The foundations of Japan

by J. W. Robertson Scott

"Early riser may catch," etc. [57]
Early rising [57], [179]
Early Rising Societies [14] et seq.
Earnestness [168], [277], [308]
Earth [126]
"Earth is not as," etc. [203]
Earthquakes, see Volcanoes [23]
East, see also West and East;
Wants the best [99];
East and West [141];
Bridge [101];
Inharmony [105];
Supposed difference [100];
Eastern, Faults of [96];
Ideals [96]
"Easy minded" [323]
Economic conditions and development [149], [206];
Economic questions [104];
Economic superstition [148];
Economy, see Thrift, [19];
Economy too small [362]
Edgworthia chrysantha, see Mitsumata
Education, see Farmers, Genius, Hokkaido,
Schools, [17], [26], [98], [120], [127], [140], [169], [194], [196], [204], [252], [361], [374], [378];
Burden [65];
Better [370];
Competition for places [195];
Ill result of, [204], [301], [323];
System, repressed by [101];
Western [189]
Eels [299]
Eggs [85], [110], [130], [348]-9, [406]
Egoist's story [61]
Ehime [201], [219], [226]
Eights [255]
Elder brothers [19], [329]
Eldest son [143], [329]
El Dorado [88]
Electoral offences, see Bribery, Corruption
Electricity [39];
Among trees [210];
and Fuji [283];
Fan [125];
Light [211];
Torch [300]
El Greco [103]
Elizabethan scenes [116], [276]
Ellis, Dr. Havelock, [xiii], [1], [99], [332];
Mrs. [253]
Ema [326]
Embanking [93], [152], [197]
Emerson, R.W. [99], [105]
Emigration, see Hokkaido (Immigrants); [176], [249], [264], [330], [332] (2), [358], [360], [363], [401], [376], [413]-4;
Number of emigrants [410];
No pressing need [363];
Why emigrants do not go to mainland and Formosa [363]
Emperor, see also Imperial train; [22], [46], [82], [121], [178], [202], [286];
Etiquette [44];
Portrait [90], [113];
Respect for [44];
Seeing [43]
Empire, To extend the [205]
Endurance [261]
Engawa [270], [271], [280], [375]
England: and Buddhism [100];
and Christianity [97];
Greatness of [97];
and Greek Philosophy [97];
and Roman law [97]
English (language) [126], [282], [297];
Reader (book) [234];
Speaking world and Japan [xv]
"Enlarge people's ideas" [17]
"Enlarging mind and heart" [11]
Entertainers [108]
Epidemics [121], [130], [223]
Erotic West [101]
Eruption, see Volcano
"Essential out of trifles" [323]
Estates, see Hokkaido;
Smallness of [213], [400]
Eta [221], [223], [248], [307], [400];
in America [401];
Marriages [400]
Ethical evolution [348]
Etiquette, see Manners; [6], [19], [35], [39], [124], [148], [200], [213], [242], [273];
in roadway [47]
Europe [288], [410];
Half civilised [141]
European [141]
Eurya ochnacea, [137]
Evening primroses, [120]
"Even in this good reign," [124]
"Even the devil was once," etc., [123]
"Even the head of a sardine," [141]
Evolution, Ethical, [348]
Excel, Desire to, [158]
Excreta, see Manure; [375], [382], [386]
Excursions, [18], [297]
Exercise, [151]
"Exert yourself to kill harmful insects," [286]
Exhibition, see Show;
also Burial Life Exhibition; [58], [60]
Ex-officials, [22];
Ex-preacher, [220];
Ex-Public Servants' Association, [22]
Expansion, [360], [413]-4;
Suggested abandonment of oversea possessions, [93]
Expenditure, see Farmers
Experts, see Agricultural Experts; [27], [237], [240]
Exports, [414];
Some useless, [369]
Eyesight, [327]

