The foundations of Japan

by J. W. Robertson Scott

Oaks [316]
Oars [211]
Oats [381] (2)
Oaza [xxvi], [221], [263], [302], [304], [305]
Obi [15], [25]
Obedience [169]
Obscenity [192]
Oceania [410]
Octopus [46], [308]
Oculist [239], [300]
Oden [48]
Offerings [272]
Officials [27], [51], [176], [212], [261];
Official rewards [213]
Ohyakusho no Fufu ix
Oil, see Petroleum; For insects [188]
Oiwaké [144]
Okayama [207], [402]
Okio [344]
Okuma, Prince, [390]
Okunitama no Miko no Kami [45], [46]
Okura, Baron, [357]
Okuri bon [272]
Old age [17], [19], [22], [43];
Old farmer to his son [66];
Old man and officials [51];
Old men [135], [271];
"Old Miss not frequent" [74];
Old Japan [391];
Old People's Clubhouse [305],
Houses [304],
Work [227]
Old Testament [326]
Olives [210]
Omelette [110]
Omori [93], [182]
Onions [381] (2), [410]
"Only half a pilgrimage," etc., [257]
Open heart [215]
Oranges [221], [287], [289] (2), [402]
Order [328];
"Orders, May give him," etc., [217]
Oriental Economist [93];
Oriental religion for Orientals [327]
Originality, supposed lack of [101]
Oro [400]
Orphans [185]
Osaka [ix], [xxv], [71], [90], [207], [222], [311], [392]
Otake [324]
Otera San [7], [270]
"Other people" [62], [377]
Otsu Yukimichi [46]
Out-of-date ideas [348]
Owen, Wilfrid, [334]
Overloading [345]
Over-population, see Population
Overpowering foreign ideas [101]
Overseas Colonisation Co. [402]
Overwork [114]
Oxen, see Cows, Cattle, Hokkaido, Holidays, Paddies; [18], [139], [346];
Ox-day [126];
Ox-drawn carts [18]
Oyashiro current [195]

Paddies, see Adjustment, Agriculture, Bull, Cow, Horse, Lime, Mattock, Plough, Pony, Rice, Straw, Ta, Windmills; [20], [66], [68]-9, [70]-1-2, [132], [264];
Adjustment [182];
Appearance [146], [298];
Area, see Size, [385];
Back breaking [75];
Beauty [76];
Blindness [300];
At Christmas [314];
Carp [299];
Children drowned [75];
Clothing [74];
Cow [73], [77];
Cultivated for centuries [366];
Cultivation in sludge [73];
Damaged crops [76]-7;
Discomfort [74];
Drying [73], [77];
Paddy v. Dry field labour [358];
Floods [72], [76];
Frost [299];
Harrowing [73]-4;
Harvest [76]-7;
Hoes [75];
Horse [73];
I [246];
Insects [74]-5-6;
Italy [68];
Labour [70]-3 et seq., [331], [358], [365];
Labour required per tan [232];
Leeches [74];
Mattock [73], see Mattock;
Model [189], [258];
Ox [72]-3, [77];
Ploughing [73], [385];
Pony [73], [77];
Pulling Fork [74];
Rent, see Rent, [23], [73];
Reservoirs [72], [210], [299];
Scattered [71];
Second crop [70], [73];
Seed bed [74]-5-6, [84];
Shape [69], [70]-1;
Shinto streamers [75];
Sickle [77];
Size [70], [249], [365]-6, [360] (2);
Soil [70], [73];
Sowing [74]-5;
Spade [73];
in Spring [307];
Straw [76];
Stubble [73];
Temperature raised [76];
Transplanting [74]-5 (3), 84;
Two hundred and tenth day [76];
U.S.A. [68];
Value [214], [402], [408]-9;
Wet [76]-7;
Water, Ammonia, Depth, Warm, [70], [72], [152], [366];
Wet Feet [73];
Weeding [74]-5(2);
Wind [76];
Women [74];
Work of [147]
Pagodas [209]
Painting [102], [223], [286], [327]
Palisades [227]
Pan [346]
Panic grass, see Hiye
Paper [125], [148], [177], [227], [401]
Paradise [205] (2)
Parasites [261], [350]
Parasol, see Umbrellas
Parents [17], [102], [117], [149]
Park [210]
Parkes, Sir Henry, [9]
Parliament [53];
Cost of election [208];
Farmers and [ix]
Parmesan [298]
Partiality [14]
Party feeling, see Politics, [2]
Past and Present [233]
Paternalism [174]
Patience [153]
Patriotism [26], [206], [371];
Patriotic Women's Society, [105], [124]
Patronage [37]
Pattison, Mark, [105]
Paul, St., [99]
Paulownia [129]
Paupers [376]
Peace of the world [84];
Peaceful mind [205] (2)
Peaches [277], [289], [295], [402]
Pears [31], [233], [235], [289], [402]
Peas [307], [383], [409]
Peasant, of East and West, [141];
Heroic [51];
Hungry [145];
and Lucifer match [233];
Monuments to [67];
"Peasant Sage of Japan" [7]
Peasant Proprietors, see Tenants; [138]-9, [184], [189], [261], [264], [284], [321], [364], [376], [378]-9, [380] (4), [411]
Peat, see Hokkaido, [194]
Pedlars [315]
Peers, School, [55], [102];
Qualifications for House of [176]
Pencils [272]
Pensions [380]
Peonies [256]
People, Condition of, [262]
Peppermint [381], [410]
Perfection [283]
Perry, Commander, [100], [124]
Persimmons [x], [13], [45], [61] (2), [152], [289], [320], [402]
Persistence [328]
Personalities [104]
Perspiration [38]
Pestalozzi, [220]
Peter the Great [124]
Petroleum [132]
Phædo [203]
Pheasants, see Hokkaido, [215]
Philanthropy, see Charitable institutions; [41], [376]
Philosophy [100], [102], [204], [206]
Photographs [xvi]
Physique [16], [171], [193], [204], [284], [302], [322], [350], [364]
Piano [99]
Pickles [81], [110], [159], [268], [349]
Picture postcards [148]
Pigeons [215]
Pigs, see Hokkaido; [27], [264], [347], [382] (2), [406]
Pilgrims [20], [133], [142], [182], [210]-1, [220], [252], [271], [302];
and Prostitutes, [257]
Pillow [109];
slip [109]
Pine [215], [248], [299], [316], [318], [394]
Pipes [288]
Pirates [214]
Pistol [56]
Pitt [9]
"Places of distinction" [187];
"Place of the Seven Peaks" [120]
Plains [70]
Planet [126]
Plans [18]

