOD OF. See Hotei, [211]-[213]
LEGEND-S. Butterfly, [216]-[219];
from The Diary of a Convolvulus, [244]-[249];
Thunder, [250]-[254];
of Magical Animals [255]-[275];
the Kojiki ("The White Hare of Inaba"), [255]-[260];
the three mystic Apes figure in, [272];
birds in, [276]-[281];
of dragon-flies, [282];
of fire flies, [285]-[289];
of the tea-plant, [297]-[299];
of the Weird, [300]-[304];
of the sea, [323]-[341];
of Urashima, [323];
Japanese superstitions the source of, [342];
of the sea monster Shōjō, [359]-[360];
miscellaneous, [370]-[379]
LIGHTNING, THE GODDESS OF, [251]
LIGHTS, MIRACULOUS. Varieties in Japan, [357], [358]
LIU-KIU ISLANDS. Chinese equivalent for Japanese Luchu Islands, [324]
LONG-AS-THE-ROCKS, PRINCESS. Variant for Iha-naga, [34]
LONGFORD, JOSEPH H. Reference to The Story of Korea, by, [328], [329]
LOTUS, THE GOLDEN. Legend of, [80]-[82]; the sacred flower of Buddhism, [169]
"Lotus of the Law." Yōshō studies, [356]
LOVE.
Maiden imposes test of, as a corpse-eater, [311], [312];
poems, see Japanese Poetry, [380]-[386];
the Goddess of, [206]
LUCHU ISLANDS. The Japanese pronunciation for the, [324];
Chinese equivalent, Liu-kiu, [324]
LUCK, SEVEN DIVINITIES OF.
Benten one of the, [206];
variants, the Goddess of the Sea, of Love, of Beauty,
of Eloquence, [206];
charms to represent, [348]
LUCKY RAINCOAT. Part of cargo of the Treasure Ship, [115]
LUWUH. The first Chinese tea-master, [292];
his Chaking ("The Holy Scripture of Tea"), [292];
sought after by Emperor Taisung, [293]
M
MADONNA, THE JAPANESE.
The Goddess of Mercy not inappropriately called, [200]
"MAIDEN'S GRAVE, THE." Burial-place of the Maiden of Unai, [314]
MAIDEN OF KATSUSHIKA, THE.
The tale of, as translated by Professor B. H. Chamberlain, [316], [317]
MAIDEN OF UNAI, THE.
And her lovers, [313]-[316];
the grave of, [315], [316]
MAIDEN WITH THE WOODEN BOWL. The strange story of, [317]-[322]
MAKI. Moor to which Tokutaro was challenged to go, [98]
MAKI HIOGO. Attempts to capture the Spirit of the Peony, [172], [173]
MALAY ELEMENTS. Their contribution to Japanese characteristics, [xiii]
MAMIKIKO. Neighbour of Yurine; his unkindness to Koyuri, [360]-[362]
"MASTER SINGERS OF JAPAN," Miss Clara A. Walsh's reference to, v
MASON, W. B.
Reference to temple at Kawasaki sacred to Kōbō Daishi, in Murray's
Handbook for Japan, by, [239]
MATAKICHI. Son of Kansuke, [340]
MATSU. Shingé's maid, [167]
MATSUE.
I. Daughter of a fisherman at Takasago, [187];
rescues Teoyo, their love, [188], [189].
II. Bridge. Sacrifices associated with, [343], [344];
Horiō Yoshiharu and, [343].
III. The Bronze Deer of, [275]
MATSUMURA. A Shintō priest in charge of shrine of Ogawachi-Myōjin, [191];
journey to Kyōto to appeal to Shōgun, [191];
his strange sight of a beautiful woman's face in a well, [192];
the Poison Dragon and, [193];
the Soul of the Mirror and, [193]-[196]
MATSUNOO-DERA. Place in Wakasa;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, [204]
MATSUYAMA, THE MIRROR OF, [196]-[198]
MERCY, GODDESS OF. Kwannon, the; compared to Jizō, [104]
MICHIMASA. An eleventh-century official; tanka by, quoted, [383];
addressed tanka to the Princess Masako, [383]
MIIDERA.
I. The Bell of, [141]-[143].
II. Place near Otsu, in Omi; one of the thirty-three places
sacred to Kwannon, [203]
MIDZUNOE. Village in province of Tango, in which Urashima lived, [324]
MIMUROTO-DERA. Place at Uji, in Yamashiro;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, [203]
MINAMOTO CLAN. Reference to great sea-fight between Taira clan and, [300]
MINÉ. Wife of Tomozō, [233]
Minokichi. Loved by the Lady of the Snow, [150]-[151]
MIO. Shore of, on which the Moon Lady's Robe of Feathers is found
by Hairukoo, [128]
MIONOSEKI. The God of, is the God of Mariners, [276];
detests cocks and hens, [276]
MIRRORS. SIGNIFICANCE OF JAPANESE, [190]-[198];
the Divine, into which Sun Goddess gazes, reposes at Ise, [191];
the soul of the, [193];
old bronze mirrors contributed to form a bell, [195];
the mirror of Matsuyama, [196]-[198]
MITFORD, A. B. (Lord Redesdale).
Reference to his Tales of Old Japan, [98], [161]
MIUSHI. The Sadaijin Dainagon Abe no, one of Kaguya's five suitors, [66]-[70]
MIWA DAIMYŌJIN. Japanese God, in connection with whom the Laughing

Festival originated, [225]
MIYADZU, PRINCESS. Prince Yamato meets and weds, [55]
MIYUKI. The Chiunagon Otomo no, one of Kaguya's five suitors, [66]-[70]
MIZARU.
The three mystic Apes in Japanese legend are Kikazaru, Iwazaru,
and, [272]
MOCHIDA-NO-URA. Peasant of village of, who flung his children
into a river, [311]
MOMOTARO ("Son of a Peach").