Faces, Good will do, [26]
Factories, see also Tuberculosis, [282];
ante-Shaftesbury, [167];
Bathing [163];
Babies [162]-3;
Better treatment, more silk, [165];
Bon, [162];
British and American conditions, [406];
Child workers, [172];
Chimneys, [151];
Compounds, [162], [164]-5, [168] (2);
Contracts, [162]-3, [165];
"Cost of a daughter's food," [162];
Dexterity, [169];
Diet, see Parliament;
Discharged workers, [88];
Dividends and effect of, [193], [369];
Dormitories, [162], [164] (2)-5, [168] (2), [399], [407];
Education and Entertainment, [162], [164] (2)-5, [168];
Earnestness [169];
Effect of, [162]-3, [181], [280], [283];
Empress, [164];
English parallels, [167]-8, [170] (2);
Fair treatment of Employees practicable, [168];
Flag system, [161], [164];
Food, [161]-2-3 (2)-4, [168], [399];
Foremen, [162]-3, [165];
Girls, [2], [85], [264];
Government, [172]-3;
Health, [161]-2-3-4 (2);
Heat, [161];
Holidays, [161], [165];
Hours (thirteen, fourteen, sixteen, eighteen), [161], [163] (2)-4-5 (3), [167];
Illness, [161]-2-3-4, [168];
Immorality, [163] (2);
International Labour Office, [172];
Kemban, see Recruiters, Köfu, [165];
Kuwata, Dr., [172];
Labour cheap, [169] (2), [173];
Labour docile, [173];
Legislation, [165], [171];
Married women, [162];
Marriages, [163];
Morale, [168];
Mottoes, [164] (3)-5;
Number of workers, [168];
Obedience, [169];
Parliament, [173] (2);
Police [166];
Pressure [161];
Priests and Missionaries, [162], [165];
Proprietors, [163] (2)-4-5, [167]-8;
Recruiters, [161]-2-3, [166];
Sleeping, see Dormitories;
Suwa, [165];
Switzerland, [172];
Wages [161]-2, [164]-5, [167]-8;
Walpole's History, [167];
Washington Conference, [173];
Western responsibility, [173];
"Worked like soldiers," [164];
and daimyo's castle, [176];
and farmers, [282]; Silk [147], [150], [161];
Tea [403];
Visits to, [161];
Woollen, [354]-5-6-7
Failures, A country's, due to, [167]
Fairies, [110]
Faith, [27], [97], [148];
"Faith is the mother," etc., [136]
Fame, Worldly, and good repute, [324]
Familiarity, [273]
Family, [61], [326];
Discords, [282];
"Excesses," [302];
Large, Appreciation of, [302], [331];
Size of, see also Limitation of, [66], [331] (2), [377];
Number in, [412];
System, [285], [328]-9, [330]
Famines, [118], [124], [197], [237], [413]
Fans, [115], [148], [314]
Farmers, see also Adjustment, Agriculture, Area per family, Countryman, Debt, Heroic peasant, Labour, Paddy, Peasant Proprietors, Rice, Tenants, Work;
Ability, [65];
Aged mother, [3];
and Adjustment, [71];
and Artisan, [189];
Attraction of towns, [180];
and Copper companies, [92], [227];
Egotist [61];
and M.P. [92];
and reading, [319];
and thieving priest, [320];
Attitude towards Science, [158];
as poets [41];
Autobiography, [8];
Bondage [331];
British, [370];
Capital, [42];
Character needed, [50];
Children clever, [233];
Clothing, [186];
Condition, [18], [173], [189], [283]-4-5, [265], [304], [310] (2), [314], [322], [354], [365], [378];
Condition improved, [261];
Condition of success, [10];
Days working, [232] (3);
(hand work, heavy spade, long-handled sickle, mattock, sickle, scythe, weeding [385]-6;)
Debts [42];
Expenditure, [62], [381]-2;
Evicted by Railways, [250];
Families [412];
for and against Family system [330];
Fishermen [210];
Foreign sympathy excessive [261];
Food [378], [380]-1, [389];
in sericultural districts [85];
Future [303];
Holidays, too small,
Home, [61]; [281]; Good humour [186];
Hours worked [278];
Idealising of [260];
Importance of Character, Education and Influences brought to bear on [85];
Incomes too low [38];
Lowest on which can live [194];
of an M.P. and of a Minister of State [9]-10;
Increased expenditure [88];
Intelligence of [186];
Knowledge of financial position [186];
Laboriousness [298];
Lack of cash [251];
Large, see Hokkaido;
Limitations imposed by area, practice and physical conditions [88], [364] et seq.;
Long hours, see Day's working, [167];
Metayer system [207];
Meeting of skilful [24];
Middle [183], [189], [193], [378], [380];
Mixed, see Hokkaido;
Monument [251];
Morality [66];
No time to think [149], [179];
Not able [196];
Not inferior to a townsman [8];
Pilgrimages [252];
Pluck, industry and need of land [152];
Poverty [176], [183], [195];
Pressure on [148];
Profit, see Hokkaido;
Self-contained existence no longer [66];
Selling land [10];
Shall rent be paid in cash? [301];
Small decreasing, large increasing, [89];
Social precedence, [369];
Spade [362];
Stories [24]-25;
Temporary prosperity [87];
Tenants' movement, see Landlords;
Thatch for implements, [220];
"Toil never ending" [365];
Unrepresented in Parliament [285];
Why better off [85];
Why poor [65];
Wives [30];
Working days [237];
Yosōgi's story [66]
Farce [320]
Fashions [19]
Fasting [327]
Fat [142]
Father and son [8], [135], [205] (2);
Father-in-law [138]
Feast, name of, [34]
Feeling [210];
v. Statistics [1];
Logic [29], [37]
Feet [317];
Wet [312]
Fencing and Wrestling, see Wrestling;
[14], [16], [159] , [178], [287]
Ferment [323]
Fertiliser [42];
Fertility [92] (2)
Festivals [50], [114], [235], [261], [287], [377];
Sketches at, [192]
Feudal ideas [30];
Pensions and debt [395];
Régime [244]
Field (Upland) [372]
Figs [289]
Filial duties [117], [205] (2)
Filth, see Manure
Fine arts [214]
Fine days [245]
Fines [285]
Fir [213]
Fire defenders and Fire extinguishing [22], [120], [123], [222], [281];
Flies [136]
Fire farming [110], [122], [227], [131]
Fire God [267]
Fire holes [314]
Fires, see also Arson; [59], [93], [125]-6, [185], [227], [280], [286], [342]
Fish [81], [83], [110], [117] (2), [268], [297], [348]-9 (2), [379], [380], [389];
Ceremonial [46];
Daintiest part [228];
Eyes [228];
Fed [130];
Nurseries [224], [251];
Soup [228];
Supply [346];
Waste [308], [386]
Fisheries, see also Hokkaido; [43], [414]
Fishermen [211], [214], [308];
Farmers [210]
Fishing [186], [332];
Boat [235];
Village [327]
Flags [130], [136]
Flail [78]
Flax [272]-3, [381] (2), [410]
Fleas [109]
"Flinging water at a frog's back" [48]
Flint and tinder [233]
Floods [92], [93], [118], [128], [152], [177], [180], [197], [223] (2), [227], [240], [370]
Flowers [123], [127], [147], [272], [289], [290];
Arrangement [53], [213], [319]
Flute [190]
Folklore being made [331]
Food, see Farmers, Hokkaido; [34], [71], [196], [228], [261], [312], [324], [346], [374] (2), [389], [404];
and Clothes [118];
Five sen a day [184];
Japanese v. foreign [350];
Lack of [114];
Production [367];
Specialities [182];
Tea and Rice [81];
Rice and Pickle [81];
Taken away by guests [284];
Unbalanced [350];
When travelling [110]
Forage [227], [243]-4, [367]
Forces which govern behaviour [167]
Foreign: Apeing Foreign [306], [362];
Benevolence [376];
Books [196];
Emulation of [158];
Fashions [121];
Influence [97];
Ideas overpowering [101];
Pride in things foreign [362];
Tourist [236];
Under control [357]
Foreigners [69], [80], [81], [111], [117], [141] (2), [146], [204], [217], [244], [249], [262], [269], [345], [352];
Cutting them out [369];
and idols [205];
and Japanese, Closer relations with [95];
and Waitresses [101];
Hoodwinking [399];
Ill-instructed [191];
Immorality [56];
Sexual curiosity [101];
Short-tempered because of Meat-eating [268];
Smell of [142]
Forests, see Floods; [194], [240], [370], [390], [385], [394], [409]
Forestry, see Hokkaido;
Association [177]
Formalin [60]
Formosa, see Taiwan; [96], [214], [249], [390]-1, [332], [363] (2)
Fortunate days [126]
"Fortune" [138]
Forty-seven Ronin [333]
Foster mother [311]
Foundations of Japan in village ix, [92]
Foundlings [376]
Fowl day [126]
Fox [33], [129], [144], [326];
God [120], [266], [325]-6 (2)
France [397] (2);
and Algeria [256]
Franchise [38], [124], [170], [173], [400]
Franklin, B., [124]
Frankness [146]
Frazer, Sir J.G., [243]
Freedom, see Hokkaido; [273], [361]
Free Farmer in a Free State, A, [197], [347]-8
Free, Japan very, [100]
Frockcoats [82], [259]
Frogs [48] (2), [122], [260]
Froissart [161]
Frontier line [306]
Frost [195], [391]
Froude, J.A., [103]
Frugality [8], [151]
Fruit, see Names of; [18], [85], [148], [177], [282], [289], [292], [307], [349], [368], [402];
Disease [368];
Growing [61];
Jelly [148];
Insects [368];
Preparations [182];
Unripe [150]
Fu [xxv]
Fuel, see Charcoal, Coal, Wood; [374], [378]
Fuji [107], [262], [310];
and Electricity [283]
Fukushima [107], [119], [175], [189], [199]
Funabushi [307]
Fundamental power [323]
Funerals [22], [66], [270], [302];
Forbidden [236];
Feast [248]
Furniture [382]
Furoshiki [280]
Fusuma [36]
Futon [8], [31], [109], [258], [280], [300]
"Future in the morning" [136];
Future Life [201]

