[—Page 287.]

CHAPTER XXII.
Sports and Games.

Hunting—Horse-racing—Fishing—Outdoor games—Billiards—Sugoroku—Iroha-cards—Ode-cards—Ken—Japanese chess—The moves—Use of prisoners—The game of go—Its principle—Camps—Counting—“Flowers-cards”—Players—How to play—Claims for hands—Claims for combinations made—Reckoning.

[—Page 305.]

ILLUSTRATIONS.

The Seven Herbs of Autumn[Frontispiece.]
Page.
A Street in Yedo (From a picture by Settan, 1783–1843)[13]
A Shop in Tokyo[18]
In the Slums[25]
A House and a Gate[27]
A Roofed and a Pair Gate[29]
Door-fastenings[32]
A House without a Gate[36]
A Garden[38]
A Six-matted Room and Verandah[41]
The Porch, open and latticed[45]
An Eight-matted Parlour[47]
A Visitor[49]
A Sitting-room[50]
A Chest of Drawers and a Trunk[52]
Foot-warmers[55]
A Shrine of the Rice-god[57]
A Meal-tray[60]
How to hold Chopsticks[61]
A Meal[63]
The Kitchen[65]
A Skylight and the Kitchen-god[67]
A Well[69]
Raw Fish, whole and sliced[72]
Sushi and Soba[77]
A Box of Sponge-cake[79]
The Kimono, rear and front view[86]
The Obi, square and plain[88]
The Haori[89]
The Hakama[91]
Socks[92]
The Obi for ordinary wear[98]
The Dress-obi[100]
A Servant with Tucked Sleeves[102]
The Reformed Dress[103]
A Young Lady dressed for a Visit[105]
Queues[108]
The “203-metre Hill” and “Penthouse”[109]
Young Girls’ Hair[110]
The “Inverted Maidenhair”[111]
The Shimada and “Rounded Chignon”[112]
Bars, Combs, and Bands[114]
Ornamental Hair-pins[116]
The Hair-dresser[117]
Plain Clogs[124]
Matted Clogs[126]
Matted Sandals[127]
Straw sandals[128]
Old Headgear[129]
A Hood[130]
An Overdress[132]
Lanterns[134]
The Family in Bed[137]
A Woman smoking[141]
The Starching-board[143]
Needlework[146]
The Servant at the Sliding-door[152]
Cooking Rice[158]
The Housemaid at work[160]
The House-boy[162]
Bowing[168]
Sitting with Crossed Legs[169]
Squatting[170]
Betrothal Presents (From a picture by Sukenobu, 1678–1751)[178]
The Bridal Procession (From a picture by Sukenobu)[180]
The Wedding Party (From a picture by Sukenobu)[182]
The Exchange of Cups (From a picture by Sukenobu)[184]
The Bride’s Cabinets (From a picture by Sukenobu)[186]
The First Meeting and Wedding at the Present Time[188]
A Daimyo’s Wedding[190]
A Lower-class Wedding[192]
Husband and Wife[196]
A Domestic Quarrel and Reconciliation[199]
The First Visit to the Local Shrine (From a picture by Sukenobu)[222]
The “First-eating” (From a picture by Sukenobu) [224]
Carrying Children[227]
Fencing[233]
Offerings before a Coffin [238]
Coffins and an Urn[241]
A Buddhist Funeral Service[242–3]
Service at the Temple[245]
At the Crematory[246]
Graves[247]
A Shinto Funeral Procession[249]
A Shinto Funeral Service[250]
A Writing-table and Book-cases[253]
Tea-making[260]
Flower-vases[262]
A Tray-landscape[264]
The Koto[265]
The Samisen[267]
A No-dance[270]
The Entrance of a Theatre[272]
The Stage and Entrance-passage[273]
The Revolving-stage[275]
A Wrestling-match[279]
The Champion’s Appearance in the Ring[281]
The Entrance of a Story-tellers’ Hall[283]
A Story-teller on the Platform[285]
The Treasure-ship[289]
The New Year’s Decorations[290]
The Feast of Dolls[293]
Cherry-flowers at Mukojima[295]
The Feast of Flags[298]
The Fête of Sanno[299]
The Feast of Lanterns[301]
Offerings to the Full Moon[303]
Cormorant-fishing[307]
Angling-stools[308]
Sugoroku[309]
Iroha and Ode-Cards[311]
Playing Ode-cards[312]
The Game of Ken[315]
Japanese Chess[317]
The Game of Go[318]
“Flower-cards”[321]

CHAPTER I.
TOKYO THE CAPITAL.

The youngest of the capitals—Yedo—The feudal government—Prosperity of Yedo—Its population—The military class—The Restoration—The new government—National reorganisation—Centralisation—Local government—Tokyo the leader of other cities—Struggle between Old and New Japan—The last stronghold of Old Japan.