Plantain [122], [307]
Plasters [267]
Plato [96], [358]
Players [115], [124]-5, [245], [266];
Playrooms [260]
Ploughing, see Agriculture, Hokkaido, Paddies;
Worship of [61], [87], [120]
Plums [295], [307], [405]
Poe [105]
Poel, William, [114]
Poet [27], [40], [135];
Poems, see Song, Uta; [20], [61], [107], [109], [111], [136], [141], [183], [216], [288], [324];
Poetry [313], [334]
Poisonous plants [124]
Pole and bucket [207]
Police, see Arrests, Cells, Crime, Postponed offences, Prisoners, Theft; [20], [43]-4, [53]-4, [113], [116], [125], [140], [150], [235], [280];
Influence of [118];
Letters for [111];
Offences [250];
Shirakaba [103];
at Theatre [115]
Politeness [19], [40], [217], [251], [277], [317]
Politics, see Franchise, "Direct Action"; [103], [104], [303];
Local [284], [303];
Slander [2]
Pomegranate [52]-3
Ponds, cleaned out free, [219]
Pony, see Paddies; [227];
at Shrine [116]
Poor, see Farmers, Relief; [57], [63], [67], [94], [145], [149], [278], [320], [323];
Cannot remain poor [67];
Flattery of [94]
Poore, Dr., [374]
Population, see Birth and Death rates [160], [391];
Census [393]-4;
Compared with Great Britain and U.S.A. [82], [385], [392];
Cost of living and postponement of marriage [332] (2);
Empire and its parts [391];
Percentage Habitable compared with other Countries [392]-3;
How to support double [97];
Increase of [89], [392]-3-4;
Increase compared with increase of Rice production [389];
and Means of Production [332];
Decrease of Rural [412];
and Rural and Urban compared [412];
Sexes [169];
per square mile [392];
per square kilometre compared with Belgium, England and
Wales, Holland, Italy, Germany and France [392];
Surplus [332], [360], [369], [413]
Porcelain [39], [319]
Pork [347], [350]
Port Arthur [98];
Ports, Open, [256]
Porters [186]
Porticoes [246]
Portraits [38], [120], [143], [198]
Portuguese [208], [346]
Posterity [19]
Post-impressionism [104]
Potash [251]
Potatoes [191], [194], [249];
Irish [383], [409], [411];
Sweet [146], [227], [309], [347], [381] (2), [383], [409], [411];
Memorials [249]
Pottery [99], [148]
Poultry [7], [18], [39], [58], [264], [297], [304], [381]-2 (2), [406];
Pensions for [345]
"Pouring water on a duck's back " [48]
Poverty, see Poor
Power, Fundamental, [323]
Prairie [71], [111]
Prayer [141], [243]-4, [272], [326]
Preaching [3], [4], [5], [249], [270], [310], [314]-15
Prefecture [xxv]
Prejudice [146], [363]
Pre-nuptial relations, see Immorality
Presents [218], [271] (2), [329]
Press, see Newspapers;
Brains and circulation of [90];
Dread of [41]
Prices [xxiv], [13];
Prices in this book [xxiv], [87]-8;
Rise in Prices [87]-8
Priests, see Buddhist priest, Shinto priest; [1], [20], [45], [57], [139], [140], [149] (2), [180]-1, [197], [212], [220], [247], [331], [412];
Dress [25];
Priest-craft [93];
at Elections [250];
Good deeds [324];
Ignorance [120];
and Illegitimate child [193];
Income [42];
Influence, Character and Education [41];
Silent [189];
Speech by [25];
Talk with [1], [51], [59];
Thieving [320];
Thrifty [62];
Wandering [315]
Priggishness [362]
Primitive belief, [323]-4 (2)
Prisoners [307]
Prize tax [21]
Problems [95], [104]
Prodigal [60]
Production [26], [369], [414]
Professors [42]
Progress [63], [235], [279];
Delayed by lack of money [97];
Erroneous conception of [370];
by means of horses [339]
"Proof not argument" [343]
Prospects [119]
"Prosperity and welfare" [187]
Prostitutes, see Hokkaido, Immorality; [56], [114], [132], [190], [192], [212], [222], [235], [243], [257], [325], [330], [376]

"Protection for inoffensive people" [97]
Protein, vegetable, [348]-9
Protestants [362]
Prothero, Sir G.W., [9]
Proverbs, see Mottoes; [48], [57]-8-9, [67], [109], [121], [123], [136], [141],
[256]-7, [307], [315], [343]
Pruning [215]
P.S.A. [275]
Psychology of behaviour [167]
Public benefit [374];
Energy [371];
Funds [371];
Good [22], [201]-3;
Health, see Health, Public;
Public man, Farmers' and Author's view, [9]-10-11;
Meetings [24], [170], [238];
"Public Spirit and Public Welfare" [259];
Opinion [41], [118], [135], [149], [203];
Welfare [125];
Work [303]
Pumping, see Water-wheels, [64]
Pumpkins [272]
Punishment [112], [178]
Puppies [345]
"Purified in heart" [141];
Purification [134];
Puritans [95];
Purity [151]
"Push, push, push," [115]

"Q" [203]
Quaker [3], [6], [203]
Quarrelling, see also Family discords; [54], [322]
Queen Victoria [282]
Querns [235]
Questions [243], [303];
difficulty of, [101];
Questioning, lack of power of, [101]