His romantic discovery, [58];
his adventures in the North-Eastern Sea, [59]-[62]
MOMOYE, KINO. Kōbō Daishi's work ridiculed by, [237]-[238]
MONGOL-S. Elements, their contribution to Japanese characteristics, [xiii];
legend re invasion of Japan by, [250]
MONJU BOSATSU. The Lord of Wisdom; Kōbō Daishi and, [237]
MOON. Belief of Japanese peasants re the Hare in the, [162]
MOONFOLK. The Lady Kaguya and, [75]-[79]
MOON GOD. Tsuki-yumi, son of Izanagi and Izanami, the, [23]
MOON LADY, THE. The fisherman finds Robe of Feathers of, [128], [129]
MOONLAND. The capital of,
the birthplace of Kaguya, [75];
Lady Kaguya departs to, [79]
MOON, PALACE OF THE. The dance that makes, turn round, [128]
MORNING CALM, THE LAND OF THE. Otherwise Chosen, the old
name for Korea, [328]
MORRIS, WILLIAM. Story of "The Robe of Feathers" resembles Norse legend
—see The Land East of the Sun and West of the Moon, [127]
MOROKOSHI, THE LAND OF.
Miushi required to fare to, [67]
MOROTADA. The Lord of Iso;
one of Kaguya's five suitors [66]-[70]
MOSAKU. His death by the Lady of the Snow, [150]
MOTHER, THE GHOST, [308]
MOUNTAIN.
I. Woman, [355].
II. Man, [355]
MOUNTAIN SPIDER. See Goblin Spider
MOUNTAIN, THE CRACKLING. The story of the hare and badger on, [258]-[260]
MOUNTAIN, THE SPIRIT OF THE, [330]
MUBARA. One of the Maiden of Unai's lovers, [313]-[316]
MUD, SEA OF. Visited by Shikaiya Wasōbiōye, [375]
MUGENYAMA. The priests of,
require a bell, [194];
one mirror used in making bell of, refuses to melt, [195]
MURAKUMO-NO-TSURUGI. A divine sword, discovered by Susa-no-o and given
by him to the Gods of Heaven, [30];
sword of, given to Yamato, [54]
MUSHIMARO. A poet, who wrote re the lovers of the Maiden of
Unai, [313]
MUSŌ KOKUSHI. A priest;
his gruesome experience with the corpse-eater, [305]-[308]
MYOKEI. A celebrated painter under whom Sawara studies, [122]
MYTHOLOGY.
The Dragon intimately associated with Japanese, [362];
the Dragon in Chinese and Japanese, [363]
N
NAIZEN-NO-JO, THE LORD. Father of the Princess Aya, [172], [173]
NAKAYAMA-DERA. Place near Kōbe, in Settsu;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, [204]
"NAMUDAISHI." A Japanese poem describing life of famous saint
Kōbō Daishi, [234]
NANAO. Fishing village, destroyed by earthquake, [339];
experience of Kansuke and his son Matakichi while fishing near, [340], [341]
NAN-ENDŌ. Place at Nara, in Yamato;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, [203]
NAREAI-JI. Place in Tango;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, [204]
NARIAI, MOUNT. Saion Zenji and Kwannon on, [204]-[206]
NARUSE TSUSHIMANOKAMI. An official who considers the sword secured
by Sankichi a sacred treasure, [337]
NASU. Genno arrives at moor of, [95]
NASU NO YOICHI. A fan, the mark of bow of, [243]
NATIONAL ANTHEM. English and Japanese compared, [384];
Japanese, based on an ancient song mentioned in the Kokinshiu, [384]
NATURE. Japanese love for, [160], [161];
Japanese poetry and, [380]-[386]
NETHER WORLD. See Yomi
NEW YEAR. Pine-tree and the Festival of the, [176];
Daikoku and origin of charm connected with, [212];
quaint observances at Festival of, [220], [221]
NICHIREN. The founder of the Buddhist sect of that name, [240];
name of, means Sun Lotus, [240];
his efforts to restore Buddhism to its old purity, [240], [241];
exiled to Ito for thirty years by Hōjō Tokiyori, [241];
his escape from execution, [241];
again exiled, and dwells on Mount Minobu, [241];
attempts to replace the ordinary mantra, [241];
wrote "Book to Tranquillise the Country," [241]
NI-GWARSU-DŌ ("Hall of the Second Moon").