Gaku [4], [38]-9, [51]
Galloway dykes [227]
Gambling [21], [197], [280], [287], [310]
Gampi [401]
Gap between East and West [100]
Gardens [135], [210], [213]-4, [215], [222], [270], [313];
Economic [12];
"Garden where virtues, etc." [177]
Gas [348];
Natural [133], [300], [404];
Gasometer and shrine [286]
Geisha [2], [19], [57], [96], [102], [114], [212], [252], [254], [257], [362]
Gemmai [79]
Geniuses, Education of, [58]
Genre pictures [313]
Genshitsu [259]
Gentleness [19]
Geology [365]
Geomancy [72]
German prisoners [307]
Germany, see Hokkaido; [300]-1, [328], [386], [413]
Geta [16], [18], [116], [236], [272], [308], [317], [346], [373]
Getsu-yo-bi [126]
Gifu [61]
Gillie [25]
Ginger [410]
Ginseng [131], [256]
Giotto [103]
Girls, see School girls; [13]-4, [181], [275], [407];
Babies on backs [285];
Exploitation [173];
in hotels and restaurants [101];
Labourers [250], [286], [322], [411];
Porters [186];
Primitive conditions [216] ;
Sturdiness [302];
Wages [315];
Gipsies [110]
Gladstone [352]
Glamour of West [369]
Glass, Box for broken, [126]
Globe [276]
"Glory of the Morning" [121]
Go (measure) [119];
Gō (chess) [142], [214]-5
Goats [264], [321], [347], [406]
Godown [185], [376]
Gods [21], [80], [82], [202]-3-4, [244], [251];
of Agriculture [145];
calling down [83];
Christian view of [83];
"God damn all foreigners" [352];
of Fire [261];
of Happiness [267];
of Horses [26];
"If one shall give to God" [323];
Respect for [45];
and Sea [257];
"God second" [271];
Sirens and guns [237]
Gogh, Van, [98]
Gohei [134], [144], [185], [318]
Gohan [79]
Goitre [268]
Gold [124], [396];
Story [5]
Golden Bough, The, [192], [331]
Goldsmith, Oliver, [146]
Gong [272], [310]
Gonorrhœa [300]
Good:
Doing [26];
Fellowship [16];
Humour [217];
"Good people are not sufficiently precautious" [8];
Resolutions, Black and red balls for, [19];
"Good wives and good mothers" [19];
Good Shepherd [127];
Goodness, Causes of, [67], [149]
Goods, not up to sample, [354]
Gosen [132]
Gospel [94], [97]
Gourds [221]
Government, Feeling towards, [63];
Granary [86]
Governors [21], [39], [84], [152], [179], [198], [200], [202]-3, [238], [259], [328], [352], [361], [370], [373];
Ex- [241]
Goya [103]
Graduation tax [21]
"Grafting, Thinking," [136]
Grain [307], [349];
and wood crops [309]
Granary [86]
Grandfather's story [43]
Grapes [130], [140], [149], [152], [177], [272], [402];
in mustard [228];
Grapefruit [238]
Grass, see Forage; [381] (3), [409];
Land available [368];
Hokkaido and Saghalien [368];
Bamboo [352]
Gratitude [26], [141]
Gravel [25]
Graves, see Burial grounds; [19], [58], [72], [225], [306];
Stones [121], [144], [147], [219], [235], [267];
Gravedigger [241];
Unpopular persons [241]
Great Britain [xv], [328], [386]
Greece [95]-6, [204];
Greek Church [362]
Green, J.K., [34]
"Greenfield Mountain" [244]
Grief [201], [273]
Ground cypress [221]
"Guid moral fowk" [63]
Guilds [295], [317]
Gumma [146], [309], [321]
Gun xxv;
Gunchō [51], [56], [118], [150], [175], [219], [328]
Guns, sirens and gods, [237]
Gutters [286]
Gymnastics [113], [222]
Gyokuro [294], [403]

