Biwa_, 289

Black and white company, 187

Black Country, 132

"Black sake", 79

Blacksmith, 264

Blake, William, 98, 103, 105-6

Blind,
see _Amma_, 192, 300;
Advantage of Blindness, 232;
Blind guides, 369;
Headman, 229

Blood and thunder stories 121

Boar day 126

Boasting 17

Boat, sacred, 257

Body 226

Boehme 99

Bog 390

"Bold is the donkey driver" 98

Bolting ideas 331

_Bon_ 180, 190, 265, 267, 271-2, 302, 361;
Songs and dances 189, 190, 197 (2), 274

Bonins 391

Bonito 297

Books 159, 190, 319, 401;
Cheap 212;
Faults of many about Japan 254;
Foreign 141, 196, 248;
In demand 60;
In a Village Library 60;
Shops 244

Booths 115

Boots 236, 284, 346

Borneo 127

Borrow vi, 119, 283

Borrowing,
see Credit, _Ko, Tanomoshi_; 125, 183

Boswell, 140, 175

Bottles, tied with rope, 119

Bowing 44 (2), 46, 83, 121, 286, 313

Bowels 348, 351

Bowls, Turning, 111;
at shrine 303

Box for letters for Police 111

Boy
Growth of 113;
Labour 411;
Tradesmen's 315;
Reformation of 178;
Running away 322;
Stolen 286;
"Boy San" 103

Brazil 401

Bread 80 (2), 346 (2), 350-1 (2), 383

Bream 297

Breath 117

Brewing, see Hokkaido, 119

Bribery 208, 400; 123, 303

Bride 21;
Chest 129, 379

Bridges 128, 132, 240;
Mysteriously repaired, 287;
Suspension 209

Briefness 292

Bright, John, 203

Britons, see Hokkaido, 403

Broadmindedness 326

Bronte, E., 99

Brothels 56, 222, 243

Brother, Eldest, 19, 329

Brotherly union 94-5

Buckwheat, see Hokkaido; 111, 122, 243, 264, 381, 409;
"As white as snow" 111

Buddha 1, 3, 4, 5, 19, 26 (2), 51, 58 117, 125, 142, 205-6;
Inferior 139;
Heads 310.
--Buddhism 19, 30, 42, 57 (2), 63 (3), 96, 101,
197, 205, 210, 212, 322, 324;
and Animal life 59, 345, 347;
behind the age 6;
without Buddha 322, 327;
and Christianity 59, 100-1, 324, 362;
Definition of 93;
Difficulty of getting a general view of 327, 321;
England and 100;
of old time 258;
Too aristocratic 1
Buddhist 91, 96, 129;
Gatherings 231;
Influence 259;
Literature 327, 331;
Real 63;
Sects, under names;
Services 3, 205 (2), 270;
Strict 30;
Y.M.A. 124;
Y.W.A. 124.
--Buddhist Priests, see _Bon_; 1-7, 96, 113, 118, 134, 142,
194, 231, 240, 258, 264, 269, 270 (2)-1-2, 302, 314;
Priest's man 270-1;
Succession to 135;
Wives 6, 2