The Buddhist temple of, [204];
small copper image of Kwannon in temple of, [204]
"NIHONGI" ("Chronicles of Japan"). Written in Chinese and completed
A.D. 720, and deals with the myths, legends, &c., from early times
to A.D. 697, [xv]; male and female principles, reference to, in, [21]
NIIDONO. Takes infant Emperor, Antoku Tenno, to the Pure Land of
Perfect Happiness, [300]
NIKKO. First Buddhist temple at, founded by Shōdō Shonin, [242];
notice to Tengu and other demons prior to visit of Yedo
Shōgun to, [355]
NIKŌBŌ. A priest, famous for powers to exorcise evil spirits, [357], [358]
NINIGI. Grandchild of Taka-mi-musubi;
sent to govern Central Land of Reed-Plains, [30];
presented with gifts by Ama-terasu, [32];
gives Uzume as wife to the Deity of the Field-Paths, [33];
meets and weds Ko-no-hana, [34];
Hoderi ("Fire-shine") and Hoori ("Fire-fade"), sons of, [34]
NIPPON. Kamakura at one time capital of, [82];
pictorial art given to, by Buddhism, [114];
the No, or lyrical drama of, [119];
bell-maker, skill of, [140];
fan of, [243];
tea-drinking in, associated with Buddhism, [293]
NIPPONESE. Women, colour-prints depicting, do not reveal emotion, [113];
mirrors, significance of, [190]
NIRVANA. Genno prays that the Jewel Maiden might attain, [97];
desire for not-being finally attained in, [109];
signification contrasted with Karma, [144]
"NO." The lyrical drama of Nippon, [119];
the Takasago one
of the finest of the, [186]
NOGUCHI, YONE. See Yone Noguchi
NOTO. Yōshō born at, [356]
O
O-ANA-MOCHi. A deity of Mount Fuji, [132]
OBA KAGE-CHIKA. Yoritomo saved from power of, by two doves, [277]-[278]
O CHO SAN. Dwells on Hatsushima Island, [337];
Gisuke the brother of, [338];
Shinsaku the favoured suitor of, [338];
death of, [338]; shrine raised to, [339]
OGAWACHI-MYŌJIN. Shrine of,
referred to, [191];
Matsumura, the Shintō priest in charge of shrine of, [191]
O-HINA-SAN. Tiny doll named, [215]
OHO-KUNINUSHI. The Deity of Kitzuki; the Bronze Horse and, [275]
OHO-YAMA. Variants, Great-Mountain-Possessor and Spirit of the
Mountains; father of Ko-no-hane and Iha-naga, [34];
presents his daughter to Ninigi, [34]
OJIN. Son of Empress Jingo, [333];
the Dragon King presents the Tide Jewels to, [333]
OKA-DERA. Place in Yamato;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, [203]
OKAKURA KAKUZO. The Book of Tea by, [290]
OKI ISLANDS. Oribe Shima banished to Kamishima, one of the, [333], [334]
OKI-YAMA. Sonobé sent to great cryptomeria-tree on, [181], [182]
OLD JAPAN. Doll handed down from generation to generation in, [215]
OMI, PROVINCE OF. Yamato Take slays serpent in, [57]
"ONNA DAIGAKU" ("The Greater Learning for Women"). A treatise
by Kaibara, [113]
ONOMO TOKU. Kōbō Daishi's work ridiculed by, [238]
ONO-NO-KIMI. Appears before the Judgment Seat of Emma-Ō, the Judge
of Souls, [140]
ORIBE SHIMA.
Offends Hojo Takatoki and is banished to Kamishima, [333], [334];
his grief at leaving his daughter, Tokoyo, [334];
sought after by Tokoyo, [334]-[336];
set at liberty by Hojo Takatoki, [336]
OTOHIME, THE PRINCESS,
daughter of the Dragon (Sea) King, [325];
becomes the bride of Urashima, [325];
bestows gift of the "Box of the Jewel Hand" (Tamate-Bako)
on Urashima, [327]
O-TOKU-SAN. Girl doll of life-size class, [215]
OTOTACHIBANA, PRINCESS. Wife of Prince Yamato, [51], [52];
drowned in crossing Straits of Kadzusa, [56]
O TOYO. Favourite among ladies of the Prince of Hizen, [265];
a cat in form of a woman causes grievous harm to Prince
of Hizen, [265]-[269]
OWARI, PROVINCE OF. Yamato Take passes through, [57]
OYAMA, GENERAL. A hero of Japan, [xii]
OYASU. Assumed name of the Lady of the Snow, by which she
introduces herself to Kyuzaemon, [153]
OYEYAMA, THE GOBLIN OF, [44]-[48]
OZAKI, MADAME. Reference to story told by, regarding Koso
and Kohaku Jo, [88]
P
PALACE, DRAGON. "Evergreen Land" appears as, in ballad of
"The Fisher Boy Urashima," [324]
PARADISE, THE BUDDHIST.
Tapestry wrought by Kwannon depicting, [201]
PEONY. THE SPIRIT OF THE, [171];
the Princess Aya loves, in the form of a young and handsome
samurai, [172], [173]
PERRY, PROFESSOR. Japanese mirrors and, [190]
PIERRE LOTI. Reference to his Madame Chrysanthème, [xi]
PIGGOTT, SIR F. T. Cherry and plum blossoms, reference to, in
The Garden of Japan, by, [174]
PLAIN OF HIGH HEAVEN. Susa-no-o visits his sister, Ama-terasu, in, [25]-[27]
POETRY, JAPANESE. A note on, [380]-[386];
Mr. Noguchi's The Pilgrimage and, [380];
the Tanka and Hokku described, [381];
reference to the Hyaku-nin-isshiu ("Single Verses by a
Hundred People"), [382];
reference to a tanka by Yasuhide Bunya, [382];
quotation from the "Flower Dance" of Bingo province, [383];
quotation from tanka by the eleventh-century official
Michimasa, [383];
reference to Nature poems, [384];
English National Anthem compared with Japanese National Anthem, [384];
quotation from Nature poem by Isé, [384];
quotation from the Hō-jō-ki by twelfth-century recluse,
Chōmei, [385];
touching hokku quoted, written by Chiyo after the death of
her little son, [385];
mono no aware wo shiru ("the Ah-ness of things"), a phrase
which describes most accurately the whole significance of, [386]
POISON DRAGON, THE. His evil influence, [193]
POLYNESIAN MYTHOLOGY. Rangi (Heaven) and Papa (Earth) correspond to
Japanese In and Yo, [21]
POOTOO. Kwanjin transported to Island of, [200]
POVERTY. Japanese superstitions and Bimbogami, the God of, [349];
insect, Bimbomushi the Japanese name for, [349]
PRECIOUS THINGS. See Hotei, [213]
"PRIEST, ONE-INCH." Otherwise Issunboshi; also nicknamed Little Finger
and Grain-of-Corn, [364]
PURPLE HALL OF THE NORTH STAR. Emperor sick at, [38]
Q
QUILT (Futon), The, of Tottori, [309]-[311]
R
RAIDEN. The God of Thunder, [250];
often found in company with Fugin or Raitaro, [250];
his favour toward Japan, [250]
RAIJŪ. The Thunder Animal, [251]
RAIKO.