Habakari [375]
Habits [124]
Hachia [248]
Hagi [213]
Hair [18], [19], [143], [224], [318], [353];
Tied up [116]
Hakama [16], [356]
Hakumai [79]
Haldane, Lord, [201]
Half-civilised [141];
dressed [126]
Hall, Sir D., viii, [370]
Ham [406]
Hamlets [xxvi], [15], [16]
Hand-claps [45]-6, [319];
Hands 153
Handicrafts, Japanese and British, [317]
Hantsukimai [79]
Haori [16], [315], [356]
Happiness [109], [261];
God of, [267]
Harakiri, see Seppuku, [55]
Hara (prairie) [68]
Hara, Professor, [413] (2)
Hard work, or better, [64]
Hare [278];
Day [126]
Harmoniums [276]
Harp [83]
Harvest, see Paddy, [50];
Gods and, [83]
Hasegawa, Tohaku, [344]
Hashi [81]
Hata [68];
Hatake [68]
Hats [74], [76], [83], [129], [198], [284]
Hawaii [388]
Hawker: beggar [248]
Hayashi, Baron, [xv]
Haze [392]
Headhunters [96]
Headman, see Blind Headman, [54], [56], [121], [126], [133], [140], [189], [241], [250];
and Officials [21];
Loochoos [236]
Health, see Bureau of Hygiene, Invalids, Physique, Tuberculosis; [50], [53], [80], [180], [268], [308], [368], [375], [398], [404]
Hearn, Lafcadio, [viii], [141], [237], [253], [344]
Hearts [25], [27]
Heat, [125], [147], [261], [307]
"Heathen" [96], [98], [99], [326]
Heather [290]
Heaven [23], [183];
"Heavenly punishment" [298]
Hebrew prophets [95]
Height [17], [404]-5
Heimin [400]
Hell [109]
Hemp [409]
Henley, W.E., [40], [80]
Hens, Pensions for, [345]
"Here the Emperor beheld," etc. [39]
Herring blessed [82]
Hibachi [153], [297], [374]
"Hided himself" [29]
Highways, Ancient, [144]
Hills [390];
Artificial [210]
Hills removed [299]
Hindus [203]
Hinoki [221], [394]
Hiroshima [207], [236], [402]
History: Cannot be repeated [363];
of England [167];
of the "Southern Savage" [208]
Hiye [387], [389]
Hoes, see Paddy
Hokkaido [xxv], [89] (2), [195], [197], [222]-3, [249], [332], [363], [390];
Agricultural college, [336];
American supplies and influence [334](2)-5-6 (2);
Apples [337];
Ashigawa [338];
Ainu [336];
Alcohol factory [339];
Askov [341];
Basha [338], [340];
Bear [337];
Beer [337];
"Best bits" [359];
Beauty [361];
Brewing [335]-6-7;
Britons [336];
Brothels [360];
Buckwheat [338], [341];
Budget cut down [359];
Buggies [334];
Canning [336]-7;
Cattle [343];
Christians [340];
Climate [337];
Collies [343];
Cooperation [339], [341];
Countryside [342];
Credit [360];
Cossack farming [336];
Dairymaid [343];
Danish songs 341;
Development, [335], [358]-9, [360], [414];
Drainage [338];
Dutch [336];
Education [359];
Elms [336];
Farms, Area, [239], [337]-8;
Mixed, milk, meat, [338], [343], [348];
Profits [340], [380]-1-2;
Official farms [343],
Farms, large, [338];
"Feed them well" [341];
Fisheries [335], [337];
Floods [342];
Flour mills [336];
Food [341];
Foreign practice [336];
Forestry [337];
Forest fires [342];
French [336];
"Getting on" [360];
Germans [336], [341];
Grouse [336];
Immigrants [337], [339], [340], [341], [359];
Grass [341];
Hakadate [334];
Hay [343];
Horses [338], [341];
Houses [334];
Hunting [335];
Huts [341];
Imperial household [335]-6, [360],
Rescript 336;
Immigration into island, [360], [414];
Industry [337];
Influence on Old Japan [334], [361];
Kō 341;
Kuroda [336];
Labour difficulties [337]-8,
Land scandals [359],
Not available [360],
System [359];
Licensed Quarters, see Brothel;
Manitoba [337];
Maize [336]-7;
Milk [338];
Millet [338];
Mining [337];
Moneylenders [340];
Money wanted [359];
Monkeys [336];
Mortgage [340];
Nitobe, Dr., [336];
Oats [337];
Oxen [339];
Peat [338];
Peppermint [339];
Pheasants [336];
Pigs [339], [343];
Population [335], [360], [414];
Potato, see Starch;
Prostitutes [360];
Railway [341], [360];
Religion [340];
Residuum [341], [359];
Rice [337]-8, [341];
Rivers [338], [342];
Roads [338], [341], [360];
Riding [339];
Russians [335]-6;
Rye [337];
Saké [340];
Salisbury, Lord, [359];
Salvation Army [340];
Sapporo, [343]-4 (2), [337]-8, [391];
Sato, Dr., [336];
Scenery [342];
Self-binders [343];
Self-help [341];
Sheep [343], [347], [352]-3-4;
Silo [336];
Stock-keeping [343], [347];
shōchū [340];
Shrine [339];
Slesvig [341];
Snow [341], [347];
"Social question" [341];
Soldier colony [336];
"Sordid" [360];
Stallion [340];
Starch factory [339];
Stimulating and free [361];
Streets [334];
Sugar-beet factories [336];
Taxation [414];
Temples [339];
Tenants [339];
Tolstoy [341];
Tomeoka [341];
Trees [338], [342];
Uchimura [336];
Ugliness [342];
University [336], [360];
Value of land [402];
Volcanoes [334], [343], [390];
Wagon storage [340];
"Whoa" [334];
Windows [334];
Wolves [337];
Wood pulp [337];
Yezo [335]
Hokke [134]
Hokku [107]
Hokora [134], [144]
Hokusai [344]
Holidays [128], [278], [377];
Cheap [123], [190];
To cattle [256]
Holiness, Theoretical and practical, [256]
Holland, see Dutch; [ix], [121], [368]
Hollyhocks [39]
Home Office [24], [133], [345];
Home training [149]
Homma [186], [188], [380]
Hon [334]
Hondo, see Honshu
Honesty [140], [145], [277]
"Honourable first-class passengers" [218]
Honours, [187]
Honshu [334], [390]-1-2, [402]
Hoops [221]
Hopes for the future [361]
Horses, see Hokkaido, Paddy; [61], [111], [139], [187], [189], [194]-5, [209], [240], [262]-3-4, [269], [287], [307], [345] (2), [346], [381] (3) -2 (2), [406];
Bronze [212];
Day [126];
Difficulty of feeding [367];
Dressing [318];
Fair [175];
Feed [244];
Fondness for [344];
Fly [126];
God [267] (2), [304];
Holidays for [256];
Monuments to [167], [307];
Power [385];
Shows [268];
Slaughtered [406];
Shrine [127];
Symbol [272], [304];
Horseman's hair cutting [318]
Hotels, see Inns, [107];
Japanese and English [319];
"Hotel for people of good intentions" [54]
Hot spring [126], [190];
Story [233]
Houses, see Hokkaido; [66], [153], [207], [214], [261], [314], [322], [378];
Beauties of [31], [35];
Building [17];
Courtesies [34]-5;
of ill fame, see Brothels;
Miserable [176], [190];
New forbidden [247];
Simplicity [39];
Transported [310];
Western "taste" [34]
"How I became a Christian" [91]
Humanity [235];
New conception of [94];
Humanitarians [206]
Humidity, see Climate
Humour [217], [276]
Humus [309], [313]
Hunger [145]
Hunting, see Hokkaido, [278]
Husband and Wife [121]
Huxley [xiv]
Hydrangea [53], [122]
Hydraulic works [52]
Hygiene, see Health
Hyogo [253], [260], [311], [402]
Hypocrisy [224], [259]

