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CHAPTER XVI

SAYONARA DAI NIPPON

At the close of the last administration, L. resigned his post, and with real regret we prepared to leave the Land of a Million Swords. We had experienced nothing but the pleasantest relations with the Japanese, nor had we at any time heard of rudeness to Americans.

The day we sailed L. was besieged with people who came to say good-bye. Among those who called were Mr. Sakai and Mr. Yoshida, for the Foreign Office. Mr. Matsui, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, brought us a superb basket of flowers, while Mr. Nagasaki, Master of Ceremonies at Court, presented us with some orchids from the Imperial greenhouse.

Best of all, as we thought at the time, Mr. Baba, Master of Ceremonies to the Empress, came with a magnificent gold lacquer box from Her Majesty. We received him in state in the parlour, and with much ceremony and repeated bows he presented the gift, accompanying it with many pleasant messages from the Empress. In return we bowed and expressed our gratitude for the great honour, speaking of our love for the country and our deep regret at leaving, and adding that we should always have the happiest memories of our stay in beautiful Japan. The most gratifying token of appreciation, however, has come to my husband since his withdrawal from the diplomatic service. This is the grand cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, First Class, conferred in recognition of his efforts to promote friendly relations between this country and Japan.

Many people telephoned to know by what train we were leaving, but we decided to slip away to Yokohama in the motor. We looked for the last time at the Embassy, with its pretty garden, where we had been so happy, and getting into the car were shot out of the porte-cochère and around the circle, waving good-bye to some of the Staff and the servants who stood bowing at the door.

At the Consulate in Yokohama L. joined Mr. Sammons, the Consul-General, and went to a luncheon at the Grand Hotel given in his honour by the Asiatic and Columbia Societies, which are composed of the American colony. All joined in drinking his health and in wishing him a pleasant voyage and a speedy return. In answer L. said that during his all too brief stay in Japan he had come to realize the great cordiality and hospitality of the American community in Yokohama and other cities, and this realization made it all the harder for him to say farewell. After adding that each visit to Japan only made him like the country better, he closed by saying that while he was about to cease to be officially the Ambassador from one country to the other, he yet looked forward to being in the future, unofficially, an ambassador between the two, and hoped that he would soon see many of those present at his home, where they would always be welcome.

I went to Mrs. Sammons' luncheon, where she had several ladies as guests. The table decorations were exquisite, in Japanese style. After luncheon Mrs. Sammons took me in her motor to the wharf, where we found L. waiting for us with a number of people who had come to see us off. Everybody cheered as we boarded the launch, which took us to the steamer; there we found baskets of flowers, candies, books, and other gifts awaiting us.

In a few minutes the big ship began to shake and the water to rush by, and we knew that we were off. Soon the sun, a great red disk--fitting national emblem of Japan!--went down in the glow of the dying day. Above the darkness, which settled on earth and sea, rose the mysterious cone of "O Fuji-San," seeming detached from all that was earthly below, a divine spirit of a mountain-top, which slowly disappeared as the night filled the heavens with stars.

As I sat in my steamer chair I had time to think again and again of the land and the people we had left behind. I remembered with pleasure the pretty, gentle women with their laughing, almond-eyed babies riding happily on their mothers' backs, and recalled with admiration the Spartan men, so loyal to their country. Closing my eyes I seemed to see the quaint little streets, lined on either side with paper houses, in front of which gay toys were displayed for sale. Industrious workmen, making curious objects with their deft fingers, sat in their doorways, and painters also, designing fantastic animals of the imagination. Once I seemed to catch the perfume of the plum blossoms, and with it I dreamed of golden temples on the hillside and thought I heard a Buddhist priest muttering to himself, "All beings are only dreaming in this fleeting world of unhappiness."

Mixed in the fantastic medley of this dream passed the animals of the years--the strutting cock of 1912, the stolid bullock of 1913, and in the distance the crouching tiger of the year to come. Then I saw the little apes of Nikko, sitting motionless before me--Mizaru, who sees no evil, Kikazaru, who hears no evil, and Mazaru, who speaks no evil. Above them all flew the H-oo, the guiding bird of good omen, which only appears to herald the coming of peace and prosperity. May he bring them both to Japan!

[Illustration: THE LITTLE APES OF NIKKO.]

Many times since, on looking back, it has seemed as if Dai Nippon must be all a dream--a fairy island, perhaps, conjured out of the sea by some mighty giant. I often wonder if it did not truly sink into the sea beneath the red eye of the setting sun.