Rabbits [179]
Race, Factories' effect on, [168]-70;
Method of gaining knowledge of another [200];
Racial feeling [364]
"Rael Christians" [63]
Rafts [128]
Railway [131]-2, [144], [176], [182], [208]-9, [217], [243], [250], [251], [395]
Rain [74], [137], [190], [285], [312], [345], [390]-1 (3);
Rain making [123], [137]-8;
Ducked figure [123]
Rake's progress [317]
Ram [343]
Rammer [224]
Ranks [251], [254]
Rape seed [131], [381] (2), [409]
Rapids [128];
Rapid work [317]
Rats [150], [185];
Rat day [126]
Ravine [152]
Reading [279], [319]
Reality [219]
"Realm, Wounds of the," [309]
Reclaimed land, see Land, new
Recreation and Immorality [149]
Red Cross [124], [245]
"Red worm" [282]
Reed-covered buildings [84]
"Reflecting and Examining" [135]
Reformers and Bible [95]
Reformer "St. Francis" [321]
"Regent" [38]
Reid, Sir G., [9]
Reincarnation [344]
Relief, see Kō, Poor, Tanomoshi; [189], [241], [258], [264], [311]
Religion, see Hokkaido; [27], [63], [108], [120], [135], [140]-1, [149], [179], [180], [200], [202], [203], [212], [258]-9, [261], [302], [310], [323], [326], [327], [331], [362];
and Agriculture [231];
as Custom [327];
"the Depths of the People" [93];
Religious idea, the deepest [100];
and Morality [259];
Naturalness [99];
New [212], [219];
Primitive [323]-4;
Protecting Science [82];
Reconciliation of [100];
Revival [324];
and Science [201];
Not limited to Sects or Ideas [101];
Substitutes for [63];
and Taxation [212];
Advantage of Variety [327];
Western "too high" [259]
Remarriage [197]
Rembrandt [103], [105]
Remoteness [127]-8, [249]
Rents, see Rice, Paddy; [23], [28]-9, [38], [42], [73], [78], [86], [144], [186]-7, [301]-2
Reprimand, see Admonition, [187]
Research work [158]
Reservists [123], [133], [215]
Residents abroad [410]
Resolutions, see Good resolutions
Respect [37], [40], [324]
"Responsibility for one's words" [240], [259]
"Best after a meal," etc. [315]
Restoration [395]
Retainer [198]
Reunion [313]
Reverence [141], [273]
"Revolution, Song of," [171]
Rewards [213]
"Ri away" [58]
Rice, see Adjustment, Agriculture, Aqueduct, Barley, Hokkaido, Implements under their different names, Irrigation, Millet, Normal yield, Paddies, Ta, Tunnels, Water; [123], [127], [264], [268]-9, [271], [321], [349], [389];
Aeration of soil [20];
America [365]-6;
Areas [132], [182], [193], [382]-3 (2), [409];
Agriculture based on [343];
Air of rice fields [300];
Altitude [123];
"All members of family smiling" [137];
Appearance [146], [298];
Adjustment, see Adjustment, story [51];
Compared with Barley and Wheat [70], [413];
Barley substituted for [80], [85];
Beauty of [76];
Beri beri [79];
Bowl [80]-1;
Cakes [80];
California [365]-6;
Ceremonies [50], [82];
Certificates [185];
Climate [197], [391];
Collecting [229];
Consumption [81], [86], [127], [351], [366], [387];
Cooking [351];
Crop [68], [70], [193], [209], [364]-5, [387]-8, [410];
Cost of production [383];
Cultivation [18], [19], [20];
Daimyo's test [79];
Dealers [78], [186];
Deficit [388];
Disease [207], [238];
Distance apart [130];
Dog's food [345];
Drying [77], [120], [207]-8;
"Ears bend as ripen" [137];
more Eaten [85];
Emigration and [363];
Etiquette, [81];
Engineering [52];
Everywhere paddies [121];
Exports [86], [388];
Flavour, see Saigon, Rangoon, California, [366], [382], [389];
Flowering [196], [391];
Foreign [81];
Gemmai [79];
"Girl to boil" [351];
Goddess [312];
Glutinous [69], [382]-3;
Gohei [185];
Gohan [79];
Government action [48], [86], [390];
Granary, see Government action;
Hakumai [79];
Hand mills [78];
"Hanging ears" [76];
Hantsukimai [79];
Harvest [76], [77], [86], [386];
Heavy cropping power [70];
Heroic peasants [51];
Husking [77], [382]-3;
Imports [86], [136], [351], [388];
Indigestion [81];
Insects [74], [201], [250];
Italy [365]-6;
Japanese v. foreign production [366];
Kew plants [70];
Day's labour to produce 1 chō [385];
Land available [368];
"Last straw" [77];
League for Preventing Sales at a Sacrifice [384];
Licences [185];
Locusts [20];
Mangoku Doshi [78];
Manure, see Manure, [20];
Market [186];
Mat for workers [125];
Momi [79];
Names, see Varieties, [79], [387];
and Oatmeal [81]-2;
Ordinary [382]-3;
"Paddy" [69];
Opening a new Paddy [24];
Phial of old [40];
Polishing [78]-9 (2), [186];
Porters [186];
Prefectures where most is grown [68];
Prices [85] (2) -6 (2) -7, [351], [383]-4, [389], [390];
Profitable [358];
Production [351], and population increased 84;
Prizes at shows [9];
Qualities, see Varieties, [185];
Rangoon [388];
Red [56];
Rent rice, Inferiority of, see Rent, [23];
Reservoirs [210];
Respect for [185];
Right crop for Japan? [413];
Riots [87];
Rotting [76];
Saigon [366], [388];
Salt water, Testing with, [30];
School fees [239];
Seasons [69];
Seed [177], [208], [387];
at Shrine [116] (2), [118];
Soaking pond [74];
Soft for Invalids [81];
Song [83];
Sowing [386], Direct [387];
State [84];
Statistics, see Appendix, [84], [86];
Storehouses [48], [86], [185];
at Table [80], [91];
Tastiness [81];
for Temple [220];
Terraces [149];
Texas [365]-6;
Threshing [77]-8, [241];
Tickets [185];
Transplanting [20], [386]-7;
Tub [81];
Two hundred and tenth day [76];
Uncleaned [382]-3;
Unpolished [78];
Upland [69] (2), [73], [383];
U.S. area and crop [366];
Varieties, see Qualities, [69], [132];
Weeding [20], [75];
Weight of Bale [302];
Wet [76], [77];
Rice v. Wheat [351];
Wind [20], [76], [219], [220], [259];
Winnowing [78], [207];
Yahagi, Dr., [366];
Yields [69], [175], [382]-3;
Compared with Increase of Population [389]
"Rich are not so rich" [127];
"Rich cannot remain rich" [67];
Riches [58];
"Richer after the fire" [59]
Richo [106]
Rickets [268]
Riding, see Hokkaido; [194]
Rifles [151], [282]
Rin [191], [211], [271]
Ring [128]
Riots [87]
Rise in prices, see Prices
Rivers, see Hokkaido; [72], [93], [262], [390];
Beds, see Floods, [111]
R.L.S. [189]
Roads [122], [128], [130], [194], [219], [224], [240], [246], [287];
Mending free, [219],
for Rates, [245]
Robbers [195], [225], [277]
Robes [2], [270];
of Honour [187]
Rodin, [103]
Roka [375]
Roman Catholics [141], [362];
Rome [198]
Ronin, Forty-seven, [333]
Ron yori shoko [343]
Roof makers [268];
Roofs [153]
"Room of Patience" [179]

