[2] See my Land of the Yellow Spring, and other Japanese Stories, p. 113.
[3] See Pastor Shi, one of China's Questions, by Mrs. Taylor.
[4] "The Death-Stone" is certainly one of the most remarkable of fox legends. It illustrates a malignant fox taking the form of a seductive woman in more than one life. She is a coming and vanishing creature of alluring but destructive power, a sort of Japanese version of Fata Morgana. The legend has been adapted from a No, or lyrical drama, translated by Professor B. H. Chamberlain.
[5] The cash, now no longer in use, was roughly equivalent to one penny.
[6] About 8d.
[7] The liver, both animal and human, frequently figures in, Japanese legend as a remedy for various ailments.