I. A doughty knight who seeks out and slays the Goblin of Oye, [45]-[48];
presented with a jar of magical saké (Shimben-Kidoku-Shu)
intended by the Goblin King, [46];
gives saké to the Goblin, [47];
slays Goblin, [48];
returns to Kyōto, [48];
his illness, [48];
restored to health by slaying of the Goblin Spider, [49];
another version of the legend, [49]-[51].
II. A wealthy but mean man, whose meanness is cured by Inari, [102], [103]
RAITARO. Raiden, the Thunder God, often found in company with, [250];
Bimbo and, [252], [253]
RAT. The hour of the, [76];
Daikoku's, [211], [212]
"RATANA SUTRA," THE. Reference to Karma in, [145]
REDESDALE, LORD. See Mitford, [98]
REIN. OPINION OF, re Japanese and Mongols, [xiii]
RENDAI, PLAIN OF, [49]
RICE, GOD OF. See Inari
RIKIU. The greatest of tea-masters, [296];
the friend of Taiko-Hideyoshi, [296], [297]
RIN-JIN. King of the Sea;
Yamato raises anger of, [56];
anger of, appeased by Princess Ototachibana, [56];
takes to wife a Dragon Princess, [272]-[275];
the jelly-fish, the
monkey, and, [272]-[275]
RIP VAN WINKLE. Visu the, of Old Japan, [136]
RISING SUN. Spirit of Death-Stone
in form of the Jewel
Maiden at Court of, [98]
RIVER, CHILD OF THE. See Kappa, [350], [351]
RIVET ROCK. See Kashima, [244]
ROAD-S. The pine-tree and the God of, [176];
reference to the God of, [346]
ROBE, THE FEATHER. Brought to Kaguya by the Moonfolk, [78]
ROCK ISLAND. Kansuke and Matakichi behold Spirit of the Great
Awabi on, [341]
ROKKAKU-DŌ. Place at Kyōto;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, [204]
ROKO. Depicted, on a flying tortoise, as one of the sennin
in Japanese art, [357]
ROKUHARA-DERA. Place at Kyōto;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, [203]
RŌSAN. Chinese scholar, regaled with ghostly stories re
butterflies, [216]
ROSEI. His Magic Pillow of Dreams, [119]-[122]
RUITEN. A priest who prays for
the Prince of Hizen, [266]
RUSSIA. Establishment of military outpost at Wiju leads to war
with Japan, [329]
RYŌSEKI. High-priest of Shin-Banzui-In; Shinzaburō sent by Yusai to, [231]
S
SACRED KEY. Part of the cargo of the Treasure Ship, [115], [116]
SACRIFICE, HUMAN. See Superstition, [342]
SADAYO. Princess Aya's favourite maid, [172]
SAGA, EMPEROR. Kōbō Daishi performs funeral obsequies of, [239]
SAIJOSEN. The Phoenix and, [281]
SAIKOU SANJŪ-SAN SHO ("The Thirty-three Places").
Reverence bestowed upon the, [201]
SAI-NO-KAWARA. "The Dry Bed of the River of Souls," [106];
place where all children go at death, [106];
the legend of the Humming of the, [107]
SAION ZENJI. Kwannon's sacrifice on behalf of, on Mount Nariai, [204]-[206]
SAKATA KURANDO. Name given by Yorimitsu to Kintaro, [368]
SALWEY, MRS. C. M.
New Year Festival described by, [220];
reference to the torii by, [226], [227];
reference to Fans of Japan, by, [243];
reference to On Symbolism and Symbolic Ceremonies of the
Japanese, by, [244]
SAMÉBITO ("A Shark-Person").
Tōtarō kindly succours, [376];
the jewel-tears of, [377]-[379]
SANEMORI. A great warrior;
becomes a rice-devouring insect called Sanemori-San, [284]
SAN-GA-NICHI. Pine-tree conspicuous at the Festival of, [187]
SANJO, PRINCESS. Issunboshi becomes page to, [365]-[367];
the magic mallet and, [366]
SANKICHI. Dives from Tarada's junk and secures the Woman's Sword, [337]
SANO GENZALMON TSUNEYO. Peasant who burns three dwarf trees to give
warmth to Tokiyori, [183]-[186];
goes to Kamakura, [185];
rewarded by Tokiyori by being presented with the villages of
Matsu-idu, Umeda, and Sakurai, [185], [186]
SANUGI NO MIYAKKO. Discovers Lady Kaguya
("Precious-Slender-Bamboo-of-the-Field-of-Autumn"), [65]
SANZU-NO-KAWA. "The River of the Three Roads" along which the dead
journey, [222]
SAWARA. Pupil of the artist Tenko, [122];
loves Kimi, Tenko's niece, [122]-[125]
SAYEMON, KATO. A rich man who lived in palace of the Shōgun
Ashikaga, [370];
Ishidomaro son of, [371];
becomes a priest in the temple of Kongobuji, on Mount Koya, [371]
SEA. LEGENDS OF THE, [323]-[341];
Urashima in the palace of the Sea-King, [325], [328];
of Mud, visited by Shikaiya Wasōbiōye, [374]
SEA GOD. See God of the Sea, [35]
SEASHORE, THE SPIRIT OF THE.
Is unfavourable to Empress Jingo, [331]
SEFUKU-JI. Place in Izumi;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, [203]
SENGEN. Otherwise Ko-no-hana-saku-ya-hime;
as Ko-no-hana, the wife of Ninigi, [34];
the Goddess of Fuji, [132]
SENNIN = mountain recluses, [356], [357];
Yōshō, the first great Japanese, [356];
Emmei becomes a, [356];
Japanese art and, [357];
Chokoro a, [357]; Gama a, [357]; Tekkai a, [357]; Kumé a, [357]; Roko a, [357]
SENTARO. His visit to the Land of Perpetual Youth (Mount Fuji), [133], [134]
SERPENT. CAT AND THE, did not weep when the Lord Buddha died, [264];
the White Sea, otherwise Yofuné-Nushi, [334]
SESSHIU. A great artist;
legend re his liberation from imprisonment by painting rats, [116]
SÉTA. Samébito and Tōtarō at the Long Bridge of, [376]-[379]
SEVEN GODS OF GOOD FORTUNE.