Roosevelt [159]
Rope, see Straw, [215];
Making [177];
Straw (Shinto) [223]
Rose [213], [290];
Rate of growth [242]
Rosebery, Lord, [9]
Rotation [309]
Rothamsted [370]
Route plans [18]
Rubbish, Production of, [369]
Ruddigore [274]
Running about [34]
Rural, and urban population compared, [364], [412];
"Bondage" [331];
Districts' relation to national welfare [369], [370]-1;
Exodus [284];
Life, Most difficult question in Japan, [303];
Exhibition [60];
Aim of Progress [27];
Rake's progress [60];
Sociology [iv], [ix], [85], [192]
Rush, see I, [410]
Russia, see Hokkaido; [194], [328];
Cruiser [248];
Novelists [99];
Prisoners [307];
War [85], [187], [286], [311];
Writers [327]
Rye [381] (2)

Sacred boat [257];
Grove [146];
Sacredness of work [94]
Sacrifice [101];
for father, husband, children, [102]
Sacrilege [134]
Saddles [269]
Sages [108]
Saghalien [290], [336], [390]-1
Saigon, see Rice
Sailing craft [208]-9;
Ships [235]
Sailors [211]
Sails, Western for Japanese, [208]
St. Francis [106], [321]-2
Saints [107]
Saitama [107], [146], [309], [313]
Sakaki [137]
Saké, see Drunkenness; [18], [46], [57], [79], [116] (2), [118]-9, [136], [180], [184], [213], [215], [254]-5, [267], [271], [303], [305], [313], [349] (2), [380], [396]
Salads dangerous [350]
Sale, C.V., xii, [364]
Salt [36], [251], [268], [349]
Salvation Army, see Hokkaido
Samurai [25], [53], [92], [141], [238], [243], [319], [395];
Scholar's kakemono [150]
Sanitary Committee [123]
Sanitation, Western [375]
Sanka [110]
Sappy growth [368]
Sato, Dr., see Hokkaido; [386]
Savages [141]
Savings [302];
Bank book [126];
Collected [230]
Saxby [167]
Sayings, see Proverbs
Scale [289]
Scandinavia [413]
Scapegoat [212]
Scarecrows [198]
Scenery [119], [152];
Characteristic [244]
Schools, see Children, Teachers, Schoolmasters; [15], [41], [113], [144], [212];
Agricultural [50], [375];
Influence of [57];
Attendance [112], [123], [264];
Barefoot drill [64];
Boys [38];
Boys' badges [221];
Buildings [112]-3;
Care of [112];
Children (Heights, weights and physique) [404];
Cleaned by children [112];
Compulsory attendance [113];
Co-operative [30];
Counsels [112], [124];
Early age of attendance [301];
Ethics [361];
Farm [127], [177];
Fees [239], [264], [314];
For girls' [47];
Girls' badge [285];
Influence of [118];
Masters, see Teachers, [20], [57], [61], [118], [140];
Maps [127];
Military relics [286];
Morality [149];
Mottoes [112], [124];
Order [127];
Poor [325];
Portraits [124];
Pride in [112];
Punishments [112], [178];
Rainy days [185];
in temple [137];
Truants [285];
Shrines [113];
Salutes [286];
Spartan conditions [50], [307];
Swedish drill [64];
Training [169];
Tree planting [121];
Vacation for helping with crops [127];
Winter arrangements [127]
Science [369];
and Religion [82], [201];
and Farmers [158];
Scientific truth [206];
Scientists [100]
Scolding [149]
Scotland [290], [358]
Scott San no Okusan (Mrs. Scott) [v]
Screen over streets [209]
Sculpture [102]
Scythe [196], [367], [385]
Sea [108], [332];
Beach sleeping [312];
Deities and [257];
Gains from [207];
Weed [43], [128], [349]
Seals [25]
Seats [124]
Secondary Industries [23], [65], [195], [232], [251], [279], [310], [379], [385]
Secret Ploughing Society [311]
Sects, see under names of; [149], [212]
Seeds, Better, [85], [370];
"Seed" (silkworm eggs), see Sericulture
Seiho, Takeuchi [344]

