東京市麴町區内幸町一丁目五番地
印刷者 北村東一
東京市麴町區内幸町一丁目五番地
印刷所 ジャパン・タイムス社印刷部
東京市麴町區内幸町一丁目五番地
發行所 ジャパン・タイムス社出版部
振替口座 東京 六四八四八番
販賣所 全國各書店
Footnotes
[1] “Cho”, generally translated as “street,” is used in designating a particular locality of town, including a street line and, often, its neighbourhood.
[2] “O-Tami don” is one of familiar ways of addressing people. “O”, one of the honorific terms, carries often an endearing tone. “Don,” placed after one’s name, is used generally among people of working or servant classes in greeting one of their own number.
[3] The value of gold pieces is hard to ascertain, as there were in circulation coins minted in different ages, and their qualities were of as different grades. However, one “ryo”, as the larger gold money was termed, is about equivalent to a hundred yen according to the present scale of currency and its purchasing power, or it is, at least, an approximation as near as needed for our present purpose.
[4] “Chan” is used in accosting a person in an endearing way. “Tsu”, an abbreviation for “Tsuya” as “Shin” is for “Shinsuké”, is an instance of shortening a name in familiar speech.
[5] The “Bon” holidays which fall on the middle of the seventh month are observed in honor of the return of the dead souls to their former earthly abode. It is still kept to this day not so much for general religious fervor as a convenient time to mark off the first half portion of the year. It is at this time and also just before or during the New Year’s holidays, twice in a year, that people exchange presents as greetings of the season. One who receives a call at such time by a man below oneself generally acknowledges the same with small or large tips.
[6] Incorrectness in the manners or conduct of a man in a lower level of culture or intellect, if not ill meant and not pushed too far, is generally taken as a matter of course more or less, and treated as such. Benevolence and understanding have always been regarded by the Japanese as so much of virtue as well as the prerogative of a man in a more favoured position of life. Thus it is seen why the boatman’s manners, above described, coming so openly and frankly from a man who knew no better, were accepted as a well-meant effort to amuse the company at the expense of nobody but himself.
[7] In old times the theatre generally opened at about 10 o’clock in the morning, continuing until about 9 o’clock in the evening. What of the distance to cover on foot and of this early performance, theatre-goers had to leave their homes early and made a complete day and evening of it.