.

Household duties, training for, 21.

Household worship, 328.

Hyaku nin isshu, "Poems of a Hundred Poets," the name of a game, 26.

Inkyo, a place of retirement, the home of a person who has retired from
active life, 136.

Instruction, in etiquette, 46;
in flower arranging, 42;
in music, 41, 431;
in painting, 47, 432;
in reading and writing, 38;
in tea ceremony, 44.

Inu, a dog, 250.

Ise, 231.

Iwafuji, 210-213.

Iwakura, Prince, 157.

Iya, a child's word, denoting dislike or negation, 16.

Iyemits[)u], 171, 172.

Iyeyas[)u], 169.

Japan-China war, 458-462.

Japanese language, 16, 40, 179.

Japanese literature, 147-150.

Jimmu Tenno, 138.

Jin, benevolence, 415.

Jingo K[=o]g[=o], 139-143, 147.

Jinrikisha, a light carriage drawn by one or more men, and which will
hold one or two persons, 26, 70, 92, 268, 272, 320, 321.

Jinrikisha man, 26, 62, 69, 92, 108, 270, 279, 299, 316, 319-324, 473.

Jishi, mercy, 415.

J[=o]r[=o], a prostitute, 289-292, 406-411.

J[=o]roya, a house of prostitution, 290-292, 406-411.

Kaibara's "Great Learning of Women," 387, 389, 391.

Kakemono, a hanging scroll, 44, 147, 238.

Kameido, 296.

Kami-dana, "god-shelf," the household shrine used by Shint[=o]
worshippers, 328.

Kana, Japanese phonetic characters, 40 _note_, 430.

Katsuobushi, a kind of dried fish, 5.

Kimono, a long gown with wide sleeves and open in front, worn by
Japanese of all classes, 7, 94, 188, 192, 287.

Kisses, 36.

Knees, flexibility of, 9.

Kotatsu, a charcoal fire in a brazier or small fireplace in the floor,
over which a wooden frame is set, and the whole covered by a quilt, 33.

Koto, a musical instrument, 42.

Kuge, the court nobility, 155, 170.

Kura, a fire-proof storehouse, 147, 171, 173.

Kuruma, a wheeled vehicle of any kind, used as synonymous with
jinrikisha.

Kurumaya, one who pulls a kuruma. _See_ Jinrikisha man.

Kurushima, 203.

Ky[=o]t[=o], 156, 171, 240, 241.

Ladies, court, 145, 148, 152-154;
of daimi[=o]s' families, 175-180, 182-184.

Loyalty, 33, 75, 197, 206-208, 217, 302-304.

Mam ma, a baby's word for rice or food, 16.

Mamushi, a poisonous snake, 467, 468.

Manners of children, 18.

Manzai, exorcists who drive devils out of the houses at New Year's time,
357.

Marriage, 57-83;
ceremony, 61, 63, 435, 436;
feast, 63;
festivities after, 63, 64, 437;
guests, 63;
presents, 62, 435;
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