H. B. M.

CONTENTS

PAGE
PREFACE[v]
CHAPTER
I.A GLIMPSE AT THE PAST[1]
II.THE COUNTRY: ITS PHYSICAL FEATURES—PRODUCTS—FAUNA—FLORA, ETC.[17]
III.THE JAPANESE RACE AND ITS LANGUAGE[29]
IV.THE RELIGIONS OF JAPAN, THEIR INFLUENCES AND EFFECTS[39]
V.THE CONSTITUTION—THE CROWN AND THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT[49]
VI.THE PEOPLE, THEIR LIFE AND HABITS[63]
VII.TRADE, COMMERCE, AND INDUSTRIES[80]
VIII.JAPAN’S FINANCIAL BURDENS AND RESOURCES[90]
IX.EDUCATION[102]
X.THE JAPANESE ARMY AND NAVY[117]
XI.JAPANESE ART—INTRODUCTORY—LACQUER AND PORCELAIN[131]
XII.JAPANESE ART—SCULPTURE—METAL WORK—PAINTING[149]
XIII.JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE[167]
XIV.POSTAL AND OTHER MEANS OF COMMUNICATION[176]
XV.LAW AND ORDER[185]
XVI.LITERATURE AND THE DRAMA[193]
XVII.NEWSPAPERS IN JAPAN[202]
XVIII.JAPANESE MORALITY[211]
XIX.JAPAN AND CHINA[221]
XX.EUROPEANS IN JAPAN[231]
XXI.A VISIT TO SOME BUDDHIST TEMPLES[244]
XXII.THE AINOS[250]
XXIII.JAPAN AS IT IS TO-DAY[258]
XXIV.THE FUTURE OF JAPAN—PHYSICAL—MORAL—MENTAL[276]
XXV.THE FUTURE OF JAPAN—NATIONAL—POLITICAL—ITS INFLUENCE ON THE WORLD[288]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

A STAR OF THE EAST[Frontispiece]
From a Print by Toshikata
FACING PAGE
THE SWEET SCENT OF THE CHERRY BLOSSOM [30]
From a Print by Hiroshige
A CHERRY BLOSSOM PARTY [48]
From a Print by Hiroshige
STREET SCENE ON NEW YEAR’S DAY [72]
From a Print by Hiroshige
RICE PLANTING, PROVINCE OF HOKI [89]
From a Print by Hiroshige
AMATEUR CONCHOLOGISTS [110]
From a Print by Hiroshige
VIEW OF FUSI-YAMA FROM A TEA HOUSE [138]
From a Print by Hiroshige
KUTANI EARTHENWARE, DECORATED WITH POLYCHROME ENAMELS. EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY [146]
INCENSE-BURNER, AWATA FAYENCE. EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
From “The Arts of Japan,” by Edward Dillon
BRONZE INCENSE-BURNER AND SMALL FLOWER-VASE. EIGHTEENTH CENTURY [154]
From “The Arts of Japan,” by Edward Dillon
KAKEMONO ON PAPER. ATTRIBUTED TO MATAHEI [160]
KAKEMONO ON PAPER. ATTRIBUTED TO SHIMMAN, UKIYO SCHOOL. EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
From “The Arts of Japan,” by Edward Dillon
TEA HOUSE, NEAR TOKIO [170]
From a Print by Hiroshige
ÆRIAL TRANSPORT: BASKET SLUNG ON ROPES, PROVINCE OF HIDA [182]
From a Print by Hiroshige
A LABOUR OF LOVE [198]
From a Print by Toshikata
THE ETERNAL FEMININE [218]
From a Print by Toshikata
A MINISTERING ANGEL [242]
From a Print by Toshikata
FIREWORKS IN TOKIO (SUMMER) [264]
From a Print by Hiroshige
A SIGN OF THE TIMES [278]