I [246], [410]
"I am the master of my fate" [41];
"I remain Japanese" [141];
"I hear the voice of Spring" [165]
Ibaraki [189], [199], [309]
Idea of a Gap [98];
Old ideas [331]
Ideographs [68], [301]
Idleness, Correction of, [17], [19]
"Idols" [142], [205]
"If you look at a water fowl" [101];
"If you should advise me" [175]
Ihai [143], [270], [272];
Ihaido [272]-3
Illegitimacy [114], [229], [241], [280], [303], [322], [395]
Illiteracy [375]
Illness [187], [350], [377]
Image, see Idols, [142], [205]
Imitation, [24]
Immorality, see Morality, Women, Primitive conditions; [2], [17], [101]-2, [114], [126], [132], [139], [149], [193], [190], [191]-2, [197], [201], [212], [214], [241], [280], [287], [307], [315], [322];
Foreigners, [56];
and Shrine, [325]-6
Imperial Household, see Hokkaido;
Garden Party, [319];
Rescript [50]-1, [90], [137], [204];
Poem competition [40];
Train [44]
Imperturbability [251]
Implements [364], [378], [382];
Better, [365], [367], [370];
Cared for, [220];
Primitive, [365]
Imports, Doing away with [347];
Some useless [369]
Impressions [xiii], [27]
Improvement, Principles of, [370]
Inari [129], [325]
Incendiarism, see Arson
Incense [119], [141]
"Incitement to do well" [140]
Income of a Governor, [373];
of a Minister of State [373];
Small [240]
Incomprehensibleness [202]
Incongruity [137]
Indecency [192], [197]
Independence [151], [277], [311]
India [388]
Indigo [209], [223], [409]
Individualism [101]-2, [204], [327], [330]
Indo-China [388]
Indoors [213]
Industry (quality) [297], [317]
Industry, see Hokkaido, Factories, Sericulture;
Alleged economic necessity for Sweating [169];
"Industry and Increase of Production" [259];
Cheap labour [169](2), [173];
Cotton factories [174];
Chinese competition [173];
and Commerce v. Agriculture [284], [414];
Crash [87];
Criticism [369];
Destruction of Craftsmanship [317];
Death rate [393];
Deception of West [174];
Docile Labour [169], [173];
Employers' public spirit [173];
Excuses for shortcomings [169];
Exploiting [169] (2);
El Dorado [369];
Female labour [169], [399];
Foreign competition [173]-4;
Handicap of [174];
Indefensible attitude [169];
Inexperienced labour [174];
Inhumanity [174];
Just claim [174];
Mistakes imitating West [170];
Net return to Japan [169];
Number of workers [168];
Profits [174];
Rural v. Urban [369];
Success of [169];
Uselessness of some [369];
Unskilled labour [174];
Welfare work [174];
Wellwishers' fears [169];
Western lessons [174], [369];
Wisdom, Will it be displayed? [174];
Woollen, [354]-5-6-7
Infanticide [66], [216], [302], [332]
Infinity [200]
Inflation [xxiv], [414]
Influence [201], [203], [321], [324];
Influential villager [140]
Inhalation [117]
Inland Sea [207]-8, [235]
Inner colonisation, [307], [413]-4
Inn [108]-9-10, [116], [122]-3, [127], [132], [144]-5, [152], [190], [214], [228], [315];
of Cold Spring Water [128];
Entertainment [108];
Notices in [183];
Old days [148];
Rates [148], [183];
Restfulness [319];
Transportation of [182]
Inscriptions [47], [126], [129]
Insects [20] (2), [188], [230], [250], [286], [344], [353], [368];
Fondness for, [344];
Insect powder [109]
Instinct [201]
Instructions [26], [151]
Insurance [281]
Intellectuals [103], [203]
Intelligence [140], [151], [370]
Intercourse [358]
Interest, see Usury; [43], [66]
Intermarriage [204], [252], [290], [364]
International Labour Conference [395];
Understanding, see West and East
Interpreter [27]
Intestines [348], [351]
Introduction to the History of Japan, [413]
Invalids [110], [346]
Ireland [358]
Iron [226], [396]
Irrigation, see Water, Waterwheels, Wells; [25], [52], [180], [197], [207], [210], [262], [390]-1
Ise Shrine [176]
Islands [235] (3), [390];
Beacon [247]
Italy [365]-6, [396]-7
Ito San [307]
Itsukushima [236]
Iwate [189], [195]-6
Izumo [251]

