| O-Gin | "Silver." |
| O-Ishi | "Stone." |
| O-Iwa | "Rock." |
| O-Kané | "Bronze." |
| O-Kazé[63] | "Air,"—perhaps Wind. |
[63] ] I cannot find any explanation of this curious name.
| O-Kin | "Gold." |
| O-Ruri[64] } | "Emerald,"—emeraldine? |
| Ruriko } | |
[64] ] The Japanese name does not give the same quality of æsthetic sensation as the name Esmeralda. The ruri is not usually green, but blue; and the term "ruri-iro" (emerald color) commonly signifies a dark violet.
| O-Ryū | "Fine Metal." |
| O-Sato | "Sugar." |
| O-Seki | "Stone." |
| O-Shiwo | "Salt." |
| O-Suna | "Sand." |
| O-Suzu | "Tin." |
| O-Tané | "Seed." |
| O-Tetsu | "Iron." |
The following five yobina are æsthetic names,—although literally signifying things belonging to intellectual work. Four of them, at least, refer to calligraphy,—the matchless calligraphy of the Far East,—rather than to anything that we should call "literary beauty."
LITERARY NAMES
| O-Bun | "Composition." |
| O-Fudé | "Writing-Brush." |
| O-Fumi | "Letter." |
| O-Kaku | "Writing." |
| O-Uta | "Poem." |