The favourite theme of the Japanese artist, [115];
Shintōism, Taoism, Buddhism, and Brahmanism, the source of the, [115]
SHAKA MUNI. The Lord Buddha; legend re his sacrifice as a hare, [255]
SHELF OF SOULS. Food placed on, by Shinzaburō, [229]
SHIDOJI. Temple called, built at Shido-no-ura by Kamatari, [92]
SHIDO-NO-URA. Boy of, [89];
Kamatari builds temple called Shidoji at, [92]
SHIKO-TSUTSU NO OJI ("Salt-sea-elder").
Conveys Hoori to the Palace of the Sea God, [35]
SHIN KIYOMIZU-DERA. Place in Harima;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, [204]
SHINGÉ. Bitten by a snake in the Valley of Shimizutani, [167];
rescued by Yoshisawa, [167];
found dead at the bottom of the Violet Well, [168]
SHINGON-SHŪ. Buddhist sect founded by Kōbō Daishi, [234]
SHINSAKU. Favoured suitor for hand of O Cho San, [338];
raises shrine to O Cho San, [339]
SHINTŌ. Temples, contrasted with those of Buddhism, [114];
old custom associated with Mount Fuji, [131];
cult, "The Way of the Gods" symbol of the Right Direction,
according to the dogmas of the, [227]
SHINTŌISM. Reverence to dead taught by, [xii];
legends relating to Japanese heroes enriched by, [xvi];

the torii originally associated with, [226]
SHINZABURŌ, HAGIWARA. Falls in love with Tsuyu, [228];
the sad story of the lovers' fate, [228]-[233];
Tomozō, servant of, [230];
Hakuōdō Yusai advises, [230];
goes to the high-priest Ryōseki, [231]
SHIPPEITARŌ. The phantom cats and, [269], [270]
SHIRO. Sent by Emma-Ō to conquer the God of Wealth, [211], [212]
SHITA-TERU-HIME ("Lower-shine-Princess"). Wed by Ame-waka, [31]
SHŌ-CHIKU-BAI. The name embracing the three emblems of the Pine,
Bamboo, and Plum-flower, [195]
SHŌGUN-S. Kamakura, seat of, of the Hōjō family, [82];
Yedo Government issues notice to Tengu and other demons prior
to the visit to Nikko of the, [355]
SHOJŌ. A sea monster fond of sacred saké, [359];
legend re Yurine and, [359]-[362]
SHOKURO. The Thunder God, Raiden, and, [254];
Chiyo slain by, [254];
makes peace with Chiyo after she has been restored to life, [254]
SHONIN, SHŌDŌ. Founder of first Buddhist temple at Nikko, [242];
legend re sacred bridge of Nikko, [242]
SHOSHA-SAN. Place in Harima;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, [204]
SHUTENDOJI. The Goblin King of Oyeyama;
his doings on Mount Oye, [44]-[48];
Kimitaka's daughter snatched away by, [45];
Raiko at ball of, [47];
magic saké drunk by, [47];
attacked and slain by Raiko, [47]-[48]
SMITH, R. GORDON.
Legend of the Lady of the Snow in his Ancient Tales and Folk-lore
of Japan, [122], [152], [165], [177]
SNOW, THE LADY OF THE. Yuki-Onna is, [149];
Mosaku and, [149], [150];
Minokichi and, [149]-[151];
Mr. R. Gordon Smith in his Ancient Tales and Folk-lore of Japan
describes, [152], [153];
Kyuzaemon and, [152], [153]
SODA, ITO. A young soldier who discovers cause of illness of Prince
of Hizen, [266]-[268]
SODZU-BABA. The Old Woman of the Three Roads, associated with the
Festival of the Dead, [222];
Ten Datsu-Ba, husband of, [222]
SOGA SADAYOSHI. Visits temple of Ken-cho-ji, [110];
appears before Emma-Ō, [110];
remembered by Jizō, [110], [111]
SŌJIJI. Place in Settsu;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, [204]
SONOBÉ. Sent by the Lord of Kishiwada to cryptomeria-tree
on Oki-yama, [181], [182]
SPIRIT. OF THE MOUNTAIN, [330];
of the Fields, [330];
of Grass, [330];
of the Seashore, [331];
of the Sword, [336]
STAR LOVERS. Stars (possibly Lyra and Aquila) shine with five colours
at yearly meeting of the, [127]
STREET EVERLASTING. Place for ghosts to wander in, [224]
STREET OF AGED MEN. Near Street Everlasting, [224]
STONES. Poetry suggested by names given to, by the Japanese, [157]
SUICIDE. Of Japanese lovers, is called jōshi—i.e.,
"love-death" or "passion-death," [144];
see also hara-kiri, or seppuku, [161]
SULLIVAN, SIR ARTHUR. Reference to The Mikado, by, [xi]
SUN GODDESS. Ama-terasu, daughter of Izanagi and Izanami, the, [23];
the dead fear to gaze upon the, [109];
the mirror in which she gazes reposes at Ise, [191];
mirror cakes associated with, at New Year Festival, [220]
SUPERSTITION. Japanese, various forms of, [342]-[349];
human sacrifice associated with, [342]-[344];
forms of divination, [344]-[346];
unlucky years and days, [346], [347];
strange, relating to children, [347], [348];
charms associated with Japanese, [348];
the Beckoning Leaf, [348];
Bimbogami (the God of Poverty) and, [349];
Bimbo-mushi ("Poverty-Insect") and, [349];
the Baku, [358], [359]
SURUGA.