Sei-kō U-doku [310]
Seishu [396]
Self affirmation [101];
Command [280];
Control [16], [151], [157], [193];
Denial [101];
Discipline [301];
Government [236];
Realisation [101], [124], [125];
Respect [16], [369];
Self supporting but underfed [261]
Self Help, see Hokkaido; [60], [288]
Semi [344]
Semi-official [276]
Sencha [294], [403]
Sendai [118], [198], [268]
Seniors and juniors [216]
Sensei [12], [202], [300]
Sentiment [182], [203];
Latent [324]
Seppuku [54]-5, [333]
Sericulture, see Factories (Silk), Industry, Silk (below); [140], [237], [264]-5;
Advantage to Farmers [85];
Aptitude [153];
Beef tea [158];
Books for young men [22];
Ceremonies [50];
Cocoons [87], [150], [160], [404],
(Co-operation [22],
Killing [22], [159],
Production and price [397],
Retardation and Stimulation [397],
Shape [155],
Stores [147],
Where most are produced [153];)
Co-operation [160];
Disease [157]-8;
Eggs [150], [153]-4, [156]-7, [160];
Feeding [153];
Girl Collectors [161];
Hatching [154], [397]-8;
Hard work [153];
How sericulture districts are distinguishable [153];
Instruction, capacity for, [158];
Japan's advantages and disadvantages [397];
Licences [157];
Losses [155];
Mating [155]-6;
Microscopic examination [157];
Moths [155]-6-7;
Mulberry [157], [397]-8;
Nagano [161];
New thing [158];
Prices [157];
Purification [158];
Pupæ [158];
Rearing [154];
Risks [157];
Season [397];
"Seed," see Eggs; Prospects of, [160];
Quick profits [149];
Silkworms, [22], [89], [158], [278];
Science [157]-8;
Soap [158];
Students [158];
Temperature [153];
Wind holes [397];
Yamanashi [161].
—Silk [158], [160];
Artificial [160];
Clothing [346], [356];
Consumption [398];
Export [398];
Government [398];
Institutes [150];
Japanese export compared with other countries [153], [396];
Machinery [159];
Prefectures in which grown [146];
Production [398];
Rise in prices [87];
Testing [159];
U.S.A. [398];
World market [65]
Sermons, see Preaching, [58]
Servants [280], [374]
Service [319];
by hosts [31]
Sesame [220]
Sewing [127]
Sex [101], [189], [274], [282]
Sexes, see Bath, Bathing; [269], [315];
Balance of [169];
Curiosity [101];
Kept apart [313];
Ill-doing little concealed [101];
Numbers of [74];
Relations of [322];
Relations, no liberty in, [102];
Sex life and Japanese cults [97]
Shakespearean scenes [31], [276]
Shanghai [133]
Sheep, see Hokkaido; [240], [343], [347], [352]-3-4, [406];
Bureau [352];
Day [126];
Milk [347]
Shelley [99]
Shi [xxvi]
Shidzuoka [25], [63], [210], [283], [292], [396]
Shiga, Professor, [410]
Shikoku [207], [358], [379], [390], [391]-2, [402]
Shimane [222], [243], [253]
Shimoneseki [237]
Shin heimin [400]
Shingon [134], [211], [220], [269]
Shinjū [102]
Shinshu [2], [3], [134], [197], [222], [240]
Shinto [12], [19], [83], [96], [205] (2), [322], [326];
Architecture [251];
Ceremonies [45], [79], [82], [117], [275];
Deities [244];
Festival [192], [221];
Shintoists [91];
Priests [82]-3, [113], [118], [134], [194]. [258], [266], [271], [302]-3;
Sects [134];
Shelf, value of, [273];
Shrines [x], [16], [18], [22], [29], [45], [57], [75], [82], [94], [116], [123], [126], [130], [144] (2), [147], [186], [205], [220], [244], [251], [259], [263], [264], [266] (3), [269], [271], [299], [300];
"The centre of the village" [259];
Closing of [133]-4;
Produce at [177];
Seed from [59]
Shipping, Foreign, [256]
Shirakaba [102]
Shirakawa [175]
Shrine, see Buddhist shrine, Shinto Shrine; [120] (8), [127], [138], [206], [211], [219], [236], [237], [245], [256], [324], [326];
Advertisement of [287];
and gasometer [286];
and immorality [257], [307], [325]-6;
Bowls at, [203];
Communal [315];
Family [38]-40;
Mothers before [142], [287], [325]
Shōchū [396]
Shoes, see Boots, [236], [283]-4, [45]
Shogun [144], [150], [220], [333], [335]

Shōji, see Hokkaido for Windows; [36], [248], [257], [277], [286]
Shonai [182]
Shooting [215]
Shopkeepers [189], [213];
Diligent [17];
With land [267]
Shorts, Bathing, [312]
Shows, see Rural Life Exhibition; [9], [23], [58], [60], [103], [116], [258]
Shōyū, see Soy
Shu [334]
Shuku [222]
Siam [127], [388]
Siberia [388], [390], [410]
Sick relief [185]
Sickles, see Paddies; [196], [227], [363], [385]
Sieve [216]
"Sight of a good man enough" [24]
Signs, Shop, [245]
"Silent Trade" [122]
Silver [124], [396]
Silver Birch Society [102]
Si monumentum [31]
Simplicity [50], [186];
of living [38];
in Old Japan [240], [243]
Sincerity [20], [21], [124], [181];
"On the edge of the mattock" [136]
"Sinful man, I am," [26]
Singapore [57]
Singing [17], [308]
Sirens, guns and gods, [237]
Sitting [124]
Skating [152]
Ski-ing [140]
Skill [317];
"Skill in manufacture" [356]
"Slave system" [287];
"Slaves of their husbands" [143]
Sledge [183];
on beach [312]
Sleep [25]
"Sly" [283]
Smallholders' incomes [184];
Smallholdings, see Farmer;
and country [368];
Condition of success [89];

in Great Britain [368]
Smells, see Manure;
"They smell" [142]
Smiling [288], [321]
Smoking [137], [142], [258], [288]
Smollett [80], [144]
Snail [107]
Snakes [287];
Day [126]
Snapping turtle [136]
Snow, see Hokkaido; [120], [123], [132], [140], [182], [278], [391];
Shelters [140], [176], [190]
Snowdon [394]
Soap [158]
Social Conditions [88];
Development [206], [365];
Ideals [361];
Intercourse [374], [378];
Obligation exploited [369];
Reform and Christianity [362];
Question, see Hokkaido, [104];
Status, changes in, [62], [376]
Socialism [171], [328];
League [171]
Society [101], [182];
Restrictions [102];
Societies [214], [312];
"For Aiming at being Distinguished" [124];
"for Developing Knowledge" [124];
"for Knowledge and Virtue" [124];
for Rice cultivation by Schoolboys [19];
for Visiting other Prefectures [189];
of householders [214];
of primary school graduates [124];
to reward virtue [214];
to console old people [214]
Sociologist, A joy to [72];
Rural [85]
Socrates [203]
Soda water [130]
Sō desuka? [193]
Soil [307];
and farmers' character [25];
Barren [195];
Dark [309];
Improvement of [298];
Volcanic [309], [313]-4
Sojo, Toba [344]
Soldiers, see Conscripts; [18], [58], [187];
farms [311]
"Something that doth linger" [145]
Son, see Eldest brother;
Eldest, [329];
and father [205] (2);
Son's death [273];
"Son tiller" [37]
Son, [xxvi],
-chō [140]
Song [224], [313];
of insects [344];
of Revolution [171];
of rice planters [83];
Western [288]
Sorrow [273]
Sosen [344]
Soul [321]
Soups [110]
South America [176], [249], [352], [410];
South Seas [223]
Southend [329]
Soy [213], [349], [350], [381] (2), [383];
Soya bean [146], [295], [409], [411]
Spade, see Paddies; [385];
Farming [362]
Spanish [346];
Spaniards [208]
Sparrows [107], [199]
Speaking [24], [238];
Way of, to peasants, [94]
Special tribes [221], [241], [248]
Speculation [2];
Speculator and shrine [325]
Speech, see Author, Lectures, Speaking; [26], [238], [279];
Unnecessary [26]
Spelling, English, [301]
Spiders' big webs [248]