When I am troubled about this, I get out Osame's letter and read it again. It came to us soon after we reached home, and is very reassuring. In order that you, too, may know that Japan is real, I will let you read it.

"DEAR EXCELLENCY," he wrote L., "when the first news of your coming to Japan announced I could not feel but the happiest news like from Heaven, and only waited the day might flew to your arriving date. The joy and happiness reached its maximum height when I had the pleasure and delight of meeting you and Madam once more at Kharbin. Three years passed since your last visit and you and Madam had not least changed, like the peerless Fuji towering high above the clouds I wished I had power to show you the appreciation and gratitude I always indebted to you, but it was vain effort.

"However Heaven blessed me that you had an interview three years ago with late Emperor and now again with His Majesty his son, we look up to them like a living God enthroned since 666 B.C. I was so pleased. Now alas you passed away again from Japan at four o'clock on the fifteenth instant. As I left the ship I could not utter a word with the heart-rending unhappiness of parting from you. The launch blew the whistle thrice, and puffing out a great column of smoke she slowly moved away. I saw you fading sight and thanked you for your kindness of watching me until we could not discern each other. And the joy and happiness rolled with the waves following your course. With no sign of encouragement I reached shore and out the dream. I ran to the Post Office to send a cable.

"I hope you are enjoying the best health and the best time. Do not forget this humble Osame, always with you no matter what part of the planet you may travel, and always glad and feel happy to hear.

"Please recommend me to one who come to Japan.

"I hope I may be a little service to you for the rare opportunity and honour in my life. With the best wishes for you and Okusuma, anxiously awaiting to hear I remain

"Your humble servant, "OSAME KOMORI."

So it ends, and so likewise, respectfully bowing, the "Rustic Wife" makes her last apologies and bids the "Honourable Reader _sayonara_!"

THE END.

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INDEX

"A B C of Japanese Art," 366

Abe, Mr., 97

Adams, Mrs. Douglas, 234, 240

Ainus, 35, 274, 275, 277-291

Akasaka, 43, 73, 332, 333

Akashi, General, 18

Akashi Straits, 322

Akiko, 241

Altai Mountains, 2

Ama-no-Hashidate, 315

Ama-no-kagu, 238

Ama-terasu, 34, 137

Amaterasu-Omikami, 158

Ambassador, American, 41, 43, 45, 59, 81, 82, 84, 86, 87, 91, 92; French, 90

America, 54, 55, 58, 71, 94, 102, 115, 124-126, 148, 172, 195, 196, 200, 201, 205, 213, 235, 253, 340, 357, 372; diplomatic service in, 41

American Board (of Foreign Missions), 207, 208

"American Japanese Problem, The," 118

Americans, 112, 117, 207

Amida, 174, 175

"Ancient Tales and Folklore of Japan," 219

Anethan, Baroness d', 170

Anezaki, Professor, 212

Aoyama, 78, 79

Arabia, 263

Arabs, 182

Arai, 312, 313

Argentina, 119, 120, 122

Arita, 372

Arnell, Mr., 260, 274

Arnold, Mr., 260

Arsenal Gardens, 347; (Korakuen), 348, 349

Asaka, Prince, 75

Asakusa Kwannon, 268

Asano, Lord of Ako, 62, 63

Asa, 237

Atami, 303, 305, 314

Atsuta, 313

Attachés, Naval and Military, 64, 96

Australia, 47, 114, 263

Austria, 96

Ayaha Festival, 158

Azuma-Bashi, 309

Baba, Mr., 375

Bacon, Miss Alice M., author, 148

Bahu, the Eater of Dreams, 323

Baikal, Lake, 3

Bakin, 230, 364

Baptists, 207

Bashô, epigram by, 140

Bean Night, 147

Benquet Road, 301

Benten, 299, 300

Benten-jima, 313

Bergson, 212

"Beyond, The," 240

Bismarck, quoted, 37

Biwa, Lake, 315, 316, 363

Bizen, 272

Blacker, J. F., 366

Bluff, the, 261, 296

Boardman, Miss, 16

Boshu Peninsula, 307

Boston, 50, 71, 361; Back Bay of, 50; Museum of Fine Arts, 357

Boys' Festival, 153, 336

Brazil, 119-122

Brazilians, 42

British, 117; Islands, 112

Broadway, 55

Brookline, Mass., 342

Brownell, Mr., 111, 226

Brownings, of Japan, 241

Brussels, last sight of, 1; to Kyoto, 3; palace in, 74

Bryan, Dr., 28, 329

Bryan, Secretary, 118

Bryn Mawr, 196

Buddha, 29, 35, 51, 61, 142, 152, 153, 174, 175, 177-179, 184, 297, 318, 357, 369-371, 373, 374