Jaga-imo [249]
Jakchū, [344]
James, William, [105]
Japan, see Japanese;
Anti-Ally campaign [xi];
Belief in, a substitute for religion, [63];
Books, good and bad, on [viii];
and Germany [xi];
and Great Britain [89], [385], [390];
Compared with Asia [390];
Could support double the population [97];
Course [371];
Danger of Foreign colonisation [100];
English-speaking world and [xv];
Free [100];
Future, neither a technical nor an economic problem, [371];
Forced into Materialism, [100];
Great Britain and, [xv];
Mental attitude [371];
New and Old [318];
Northern [365], [370], [402], [413] (2), [414];
Proper [385], [390];
Thousand years ago [82];
United States and [xv];
Width [390];
Will o' the wisps [371];
World opinion on [ix]
Japanese: Advantages [371];
Aestheticism and farmer [ix];
Closer relations with foreigners [95];
Christian church [197];
Common sense [371];
Devotional [102];
Essence of life [141];
Family, a, [143];
Ideas, old, [174];
Judgment on [371];
Kindness [102];
Number in Great Britain [403];
in London [403];
Opportunities [371];
Puzzled [100];
"Japanese spirit," see Yamato damashii, [140], [323];
Talents [371];
True v. mediocre, [371]
Jeffries, [99]
Ji [210]
"Jiji" [90]
Jinrikisha, see Kurumo; [46], [131]
Jishu [119]
Jizō [125], [286]
John, Augustus [98], [103]
Johns Hopkins [349]
Johnson, Dr., [132], [175], [262], [297]
Joro, see Prostitutes; [56], [255], [258]
Judō [50], [159]
Jūjitsu [50], [287]
"Jump land" [305]
Jungle [122]

Kagawa [207], [209]
Kago [244]
Kaiserism [90]
Kakemono [36], [39], [135], [150] (2), [319]
Kakkō [315]
Kambara [132]
Kamchatka [195]
Kanagawa [182], [283], [309], [321]

Karakami [36]
Karuizawa [143]-4
Kasutera [346]
Katsubushi [297], [349]
Kawasaki, see Labour
"Keeping up position" [183]
Ken [xxvi], [176]
Kennedy, J. Russell, [332]
Kepler [106], [123], [344]
Khedive [98]
Ki-ai [36]
Kikicha [294]
Kimonos [15], [16], [84], [114], [125] (4), [200], [218], [269], [272], [301], [309], [312], [317], [321], [356];
Respect for superiors [125]
Kinai [71]
Kindergarten [7]
Kindness [102], [205], [307]
King, Professor, vii, [260]
Kiri [129]
Kissing [313]
Kitchens of Hongwanji [63]
Kites [260]
Kittens, see Cats; [345]
Kneeling [17], [308], [319]
Knife [282]
Knowledge [301], [328]
Kō, see Hokkaido, Tanomoshi; [215], [278], [301]
Ko-aza xxvi
Kobe [66], [71], [207], [260], [292], [392];
"Kobe beef" [402]
Kochi [207], [209], [386]
Kōfu [152]
Koi, see Carp
Koizumi Yakumo [254]
Kokusai-Reuter [332]
Komojin [208]
Konnyaku [48], [176]
Korea [99], [103], [104], [256], [332], [336], [363] (2), [390] (2), [391], [394];
Folk art [104];
Secretary of Government [10]
Korai [105]
Kōri [xxvi]
Koto [34]
Kōzo [401]
Kropotkin [321]
Kuge [102]-3
Kumi [262], [278]
Kura, see Godown
Kuriles [391]
Kuruma [46], [121] (2), [209], [243], [262], [310];
in War time [51];
Forbidden [236];
Wooden wheels [244];
Kurumaya [120], [122]-3, [128], [131], [148], [250];
Story [310]
Kusunoki Masashige [66]-7
Kuwata, Dr., [399]
Kwanto [107], [147], [199], [309]
Kwantung [388], [391]
Kyōgen [32]
Kyosai, Kawanabe, [344]
Kyōto [xxvi], [63], [66], [82], [141], [207], [222], [243], [257], [292], [303], [307], [391]-2;
Hongwanji [2]
Kyushu xii, [330], [390]-1-2, [402]