The Elixir of Life sent to the highest mountain in, by the Mikado, [79];
(see Fuji); Visu lived on plain of, [136]
SUSA-NO-O ("The Impetuous Male"). Child of Izanagi and Izanami, [23];
brother of the Sun Goddess, Ama-terasu, [25];
an undesirable and cruel deity, [25];
banished by parents to Yomi, [25];
proposes to first visit Plain of High Heaven, [25];
his sister, Ama-terasu, prepares to withstand him, [26];
he tricks her by guile, [26];
Ama-terasu flees from the cruelty of, [27];
finally banished to Yomi, [28];
arrives at River Hi, [29];
seeks hand of Kushi-nada-hime, [29];
wins her by slaying the eight-forked serpent, [29], [30];
the Tengu = emanations from, [352]
"SUTRA, TREASURE-RAINING."
A holy sutra given by Ryōseki to Shinzaburō, [232]
SUZUKI SHICHIRO. Discovers Kiuchi Heizayemon, [353]
SWORD. "The-Grass-Cleaving," a divine weapon discovered by Susa-no-o, [30];
given as a gift to Prince Yamato, [54];
the Spirit of the, [336]
T
TAIKO-HIDEYOSHI. The friend of Rikiu, [296], [297]
TAIRA. Yoshitomo killed in a battle with, [41];
Kiyomori, the cruel leader of the clan, [41];
finally conquered and driven into the sea at Dan-no-ura by Benkei
and Yoshitsune, [43]
TAIRA CLAN. Great sea-fight referred to, between Minamoto clan and, [300]
TAIRA-NO-MASAKADO. Swarm of butterflies during preparation for revolt
by, [217]
TAKACHIHI. Uzume and companions reach summit of, [33]
TAKAHAMA. The White Butterfly and, [218], [219]
TAKA-MI-MUSUBI. God who sends Ninigi to govern the Central Land
of Reed-Plains, [30]
"TAKASAGO."
I. The famous pines of, referred to, [159];
Matsue, daughter of a fisherman at, [187]-[189].
II. Considered one of the finest of the No or classical
dramas, [186]
TAKERU. Brigand, slain by Yamato, [52]
TAKERU, IDZUMO. Outlaw, slain by Yamato, [53]
"TAKETORI MONOGATARI." F. Victor Dickins's translation of, v
TAMA. Maid-servant of Kazariya Kyūbei, [282];
revisit to master and mistress after her death, in the form of
a fly, [284]
TAMANA. Loved by Tōtarō, [377]-[379];
Tōtarō weds, [379]
TAMATE-BAKO. Otherwise "The Box of the Jewel Hand"; gift bestowed by
Princess Otohime on Urashima, [327]
TAMBA, PROVINCE OF. Raiko and companions reach, [45]
TAMEYOSHI. Death of Sea Serpent, Yofuné-Nushi, reported to, [335]
TANABATA. Alternative, The Weaving Lady; daughter of the God of
the Firmament, [126];
wife of Hikoboshi, [126], [127]
TANGO. Village of Midzunoe, in the province of, [324]
TANIGUMI-DERA. Place near Tarui, in Mino;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, [204]
"TANKA." See Japanese Poetry, [380]-[386]
TARANDA, CAPTAIN. The Woman's Sword and, [336], [337]
TAWARA TODA ("My Lord Bag of Rice"). See Hidesato, [62]-[64]
TEA. Origin of first plant, [291]; in China, [290]-[293];
Luwuh the first Chinese tea-master, [292];
Chaking the Holy Scripture of, [292];
drunk by Zen priests before image of Bodhi Dharma (Daruma), [293];
Professor B. H. Chamberlain on tea ceremonies, [293];
pamphlet on, by Buddhist priest Eisai, [293], [294];
Rikiu the greatest of tea-masters, [296], [297]
TEA-DRINKING. In England and Japan, contrasted, [290], [291];
the Spectator on, [290];
Dr. Johnson regarding his propensity to, [291];
is a ritual in Japan, [291]
TEA-KETTLE. Story of the miraculous, [262]-[264]
TE-NADZUCHI ("Hand-stroke-elder"). Wife of Ashi-nadzuchi,
and mother of Kushi-nada-hime, [29]
TEN DATSU-BA. Husband of Sodzu-Baba, [222]
TENGU. King of the, his kindness to Yoshitsune, [41], [42];
reference to story of the, [351];
Tobikawa imitates a, [353];
modern belief in the, [355];
officials of the Yedo Government and their belief in the, [355]
"TENGU-KAKUSHI" = "Hidden by a Tengu," [353];
legend giving an account of the, [353]-[355]
TENJIKU. Prince Ishizukuri required to journey to, in order
to procure the Begging Bowl of the Lord Buddha, [67]
TENKO. Art master to Sawara;
Kimi's uncle, [122]
TENNO, ANTOKU. Infant Emperor who perished in the great sea-fight
between the Taira and Minamoto clans, [300]
TEOYO. Rescued by Matsue, and loved by her, [188], [189]
"THOUGHT-COMBINING." A God who brings birds from the Eternal Land
to tempt the Sun Goddess back to Heaven, [27], [28]
THUNDER. Legends in regard to, [250]-[254];
Bakin's Kumono Tayema Ama Yo No Tsuki, re the God of, [250];
Animal; Raijū the, [251];
Bird; Raicho the, [251];
Woman, Kaminari the, [252];
Child; Raitaro the, [253];
Record; Shin-rai-ki the, [251]
THUNDER GODS. Eight varieties rest on Izanami, [24];
see Raiden, [250];
see legends, [250]-[254];
Shokuro and the, [254]
TIDE JEWELS. Sent by hand of Isora as a gift from the Dragon King to
the Empress Jingo, [331]
TOBA.