Buddhism, 160, 164, 173, 174, 184, 211, 328; in Korea, 16

Buddhist, 29, 46, 166, 196, 210, 213

_Bushido_, 164, 184-188

Caldwell, Mrs., 58

California, 59, 114-119

Canada, 274

Carolingians, 36

Catholics, Roman, 17

Central America, 114

Chamberlain, Professor, translation by, 138, 185

Champ de Mars, 78

Changchun, 4, 5

Chemulpo, 205

Chiba, 308

Chicago of Japan, the, 126

Chikamatsu, 243

Chile, 119

China, 19, 20, 45, 46, 55, 112, 120, 123-125, 133, 134, 156, 203, 209, 326, 329, 331, 349, 350, 352, 359, 373; suzerainty of, 12; Sea, 324

Chinese, 35, 141, 158, 200, 329

Chionin Temple, 28

Cho Densu, 358

Chosen (Korea), 6, 16, 17

Christianity, 201, 211, 212

Christians, 210, 213

Church, Roman, 184, 200

Chuzenji, 310

Clement, E. W., translator, 140

_Cleveland_, 93

Columbus, 133

Confucianism, 16, 211

Confucius, 184, 189, 329

Congregationalists, 207

Copts, 114

Corps, Diplomatic, 76, 77, 80, 90, 171

Court (Imperial), 52, 64, 74, 75, 76, 80, 97, 239; of St. James, 76; Shogun's, 142

Crawford, Marion, 96

Crown Prince, 50, 74

Daiba Pass, 305

Dai Butsu, 29, 317

Daini-No-Sammi, 238

_Dakota_, 308

Dalny, 13

Dango-zaka, 330

Danjuro, 253, 254

Daredesuka, 226-228

Davis, F. Hadland, author, 219

Dick, 46

Dickinson, Mr., 80; Mrs., 81

Diet, 98, 99, 101

Dolls' Festival, 147-150

Doshisha University, 210

Dutch, 42, 243, 363

Eastern Capital, 36

East River of Heaven, 156

Ebisu, 160

Egypt, 329, 330

Eighty Myriads of Gods, 137

Eikibo, 226-228

Elizabethan Era, 230

Embassy, American, 40, 42, 43, 45, 47, 52, 57, 60, 61, 64, 65, 69, 70, 81, 93-96, 101, 143, 146, 188, 193, 274, 298, 346; Italian, 52

Emperor, the present, 24, 35, 50, 61, 64, 68, 70-76, 79, 80, 84, 99, 161, 177, 261, 380

Empress, the present, 69, 72, 75, 76, 79, 81, 375, 376; Dowager, 79, 95, 205, 206