Spirea [122]
Spirit [50], [61], [67], [100];
Spirits [130];
Spirit meeting [36];
of Japan [323];
Spiritual betterment [95];
Dryness [27];
Spirituality [203], [206], [322]-3, [361];
Why slackened [100]
Spitting pot [58], [183]
Spontaneity [99]
Spraying [290]
Spring [214]
Squashes [146], [347]
Squid, see Cuttlefish, Octopus; [46], [228]
Stage, movable, [115];
Women on, [255]
Standard of living, see Living standard; [365], [378]-9, [380]-1-2;
and Emigration [363]
"Standing on householder's head" [242]
"Standing Peasant" [137]
Stanhope, Lady Hester, [170]
Starr, Dr., [326]
State Colonisation [312]; Statesmen
and Industrialism [369]
Statistics, see Appendix; [62], [297];
and Feeling [1];
Mistakes in [404]
Statues [45], [222]
Stealing, see Thefts, Crime;
Boys, [287]
Steel [396]
Steps [211]
Sterilisation [159], [348]
Steward's broom, [135]
Still births [114], [393]
Stockades [132]
Stock-keeping, see Hokkaido, [133]
Stomach-ache [350] (2), [351]
Stones, cutters, [267];
Memorial [133];
Pile of [110]
Storehouses [48], [86]
Storeys [153]
Storms [316], [391]
Stoves [358]
Strachey, J. St. Loe [9]
Strategic zone [237]
Straw, see Hats, Cloaks, Mantles; [73], [208], [367];
Rope [65];
Sleeping in [184];
Wrappings for trees [215]
Stream, Cleaning, [186]
Streamers [136]
Streets, Narrow, [209], [235]
Strindberg [99]
Stroking [142]
Students [150], [152], [159], [195], [220], [300];
Abroad [291], [402];
Character [50];
Grants to, [403];
Guild [50];
Holidays [137];
Promises to one another [8];
Sympathetic attitude [254]
Sty [27]
Subscriptions [281], [314] (2), [315]
Subservience [231]
Sugar [46], [210], [349] (2), [354], [409]
Suicide [55];
for love [102]
Sulphate of ammonia [386];
Sulphur [109];
Sulphuric acid water [177]
Summer [390]
Sumo, see Wrestlers
Sun, [126] (2), [372];
God worship [323];
Waiting for the, [323];
Sunshine [76]-7, [304];
"and rice may be found," etc., [109];
Sunday [126], [159]
Sung [105]
Superior person [254]
Superphosphate [386]
Superstition [41], [148] (3), [206], [208], [326]
"Surface beautiful" [327]
Suspension bridges [126]
Suwas [151];
Suwa Lake [152]
Swallows [94], [223]
Swamps [199]
Swearing [48]
Sweat and be saved [169]
Swedenborg [99]
Sweeping earth [31], [227];
Symbolical [135]
Sweethearts [302]
Sweets [17], [19], [267], [346], [383];
Shop girls [17]
Swine, see Pigs
Swiss [290];
Switzerland [368]
Swords [36]
Symbolism, Foreign, [127]
Sympathy [272]-3
Synge, J.M., [99], [282]
Syphilis, see Gonorrhœa, [126], [211], [326]
System [328]

Ta [68]
Tabi [312], [317]
Table, One long, [95]
Tablets [314] (3)
Tabu [117], [235]-6, [258]
Tacitus [357]
Tagore [99]
Tai [297]
Taiko, [66]
Taisho [39]
Taiwan, see Formosa
Tajima [402]
Takamatsu [209]
Takaoka, Professor, [381]
Talking foolishly [197];
"Talking with my wife" [61];
Talk [201]
Taming [248]
Tan, see Agriculture
Tang [105]