Labour, see Factories, Farmers, Land, Paternalism, Revolution;
Socialism, [160];
Arrests [171];
Better directed [64];
Ca'-canny [171];
Cheap labour exploited [369];
Child workers [170], [172], [224];
Confederation of Japanese Labour [171];
Labour contractors, see Hokkaido, Sericulture;
Days in the Year, [62], [65] (2), [377];
Employers' public spirit [173];
English parallels [167], [170] (2);
Factory law [165], [169], [171]-2 (2), [224];
Hours [62], [376]-7, [378];
Eleven [173],
Twelve [170],
Fourteen [171]-2;
Farmer's Co-operation, see Tenants' movement;
"Friend-Love-Society" [171];
Girls' labour [224];
Imprisonment [170];
Increased [26];
Irregular [350];
Given [17];
Kawasaki [173]-4;
Matsukata [173]-4;
Mitsubishi [173];
Night [48], [171];
Police [170]-1;
Prosecutions [172];
Publications [171];
Public meetings [170];
Public opinion [169], [172]-3;
Seaman's Union [171];
Strikes, [88], [170];
Tenants' Movement [173];
Trade Unions [169], [170] (2) -1;
Wages substituted for apprentice system [315];
Women workers, see Silk (Factories) [171]-2;
Yu-ai-Kai [171];
Labourers, see Girl labourers, [150], [184], [189], [194], [380]-1, [395], [397], [411]
Lacquer [39], [130], [319]
Ladder for tree pruning [215]
Ladybirds [289]
Lamb, Henry, [98]
Lamps [348]
Land available, see Utilised, [97], [180], [233], [368], [408], [414];
Covered by buildings, railways, etc., [250], [409];
City investments in, [150];
under Cultivation [70];
Divided up, result, [306];
New [18], [24], [42]-3, [62], [66], [85], [194], [207] (2), [225] (2), [264], [305], [370];
Yearly [408];
Government action, [408];
Ownership decrease, [411];
"of Plenteous ears" [68];
Made over to farmers at Restoration [395];
from the Sea, [41];
held by Tradesmen and other, [412];
Utilised, [214], [225], [227], [244];
Value of, [64], [133], [240], [339], [402]
Landlady and Players [115]
Landless [412]
Landlords, see also Tenants, Hokkaido, Homma; [193], [212], [223], [303], [305], [358], [376], [394];
Area [29], [41], [213], [400];
Absentees [38];
Advice and gifts by [30] (2);
Bad [58] (4);
Budgets [41], [373];
Boycotted [28];
Competition for Farmers [186];
Circuit of village [36];
Cruel [38];
Expert engaged [177];
Diversions [213];
Factory dividends [193];
as Farmers, [213];
Idle [322];
and Farmers' wives [30];
Garden parties [30];
"Hided himself" [29];
"Land master" [37];
Parasitic [261];
Poets [41];
Power going from [36], [330];
Rents and Reduction of [29], [37], [85], [220];
Sharing system, [45];
Storehouses, [28] (2);
and Tenants, [23] [29], [30], [31], [34], [37]-8, [88], [94], [152], [229],
[230], [301];
Taxes [73];
Tenant movement [37]-8;
Perspiration, [38];
Reformation of village, [47];
Uchimura [94];
Usurers [38];
Western and Japanese compared, [261]
Landscape [120]
Lanes [307]
Lang, A., [105]
Language [301]
Lanterns [19], [36], [58], [136], [190], [211], [237], [266]-7
Lark [83]
Laughter [217]
Law, William, [99]
Leaders [26], [51], [140]
League of Nations, Japanese Secretary, [336]
"Learning Meeting" [58];
"Learning right ways," etc., [164]
Lectures [150], [176], [180], [189], [250], [279]
Leeches, see Paddy, [137]
"Left behind his tiredness" [111]
Legislation [236]
Legumes [349]
Lemonade [119]
Lending, see Borrowing, Kō, Tanomoshi, [125], [183]
Leonardo [103]
Leprosy [5], [298]
Lespedeza bicolor [213]
Letter in the temple [26]
Letters, interesting, [311];
Lettering, Western v. Eastern, [39]
Liberté du travail, De la, [8]
Libraries [23], [59], [60], [180], [190], [196], [215], [244], [248], [401]
Licensed Quarters, see Brothels
Life [101];
Aim [205];
Chaotic [100];
Desire to enjoy [179];
Significance of [90];
Too near to Criticise [331]
Lignite [47]
Lighthouse, "At foot it is dark," [67]
Lighting [120]
Lily [410]
Lime [148]
Lincoln [124], [127]
Literature [369]; Western [102]
"Livestock, his family," [386]
Living, Bare, [261];
Better [370];
Cost of [278];
Standard of [65], [85], [310], [240];
"What men live by" [27];
"Living Power" [322]
Lizard story [5]
Lobster [318]
Locks [183]
Locusts [20]
Logic v. feeling [29]
Loin cloth [125], [307]
London [64];
Market [357]
Lonely spot [127];
"Lonelyism" [319]
Loochoos [236], [391]
Loquat [289]
Lorries [262]
Loss [201], [203]
Lotus [48], [146]
Louse [107]
Love, Not easy to fall in, [102];
Not free [102];
Four loves [61]
Loyalty [174]
L.T. [372]
Lubin, David, [vii]
Lucky days [126]
Lugubriousness, Absence of, [273]
Lumbering, see Forests; [194]-5
Lunacy, see "Natural"
"Lusitania" [202]
Luther [94]
Luxury [2], [19], [151]
Lying [124]

Macaroni [272], [351], [381]
McCaleb, J.M., [364]
Machi [xxv]
Mackintoshes [47]
Maeterlinck [99]
Magazines [18], [58], [282]
Mahomedanism [101]
Maid servant [324]
Maillol [103]
Maize, see Hokkaido, [146], [148], [272], [381] (2)

Malaya [127]
Mallets [359]
Manchester Guardian [339]
Man [150];
"Man and Wife" [121];
Development [202];
with a monument [41];
Study of [119];
Manfulness [205]
Manchuria [21], [354], [356]-7, [363] (2), [390], [394];
Railway company [357]
Mangoku doshi [78]
Mantles [74], [76]
Manners, see Etiquette [17], [19]
Manual labour [50]
Mantegna [103]
Manure, see Benjo; [230], [232]-3, [259], [264], [298], [308], [313], [346], [352], [374], [380]-2, [384], [386];
Artificial [49], [85], [92], [136];
Better manuring [370];
Co-operation [49];
Manure blessed [82];
House [22], [137], [150], [215];
Green [386];
Liquid, for Vegetables, [350];
"Livestock, his family," [386];
Odour [49];
Students and [50];
Tanks [214]-5;
"White steam rising" [137]
Maples [25], [52]
Market, No, [127]
Marmots [166]
Marriage, see Weddings, Unmarried; [11], [114]-5, [138], [170], [193], [220], [247], [284], [293], [315], [330], [379], [380], [395], [400];
Ages [332];
Marrying for love, [102];
Remarriage [197]
"Marrow of Japan, The," [xv]
Masses [132]
Mascots [310]
Masters and men, [174], [315]
Materialism [2], [27]-8, [212], [324]
Matisse [103]
Mats, see Tatami, [177], [215], [270], [304]
Matsue [243], [253]-4
Matsukata, see Labour
Matsumoto [148], [150], [391]
Matter [100]
Matthew, St., [94]
Mattocks, see Paddies; [97], [285], [385];
Wealth and [136]
Meadow [409]
Meals [34], [323]
Meanness punished [266]
Meat [130], [133], [346], [348], [349], [350], [356]-7, [368], [379], [380], [406];
and Good Temper [268]
Mechanical power [370], [412]
Medals [123]
Medicine [248], [268], [374], [379], [380]
Meetings, see Public meetings; [63], [238], [254]
Meiji, Emperor, [39], [142]
Melbourne [167]
Melons [146], [150]
Memoirs of the Queen's First Prime Minister [170]
Memorial stones [41], [51]-2, [67], [311];
Services [271];
Days [50]
Mental attitude [254];
nimbleness [17]
Mercantile Marine [332];
Farmer and [ix]
Mercenary spirit [2], [12]
Merciful universe [323];
"Mercy of the sun" [321]
Meredith [90], [182], [219], [226], [235]
Merits [25]
Mesopotamia [371]
Metal [126];
Mines story [xi]
Metaphysical, Not, [258]
Metayer system [45], [207]
Methodist [141]
Mice and bamboo [108]
Middle Ages [84], [317]
Middle School boys [151], [255], [284], [404]
Middle men [38]
Midwives [123], [241], [264], [282], [399]
Migration [264], [364]
Mikawa [84]
Militarism [104], [233], [240], [328], [360];
Military service, see Conscription, [220];
Training [151], [282], [285]
Milk, see Hokkaido; [110], [116], [128], [130], [150] (2), [235], [264], [345], [347]-349, [381] (2);
Foster mother [311]
Millet, see Hokkaido [103], [131], [195]-6 (2), [213], [219], [227], [264], [383], [389], [409], [411]
Mimetic skill, [192]
Minds, [27], [151], [226]
Minerals, see also Hokkaido; [284], [396]
Ming [106]
Ministers and Ministries of Agriculture [24], [378], [385], [390], [397], [403], [411];
of Health and Education (British) [371];
of Finance [414];
of Railways [403];
of State, Income of, [373];
Ministers, ex- [241]
Mirror [178]
Mirin [396]
Misapprehensions, International, [363]
Miser [59]
Misfortune [187], [201];
and Religion, [63]
Miso [6], [81], [123], [151], [191]-2, [196], [321], [349] (2), [350]