Engineering College, 197

England, 97, 124, 255, 330

Enoshima, 293, 299, 300, 303

Episcopalians, 207

Eucken, 212

Europe, 85, 91, 96, 116, 120-122, 125, 126, 130, 134, 200, 253, 357, 363

Europeans, 48, 116, 120, 339

"Fairy Tales of Old Japan," 215

Feast of the Oven, 162

Fenner, Mr. J. A., 274, 277, 287, 288

Festival of the Dead, 157

"Fighting Spirit of Japan, The," quoted, 211, 267

Fire-God, 296

Florin, 118

Formosa, 13, 19, 114, 133, 206, 243; description of, 19-22

Forty-Seven Ronins, 61-63, 185, 243, 245, 256

Fox Temple Festival, 146

France, 241, 330

Freer (collection), 357

French, 42

Ferrero, Guglielmo, 119

Fuigo Matsuri, 161

Fuji, 4, 20, 183, 299, 300, 302, 339, 340, 359, 364, 378, 380

Fukuroi, 312

Fukushima, 311

Fushimi, Prince, 71; (Higashi), 76; Princess, 76

Gare du Nord, 1

_Genro_, 99

"Gentlemen's Agreement," 115

Germany, 55, 100, 124, 203

Ghosts of the Circle of Penance, 157

Gifu, 314

Ginza, the, 55

Gion Festival, 154

Go-chiku, 30

God of Long Breath, 301

Gordon, Dr., 105

Gosho Palace, 29, 32

Gotimba, 303, 314

Grand Hotel, 376

Great Bell, Kyoto, 29

Great Britain, 124

Great Council, 87

Greece, 243, 255

Greeks, 118, 184, 356

Greene, Rev. Dr., 208, 212

Griffis, Dr. W. E., quoted, 185, 215

Guiccioli, Marchesa, 90

Gulick, Dr. Sidney L., quoted, 118

Hachiro Tametomo, 219-226

Hakone, 302; Pass, 296; Range, 302

Haky-i and Shiky-sei, 349

Hamano, 308; Lagoon, 312

Harashiyawa, 316

Harikiku, 247

Harima, 319

Harris, Mr. Townsend, 84-89

Harrison, Mr. E. J., author, 211, 212, 266

Hawaii, 113

Hearn (Lafcadio), quoted, 83, 151, 173, 234, 235; referred to, 103, 168

Hepburn, Dr., 203, 209

Heusken, Mr., 87, 88

Hideyoshi, 29

Himeji, 355

Hindoos, 182

Hirado, 324

Hiroshige, 363

Hiroshima, 322

Hokkaido, 35, 274, 275, 285, 292, 320

Hokusai, 359, 364

Holland, 296, 346

Hongwanji, Eastern and Western, 29; Eastern, 175; Garden, 178

Honolulu, 207

H-oo, 379

Horikawa, Lady, 238

Hosigaoko (in Sanno), 271

Horse Day, 146

Household, Imperial, 72

Hudson, the, 322

Hyde, Miss, 51

Hyogo (Kobe), 127, 319 Point, 322

Ichinomiya, 308

Ichiriki Tea-house, 245

Icliejo-Tadado, 79

_Ike-bana_, 336-338, 345

Ikegami, 160

Ikko, 174, 175

Imari, 272

Imazu, 315

Imperial University, 197, 212 Theatre, 251, 252 Museum, 368

Inada, Princess, 154

Inage, 308

India, 124, 200, 328 Southern, 174

Indians, 118

Inland, Sea, 35, 155, 183, 294, 320-324, 339, 363

Ippo, 359

Irving, Henry, 254

Ise, Temple of, 4, 84; shrine of, 34, 167, 168, 183

Italians, 47, 118, 119

Italy, 96

Ito, Prince, 83, 98, 99

_Itsukushima_, 155

Iyeyasu, Tokugawa, 37, 180; Precepts of, 182

Izanagi, 34, 113

Izanami, 34, 113

Izumo, 159

Jaehne, 45

Japan Club of Harvard University, 14

"Japanese Empire, The," 27

"Japanese Girls and Women," quoted, 148-150

"Japanese Nation, The," 189

_Japan Magazine_, 115, 240, 303, 329

Jesuit, 37

Jew, 119

Jimmu Tenno, 35, 235

Jingo, Empress, 36, 163

"Jinrikisha Days," 16, 244

Jito, Empress, 238

Jizo, 172, 173, 352

Johnson, Governor, 118

Jokusai, Iizuka, and Saiihara-Ichidayu, 368

Kadenokuji and Kiogo, Viscounts, 271

Kagawa, Countess, 82

Kaka, 173

Kai, 333

Kamakura, 251, 293, 296-299, 369

Kamazawa, 316

Kameido, 328

Kameoka, 315

Kamisana, 321

Kanagawa, 203

Kanaoka, 357, 358

Kan-chiku, 30

Kaneko, Baron, 14

Kanemori Taira, 237

Kan-in, Prince and Princess, 71, 75

Kano, 314; School, 358

Katsura, Prince, 71, 97, 99, 100

Katsu-ura, 308

Kawamori, 315

Keane, Mr., 361

Kengyu (Aquila), 156

Keum-Kang-San, peaks of, 16

Keyser, Lieutenant, 274, 277, 278, 280, 281, 287, 288

Kharbin, 3, 5, 13, 380

_Kiai_, 186

Kido, 190

Kii, 320

Kikugoro, 253

Kinokiyama, 315

Kira, 62, 63

Kishu, Prince, 333

Kiyomisu, 349

Kiyomori, 220

Kiyonaga, 362

Kiyonobu, 362

Kitzuki, 167, 168, 254

Knox, Mr., 26

Kobe, 123, 126, 293, 318-321

Kodama, Countess, 16; Count, 18

Kofukuji, 373

Kojin, 152

Kompira, 184

Komura, Baron, 14

Konosu (Hyaku Ana), 307

Korea, 1, 3, 6, 10, 21, 36, 114, 133, 163, 198, 315, 371; mourning in, 7; dethroned Emperor and Empress of, 11; Empress Bin of, 11; history of, 12-15; religions, 16; missions, 17, 18; Crown Prince of, 259; southern, 18, 19