Tangerines [289]
Tanomoshi [62], [182], [185]
Taoist [106]
Taro [48], [220], [258], [309], [409]
Task, Summons from common, [310]
Tatami, see Mats; [50], [142], [198], [345]
Taxation [46], [65], [73], [85], [124], [176], [180], [284], [302], [307], [380], [389], [395], [404];
Voluntary [21];
Freedom from [43];
and Religion [212];
Largest taxpayer [216]
Tea [42], [110], [123], [146], [199], [287], [298], [307], [349], [409];
and cake [258];
Experiment stations [295];
Export [403];
Growing and making [292];
Prefectures [283], [403];
Tea Ceremony, see Cha-no-yu;
Houses [2], [19], [57], [130] (2), [149], [264], [277], [303], [325]
Teachers, see Schools, Schoolmasters; [27], [112], [282], [308], [321], [399], [412]
Technology [xiii], [28]
Teeth [143], [321]
Teetotalism [255]
Teikoku Nōkai [320]
Telegraph wire [223]
Temper, Better without meat, [268]
Temperance, see Teetotalism
Temperature, see Heat; [195], [390]-1
Temples, see Buddhist temples, Buddhism; [20], [31], [37], [45], [57]-8 (2), [62], [149], [183], [196], [206], [210], [220], [263]-4, [369];
Bell [331];
Dues [139], [380];
Government attitude, [41];
New, [41];
Priest's house in [4];
Services [3];
Schools [137];
"Temples, Shrines and English church" [100]
Ten years hence, see Time; [100], [324], [357]
Tenants, see Agriculture, Hokkaido, Farmers, Landlords; [37], [42], [152] (2), [189], [194]-5, [213], [223], [258], [261], [263], [265], [283], [301]-2, [364], [376], [411];
as "Labourers" [88], [395];
Condition of [207], [304]-5, [379], [380] (3)-1;
Contract [405];
Common interests with landlord [229]-30;
Eating cattle food [379];
Gifts to landlord [31];
Movement against landlords, see Tenants' movement (Landlords);
Rewarded [33], [187];
Sly [28];
Transference to Peasant Proprietorship [29]-30 (2), [31]
Tendai [220]
Tenison [xiv]
Tennis [159]
Tera [134]
Terauchi [390]
Terence [107]
Terracing [149], [227]
Texas [365]-6
Thanks not to be accepted [26]
Thatch [153], [281], [286]
Theatre [115], [266], [305];
and Police [53];
Moving [115];
Stamp on hands [115]
Theft, see Crime; [113], [139], [195], [280] (2)
Theine [292], 403
Theology [362]; Natural [141]
Thermometer [137]
"They feel the mercy of the sun" [321]
"Thirteen a perilous age" [130]
Thistles [307]
Thompson, Francis, [99]
"Those who suffer learn," etc., [253]
"Thou also dwellest," [106]
"Though hands and feet," etc., [324]
Thought changes really slow [331]
Threshing [208], [367];
Machinery, [78]
Threshold [242]
Thrift [11], [12], [13], [30]-1, [48], [50], [60]-1, [124], [187]
Thunderbolts [131]
Thyme [290]
Tidal waves [62], [93]
Tidiness [19]
Tiger-day [126]
Tiles [153], [245]
Timber [111], [122], [128], [194], [227]
Time, see Ten years hence; [252], [292]
Tintoretto [103]
"Tipped with fire" [27]
Tipping [145], [148]
Toast [80]
Tobacco [177], [267], [349], [379], [380], [400]
Tochigi [107], [309]
Toes [317]
Tōfu [81], [311], [349], [350]
Tokobashira, see Tree in room
Tokonoma [32], [319]
Tokugawa Iyesato, Prince, [x];
Tokugawa period [8], [285], [363]
Tokushu buraku [400]
Tokushima [207], [209]
Tokyo [xxvi], [26], [38], [55], [66], [71]-2, [102], [107], [144], [182], [227], [249], [260] [286], [289], [292], [299], [309], [313], [318], [322], [331], [334], [349], [387], [391] (2);
Population [392];
University [145]
Tolstoy, see Hokkaido; [25], [27], [94], [200], [321], [327]
Tombstones [72]
"Too near to criticise" [331];
"Too poetical" [254]
Tools, see Paddies, Implements; [174], [222], [301], [317]

Top, Movement from, [30], [204]
Torii [236], [251], [325]
Torrens [170]
Tottori [253], [255], [402]
Tourist steamers [237]
Towels [16], [31], [148], [183], [286], [295]
Town life, True character of, [180];
Townsman envied [180];
Townsman v. Countryman [233]
Toyama [132], [138]
Toyo-ashiwara, etc., [68]
Trachoma [183], [405]
Trade Unions, see Labour;
U.S. and [170];
Tradesmen [189];
Tradesmen's boys [315]
Tradition, Family, [149]
Traherne, [99]
Training, Home, [149]
Tramps [315], [376]
Transactions of Society of Arts, see Asiatic; [364]
Translations [401]
Travel, see Trips; [216], [269];
Counsel [110];
Old time [246];
Postgraduate [29]
Trees, see Varieties of, under names, [62], [147], [227], [316];
Cutting down [13];
Dwarfed [52];
Homesteads studded [146], [307];
in the house [319];
Moving [210];
Mushrooms [110];
Planting, see Afforestation, [45], [67], [121], [240];
in Room [319];
Symbolical [12], [121];
Pictures [215];
Trimmed [77];
in Winter [215]
"Tremble and correct their conduct" [113]
Trips [18]
Troubler of Israel [90]
Trousers [111], [269], [310], [312]
Truth [161]
Tsingtao [58]
Tsushima [248], [335]
Tuberculosis [398], [406]
Tunnels [52], [132], [149], [152], [176], [190], [197]
Tumours [268]
Turnips [410]
Twelve hours' day, U.S. and, [170]
Types (Racial) [204]
Typhoons [93]
Tytler [207]

Uchimura, Kanzō, see also Hokkaido; [90]-7, [99], [101], [141], [326]-7, [362]
Ueda Sericulture College [158]-9
Umbrellas [198], [250], [285]
Unclean [208]
Undercooking [350]
Underfeeding [350]
Understanding, see West and East
Uninhabitable, see also Area habitable; [394];
compared with Great Britain [394]
United States [328], [388];
and British Interests in Far East [xv];
and Japan [xv];
Government [xiv];
and twelve hours' day [170];
Steel Corporation [170]
Universe [7], [321]
Universities [300], [403]
Unmarried [393]
Unworldliness [28]
Upland, see also Rice; [372] ;
Hata [68];
Area [385];
Area ploughed by cattle [385];
Profit of [194];
Value of [402]
Upper class reformers [30]
Usury [38], [56], [176], [184], [185]
Uta [324]
Utilisation of waste, see Waste; [48]

Vacation, see Schools
Valerius [45]
Valleys [372]
Van Eyck [103]
Van Gogh [103]
Vaughan [99]
Veal [349]
Vegetable protein [348]-9
Vegetables [18], [85], [307], [349] (2), [389];
at Shrine [16], [83];
Salted [196]
Vegetarianism [57], [59], [130], [147], [270], [321], [348]
Venus [214]
Vetch [263]
Veterinary surgeon [268]
Views [119]
Village activities [250];
Association for promoting morality [20];
Callings [189];
Cleaning stream [186];
Conditions [322];
Discords [305];
Founders [265];
Funds [124], [279];
Histories [57];
Ideal [104];
Improvement of [28];
Library [59];
Mobilisation [241];
Meetings [20], [278];
Model [259], [380];
Number of Houses in [262];
Office [314];
Praised and rewarded [41];
Reformed [47];
Return to [88];
Revenue [124];
Signs of being well off [263]-4;
Signs of good [259];
Tax free [21];
Troubles [278];
Unified by removal of graves [72];
Wanted one good personality in [259];
Villagers, not educated enough to understand, [26], [341];
Savings [230];
Taxes in work [245];
Worthy [22]