Missionaries [7], [59], [143], [197]
Mitsubishi, see Labour
Mitsumata [401]
"Mixing in the heart" [135]
Miyagi [189], [197]
Miyajima [236]
Mobilisation [241]
Mochi [69], [272]
Modesty [317]
Mogusa [179]
Momi [79]
Mon [188]
Monday [126]
Money: Etiquette [148];
Cheap [176], [184], [364];
Need of [66], [370];
Moneylenders, see Usury, [150], [282], [364];
Money-sharing Club, see Kō, tanomoshi
Mongolia [357], [363] (2), [394]
Monkey, see Hokkaido; [110], [129], [248];
Monkey day [126];
"Monkey slip" [246]
Moon [126] (2), [129], [137], [208], [275];
Bowing to [99];
"Moon-seeing flowers" [120];
Moonlight on mattocks [136];
"Waiting for the Moon" [323]
Morality, see Crime, Immorality, Police;
[17], [20], [37], [50], [66], [95], [101]-2, [140], [149], [152], [169], [179],
[193], [203], [206], [229], [313];
Anglo-Saxon sense of [95];
Moral backbone [96], [141];
"Moral bath" [94];
Code, Lack of, [362];
"Distrust of each other's morality the barrier" [xii];
Morality dependent on material well-being [118], [149];
Quality of Eastern [95];
"Not so bad" [149]
Morimoto [349]
Morioka [195]-6
Morley, [14]
Mosquitoes [50], [125], [143]
"Mother, from the bosom of," [301];
Mother-in-law [121], [138]
Motor bus [246];
Launch [237]
Mottoes [7], [39], [126], [135]-6, [150], [158], [187], [288]
Mounds [306]
Mountains [70], [108], [159], [176], [390] (2), [394];
"Mountain climbers" [320];
Mountain maidens [110]
Moxa, see Mogusa; [47], [179]
M.P., see Franchise; [124], [208], [285];
Ashes of [92];
and farmers [92]
"Mr. Temple" [7], [270]
M's, Seven, [viii]
Mud baths [147]
Mujin [278]
Mukae bon [272]
Mulberry [40], [61], [147], [149], [153], [158]-9 (2), [160], [264]-5, [282], [287],
[298], [302], [307], [310];
Area and Yield [153], [409];
Paper [410];
Proverb [153]
Mulch [220]
Mura [xxv], [262]
Murdoch, James, Japanese and, [viii]
Murray, Gilbert, [301]
Mushrooms [110]
Music [102], [116], [180], [188], [237], [328];
Ancient [82];
Instruments [222];
Western [99] (2), [288]
Mutton, see also Sheep; [133], [345], [347]
Muzzles [269]
Mysticism [99], [100], [267]
"My wish is that I may perceive" [106]

Naden, Constance, [203]
Nagano [140], [146], [153], [262], [272], [399]
Nagasaki [391]
Nagoya [38], [391], [392]
Naichi [334]
Naked children [309];
Nakedness [115], [125], [193];
Child story [307]
Namban [208]
"Name, called by second," [217]
"Namu Amida," etc., [129]
Napier, Sir W., [170]
Napoleon [127], [203]
Nara [222]
Nasu, Mount [108]
Nasu, Professor S., [xv], [xxiv]
Nation [8];
National Agricultural Societies [238], [320];
Backing Society [312];
Defence [97];
Feeling [363];
Funds [371];
Greatness, Sources of, [97];
Products [233];
Nationalism [204], [328];
Nationalists [91]
Natsu mekan [238]
Nature [287];
and Character [99];
Feeling towards [99];
"Natural" [280];
Naturalness [99]
Naval Service [311]
Navvies [21], [217]
Navy [311], [346], [350]-1, [360], [403];
Farmer and [ix]
"Needle in your head" [11]
Negation [101]
Neo-Malthusianism [331]-2
Nerves [238], [240]
Nets [186]
New and modern ideas [37];
New ideas [135];
New and Old Japan [318];
New Age [361];
"New rural type" [79]

New East [xii], [372], [406]
News, see Notice boards, [323];
Newspapers, see Press, [137], [249], [282], [300], [301], [319]
New Testament [96], [203]
New Year [265]
New York [271], [318]
New Zealand [352], [363]
Nichi [126]
"Nichi-Nichi" [90]
Nichi-yo-bi [126]
Nightingale, Florence, [127]
Night-soil, see Manure
Night-time [19]
Nihon no Shinzui xv
Niigata [107], [132], [295], [391]
Nikko [92], [120]
Ninomiya [7], [8], [50], [60], [61], [287]
Nirvana [205]
Nitobe, Dr., see Hokkaido; [xv], [333]
Nitrogen [147], [348]
Nō [32], [320]
Nogi, General, [54], [98]
Non-material feeling [259]
Normal school [233]
"Normal yield" [70]
North America [410]
North, backwardness of, see Japan, Northern
North of Japan, see Japan, Northern
Noses [144], [192], [204]
Note-books [18]
"Nothing which concerns a countryman," etc., [107]
Notice boards for news [17], [126];
Notices [287]
"Not yet" [288]
Novelist [152];
Novelists, Russian, [99]
No wa kuni taihon nari [92]
Nunnery [142];
Nuns [140], [142], [143]
Nursery pasture [259];
Nurseries, see Paddies, Children drowned, [266];
Nurses [58], [399];
"Nursing-place for children of soldiers" [312]
Nutrition poor, see Food