I. Emperor. The Jewel Maiden concubine to, [98].
II. Ex-Emperor. Wishes to build temple to Kwannon in Kyōto, [179]
TOBIKAWA. An ex-wrestler of Matsue who imitates a Tengu, [353]
TOCHI. Ishizukuri discovers a bowl in, which he offers to Kaguya, [68], [69]
TOEMA-DERA. Chūjo Hime, a Buddhist nun, retires to temple of, [201]
TOGO, ADMIRAL. A hero of Japan, [xii]
TOKIMUNE, REGENT. Nichiren sent to beach of Koshigoye to be
beheaded by, [241]
TOKIWA. Wife of Yoshitomo, mother of Yoshitsune;
at her husband's death she weds Kiyomori, [41];
urges Yoshitsune to avenge his father's death, [41]
TOKIYORI, SAIMYOJI. A celebrated Regent during reign of Emperor
Go-Fukakusa, [182];
his mission to relieve peasants from grasping officials and its
sequel, [182]-[184]
TOKOYO. Daughter of Oribe Shima, [334];
her search after her father, [334]-[336];
slays Yofuné-Nushi (the White Sea Serpent), [335]
TOKUDŌ SHŌNIN. The great Buddhist abbot of the eighth century, [201]
TOKUTARO. His scepticism regarding foxes, and how he was deluded
by them, [98]-[100]
TOKUTARŌ-SAN. The boy doll of life-size, [215]
TŌKYŌ. Covered with ashes from Fuji volcano, [131]
TOMOZŌ. One of Shinzaburō's servants, [230];
Miné wife of, [233]
"TORII," THE. Meaning of = "Fowl-dwelling" or "Bird-rest," [226];
reference to Professor B. H. Chamberlain and, [226];
reference to Dr. W. G. Aston and, [226]; "The Footstool of the King"
the most perfect gateway in the world, [227];
Mrs. Salwey's reference to, [227]
TŌTARŌ. Samébito succoured by, [376], [377];
falls in love with Tamana, [377]-[379];
weds Tamana, [379]
TOTTORI. The futon (quilt) of, [309]-[311]
TOYO-TAMA ("Rich-jewel").
Daughter of the Sea God; weds Hoori, [36];
gives birth to a son, assumes form of a dragon, and departs
from Hoori, [37]
TREASURE SHIP. The Takara-bune;
Seven Gods of Good Fortune as passengers on, [115]
TREES. Reference to the Japanese dwarf, [159];
the pine, the emblem of good fortune and longevity, [159];
the cherry and plum, association of Japanese woman's beauty and
virtue, with, [174], [175];
the camellia, legend regarding, [175];
the cryptomeria, [176];
the God of Roads and a pine, [176];
Ki-no-o-baké, a tree spirit, [176];
the spirit of the God Kōjin resides in the enoki tree, [177];
the silent pine, [177];
the Willow Wife, [177]-[180];
Yenoki, the tree of the One-eyed Priest, [180];
the burning of the Three Dwarfs, [182], [184];
the pine-tree lovers, [186]-[189]
TRUE SAKAKI TREE. Hung with jewels and dressed by Uzume to tempt
Ama-terasu back to Heaven, [28]
TSUBOSAKA-DERA. Place in Yamato;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, [203]
TSUGARU. Kikuo, the retainer of, [165]
TSUKI-YUMI. The Moon God, son of Izanagi and Izanami;
climbs Ladder of Heaven to become the consort of Sun Goddess,
Ama-terasu, [23]
TSURE-DZURE-GUSA. Record by Kenkō written in fourteenth century, [xi]
TSUYU ("Morning Dew"). The only daughter of Iijima, [228];
the story of, illustrates the power of Karma, [228]-[233];
falls in love with Hagiwara Shinzaburō, [228];
the story of their sad fate, [228]-[233]
TUSKI NO IWAKSA. Scroll of the Elixir of Life sent in charge of,
to highest mountain in Suruga, [79]
TUSNA. Most worthy of Raiko's retainers, [49]
"TWENTY-EIGHT FOLLOWERS."
Personifications of certain constellations, [200]
U
UDA, EMPEROR. Baptized by Kōbō Daishi, [239]
UJI RIVER. People visit, to witness the firefly battle, [286]
UNAI. The Maiden of, [313]-[315];
Mubara and Chinu lovers of the Maiden of, [313]-[315]
UNDERWORLD. Reference to, [202]
UPPER HORIKANÉ. Tokutaro at, [99]
URASHIMA. The legend of, [323]-[328];
ballad of "The Fisher Boy of," [324];
the tortoise and, [324], [325];
at the Dragon (Sea) King's palace, [325]-[328];
weds Otohime, the Dragon King's daughter, [325];
receives from Otohime the gift of the "Box of the Jewel Hand"
(Tamate-Bako), [327];
the tomb of, still shown at temple in Kanagawa, [328]
UZUME ("Heavenly-alarming-female").