Village Agricultural Association [22]-3, [30], [215], [250], [303], [380]
Village assembly [123], [133], [215]
Villages, see Famine, Revenue, Sanitary Committee, Societies, Taxation;
[xxvi], [16], [18], [43], [134]
Vine branches [209]
Virtue, see Morality; [140];
Supreme [120];
Taught by hands [50]
Vladivostok [214]
Voelcker, Dr., [370]
"Voice of one," etc., [136]
Volcanic ash [70];
Eruption grants [312];
Soil [309], [313]
Volcanoes, see Earthquakes, Hokkaido; [108], [131], [143], [316], [390], [394]
Voters, see Franchise; [124], [400]
Votive pillars [211];
clock [252]
Vow [255]
Vulgar words [18]

Waist string [307]
Waitresses [212], [315], [322], [376];
and Foreigners [101]
Waley, A., [320]
"Walking out" [313], [315]
Wall builders [267];
Wall charts [124]
Wallace, Robert, [viii]
Wallas, Graham, [86]
War [203], [311], [354], [414];
and this book [xxv], [87]-8;
Bonds [187];
China [85];
Counsels [187];
Great War [x], [206];
Russia, see Russia, [21], [85], [91]
Waraji [15], [129], [209], [272], [279], [326]
Washing [45], [317], [354];
Washouts [182]
Waste [70], [324], [385];
of time [xi];
Planting of, see Afforestation;
Utilisation of [48], [178]
Wastrels, see Hokkaido
Watakushi [301]
Watchword [259]
Water [64], [126], [132]-3, [262], [298]-9, [390];
Colours [286];
Dangerous [108], [350];
"Water drinker" [258];
Hot piped [248];
Pollution [350];
On roof [177];
Wheels [216], [263];
Splashing quarrels [48];
Works [52]
Wax and trees [219], [400], [410]
Weather, see Climate; [86], [136], [391]
Weddings, see Marriages; [66], [265], [302], [332], [379];
Tax [21]
Weeds, see Paddies; [228], [263], [307], [314], [366], [385];
"Weeding in happiness" [137]
Week [126]
"Weep not," etc., [224];
Weeping [25]
Weights [350], [404];
Lifting [16];
and Measures [xxv]
Welcome tea [148]
Well off [204], [264] (2), [370]
Wells [27], [207]
Wells, H.G., [viii]
West and East, Elemental things [6];
Glamour [369];
Importance of problem [vii];
Real barrier [xii]
Western art [102];
Costumes [101];
Dancing [101];
Civilisation [186];
Eroticism [101];
Ideas [201];
Influence [174], [330], [369];
Literature [102];
Music [102];
Painting [102];
Philosophy [102];
Sculpture [102];
Thought [55]
Wet, see Climate
"What a happy life" [183]
Wheat [307], [351] (2), [381] (2), [391], [409]-10;
Compared with Rice [351], [383];
Imports [383]
Whitman, Walt, [99] (2), [105]
"Why do you wear," etc., [288];
"Why fasten your horse," etc., [288]
Widows [111], [197]
Wild people [110]
Wilkstroemia Sikokiana, see Gampi
Will [19], [314]
Windbreaks [248];
Mills [152], [251];
and Taxes [259]
Windows [358]
Winnowing [215], [220]
Winter [278], [282], [390], [413];
Crop [384]-5-6
Wisdom or Riches [61]
Wit [191]
Wives, see Marriage, Wedding; [143];
"Please teach her" [6]
Women, see Farmers' wives, Nurses, Paddies, Porters, Teachers, Wives;
[34], [205], [212];
Barbers [224];
British Exploitation of [170];
Carriage of [268];
Children on back [97];
Women's Chivalrous Society [312];
Clothing [125];
Cooking [136];
Crime against [114], [229];
on dam and dyke [43], [224];
Diseases [268];
Exploitation of [173];
Fisher women [235];
Individualism [102];
Influence of Christianity [94] (2), [95];
Kindness [31];
Labourers [323];
Women's Movement [290];
and Men [102], [169], [290];
New openings for [255];
Number of Workers [168]-9, [399];
One Heart Society [312];
Overworked [114];
Press [181];
Praying [243];
and Priest [4];
Priest [120];
Primitive conditions [216], [247];
Obstacles to Agricultural progress [232];
Public life [300];
Same implements as husband [97];
Savings not used by men [126];
Story of old woman [323];
Religious Association [58];
Self-suppression [290];
Strength [269];
Suffering [181], [290];
Trousers, see Trousers, [111];
compared with Western [290];
Western costumes [101];
Wives, see Wives, [293];
Work [278]
Wood [110], [126], [196], [372];
Cutters [267];
Divided up, Result, [306];
and Grain crops [309];
Preservation [227];
Quantity needed [111];
Utensils [121];
Wealth of [122];
Workers [121];
White (Shinto) [46], [83]
Wool [133], [346], [352]-3-4-5-6-7;
v. Cotton and Silk [356];
Woollen factories compared with English [354]-7;
Industry [354]-5-6-7, [407]
Woolman, John, [vi]
Work, for common good [19];
to Gain influence [321];
Good [317];
Hard [125], [284];
"Make the young fellows" [259];
Sacredness of [94];
Workers [218], City [87]-8;
Workmen good [317]
World, Attitude, [371];
Better world [90], [202]
Worship [141], [244], [271], [324], [326]
"Would that my daughter," etc. [183]
"Wounds of the realm" [309]
Wren [31]
Wrens [287]
Wrestlers [16], [28], [108], [179], [196], [249], [276], [316], [404]
Wrist development [16]
Writing [17], [288], [311];
"Penmanship is like," etc., [288]