Dances to tempt the Sun Goddess (Ama-terasu) back to Heaven, [28];
accompanies Ninigi, [33];
accosts the Deity of the Field-paths, [33];
reaches summit of Takachihi, [33];
given by Ninigi to Deity of the Field-paths as wife, [33]
V
VISU. The Rip Van Winkle of Old Japan;
his adventures beside Mount Fuji, [136]-[139]
W
WAGGON PRIEST See Hotei, [213]
WASA. The Laughing Festival of, [225]
WASŌBIŌYE, SHIKAIYA. A man of Nagasaki, a Japanese Gulliver, [374]-[376];
story of, adapted from Professor B. H. Chamberlain's translation in
the Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, [374];
arrives at Sea of Mud, [375];
meets Jofuku, [375];
starts on journey to the Three Thousand Worlds mentioned in Buddhist
Scriptures, [375];
visits Lands of Endless Plenty, of Shams, of the Followers of the
Antique, of Paradoxes, and of Giants, [375]
WATANABÉ, ISUNA. Finds out all details of Kintaro's life, [368]
WEAVING LADY, THE. Festival of Tanabata, or, [126]
WELL, THE VIOLET. See Shingé, [167]
WHEEL OF EXISTENCE, THE GREAT, [109]
WILLIAMS, SIR MONIER. His description of the lotus flower, [169]
WILLOW WIFE, THE. Story of, adapted from Mr. R. Gordon Smith's
Ancient Tales and Folk-lore of Japan, [177];
Heitaro, husband of Higo, the, [178]-[180]
WIND GOD, THE, [330]
WOMAN. THE, in Japanese art, [112], [113];
the Mountain, [355]
WORLDS, THREE THOUSAND. Mentioned in Buddhist Scriptures, [375];
Shikaiya Wasōbiōye journeys to, [375]
WRESTLERS, THE GHOSTLY, in Omi province, [358]
WRITING. Legendary origin of the Chinese system of, [363]
Y
YAEGAKI. The Precious-Camellia of, [175]
YAÉGIRI. A lady with whom Sakata Kurando falls in love, [367];
gives birth to Kintaro, or the Golden Boy, [367]
YAKAMI, Princess of. Eighty-one brothers, Princes in Japan,
who wish to marry, [256]-[258]
YAMA, FUJI. See Fuji
YAMATO TAKE, PRINCE. Youngest son of King Keiko, [51];
Princess Ototachibana wife of, [51];
his expedition to the Southern Island of Kiushiu, [51], [52];
disguised as a woman, encounters Kumaso and Takeru, [52];
slays Kumaso and Takeru, [52];
he encounters and slays Idzumo Takeru, [53];
"Eight-Arms-Length-Spear" given to, [54];
the "Grass-Cleaving-Sword" of Murakumo given to, [54];
meets and weds Princess Miyadzu, [55];
Ainu rising quelled by, [54]-[56];
passes through province of Owari, [57];
reaches the province of Omi, [57];
slays serpent in, [57]
"YANG" and "YIN." The Chinese, correspond to In and Yo, [21]
YAO, EMPEROR. Reputed son of a dragon, [362]
YAYOI. The Month of Increase, [193];
the Soul of the Mirror, [193], [194]
YEDO GOVERNMENT. Officials of, and their belief in the Tengu, [355]
YENOKI. The One-eyed Priest who served at temple of Fudo,
on Oki-yama, [180]-[182];
spirit of, passes into a great cryptomeria-tree, [181];
in form of a handsome youth allures a number of maidens away
from their lovers, [181], [182]
YELLOW DRAGON. See Yellow River, [363]
YELLOW RIVER. Fuk Hi present by Yellow Dragon with mystic scroll
by the, [363]
"YIH-KING" ("Book of Changes"). The main source of Japanese
divination, [344];
begun by Fu Hsi 2000 B.C. and added to by Confucius, [344]
YOFUNÉ-NUSHI. The Serpent God; variant, the White Sea Serpent, [334];
slain by Tokoyo, [335]
YOMI, LAND OF (Hades).
Izanami creeps away to, [23];
Izanagi goes to, [23];
Eight Ugly Females of, [24];
the Even Pass of, [24];
Susa-no-o banished to [25], [28]
YONÉ. Faithful servant of Tsuyu, [228]-[233]

YONE NOGUCHI. Sums up magic of a Japanese night associated with the
Festival of the Dead, [224];
quotation re Japanese fan from, [243];
reference to The Pilgrimage by, [380]
YORIMASA. Knight; encounters and slays evil monsters outside
Emperor's palace, the Purple Hall of the North Star, [38], [39];
presented with Sword Shishi-wo as a reward, and marries
the Lady Ayame, [39]
YORIMITSU. A famous hero who makes Kintaro his retainer, [368], [369]
YORITOMO. General, who laid out city of Kamakura, [83];
saved, after defeat, from power of Oba Kage-chika by two
doves, [277], [278]
YOROZUYA. Proposed husband for Kimi, [123]
YOSHIMASA, THE LORD. The Shōgun; mirror presented to, [194]
YOSHIMINE-DERA. Place at Kyōto;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, [204]
YOSHISAWA. Rescues Shingé from the snake, [168];
drowns himself in the Violet Well, [168]
YOSHITOMO. Father of Yoshitsune;
killed in battle with the Taira clan, [41];
Tokiwa wife of, [41];
reference to story of, [351], [352]
YOSHITSUNE. Compared with the Black Prince and Henry V., [39];
his father, Yoshitōmo, killed in battle with the Taira, [41];
his mother, Tokiwa, urges him to avenge his father's death, [41];
his intercourse with the King of the Tengu, [42];
news of Benkei's lawless doings reaches ears of, [42];
seeks out and conquers Benkei, [42], [43];
assisted by Benkei, drives out the Taira, [43], [44]
YŌSHŌ. The first great Japanese sennin, [356], [357]
YOSOJI. Consults the magician Kamo Yamakiko, [134];
visits Mount Fuji, [134], [135]
YOUTH, THE LAND OF PERPETUAL.
Visit of Sentaro to, [133], [134]
YUKI-ONNA. The Lady of the Snow, [149]
YURINE. A poor man who lived near Mount Fuji; story of, [359]-[362];
Koyuri, son of, [359]
YUSAI, HAKUŌDŌ. Gives advice to Shinzaburō, [230]-[232]
Z
ZEMBEI. Father of Shingé, [168]
ZEN. Sect; tea-drinking associated with Buddhism by, [293]
ZODIAC. The Dragon (Tatsu) one of the signs of the, [363]
ZOOLOGY. Lafcadio Hearn's reference to ghostly, [94]