Koreans, 35, 200, 259, 315

Koro Halcho, 320

Kosai Maru, 206

Koshiro Matsumoto, 254

Koya-san, 183

Kozo Ozaki, 230

Kozu, 303, 312, 314

Kumamoto, 355

Kushiro, 274, 275, 277

Kutani and Awada, 372

Kutchare, Lake, 277

Kwannon, 297, 298, 318, 369, 370

Kyoka Izumi, 231

Kyoto, 23, 24, 27, 34, 36, 39, 40, 44, 154, 162, 175, 215, 217, 218, 237, 293, 299, 311, 314-316, 318, 319, 349, 372; Brussels to, 3; description of, 28; prefecture, 33; _geishas_ of, 245, 248

Kyushu, 221, 324, 355

Lancers, Imperial, 64, 78

Landsborough, Mr., 118

"Latin-American A-B-C," 119

Laughing Festival of Wasa, 159, 160

Liaotung Peninsula, 13

London, 59, 76

Loochoo Islands, 132, 364

_Los Angeles Times_, 119

Lucky Day, the, 146

Luther of Japan, the, 160

MacCauley, Rev. Dr., 207

Madonna, 298

Maiko, 319

Maisaka, 312

Makino, Baron, 80

Malay Peninsula, 114

Malays, in Formosa, 21

Manazuru, 303

Manchuria, 3, 5, 13-15, 114, 134

Maple-Leaf Club, 250

Masanobu, 362

Massachusetts, 101

Masumi Hino, Professor, 210, 211

Matabei, 361

Matsui, Mr., 375

Matsushima, 311, 320

Mayon, 300

McKim, Bishop, 206

Meiji Era, 98, 201, 237

Meiji Tenno, 24, 39, 82, 234, 240

Memorial Temple, 25

Mencius, 189

Menpes, Mortimer, 350

Mera, 308

"Merchant of Venice, The," 260

Meredith, George, 231

Mexicans, 118

Mexico, City of, 96

Michel Angelo, work of, 356

Michinoku, 237

Middle Ages, 133

Mikado, the, 25, 34-37, 39, 65, 81-84, 97, 98, 332

Milky Way, 156

Ming Tombs, 36

Mishima, 302, 305

Misogi, Festival of the, 155

Miwa-Daimyo-jin, 159, 160

Miyajima, 155, 183, 323

Miyanoshita, 296, 299, 301, 302, 305, 310

Miyazu, 315

Mizaru, Kikazaru, and Mazaru, 379

Moji, 324

Momoyama, 24

_Mon_ (entrance gate), 11

Mongols, 2

Moon Festival, 158

Moronobu, 359, 362

Morrison, Mr. Arthur, quoted, 366

Morrison, Mt., 19; renamed Niitaka-yama, 20

Moscow, 2, 3

Mound of Ears, 314

Mukden, 14

Murray, 268

Mutsuhito, Emperor, 24, 27, 79; tomb of, 24

"My People," 28

"Myths and Legends of Japan," 219

Nagahama, 316

Nagasaki, 38, 123, 321, 324

Nagasakis, the, 75, 375

Nagoya, 34, 227, 228, 313, 314; Castle, 227, 355

Nakamura, 272

Nakamuraza, Theatre, 254

Nakasendo, 314

Nara, 155, 316-318, 341, 357, 368, 369

Narai, 309

Narita, 309

Naturalistic School, 359

Navetta, 321

Nazano, 320

Negishi, 262

New Year, 136, 138, 140-144, 146

New York, 119, 122

Nichiren, 160, 308

Night, Queen of the, 158

Nijo Castle, 32

Nikko, 71, 180, 182, 293, 310, 318, 349, 353, 379

Ninigi, 34, 35

Ninsei, 372

Ni-o, 166

Nippon Race Club, 261

Nirvana, 178, 298

Nitobe, Dr., 95, 165, 189, 231

_No_, 242, 243, 270, 271

Nogi, General, 13, 14, 171, 185, 188, 196

Nomura, 372

Northmen, 235

Norway, 119

Nowazu, 79

Oanamochi, 301

Obama, 315

Obi River, 2

O'Brien, Mrs., 82

Odawara, 303

Ogo-Harito, 320

Oishi, 63, 245

Okio, 359

Okubo, 99, 190

Okuma, Count, 78, 99, 208

O Kuni, 254, 255

Onomichi, 322

Order of the Rising Sun, Third Class of the, 209; First Class of the, 376

Osaka, 126, 215, 217-219, 264, 313, 318, 319, 354, 355

Osaka Museum, 61

Osaki Batsume, 231

Osame Komori, 4, 5, 56, 74, 94, 298, 299, 306, 314, 379, 381

O Sawa, 46

Oshima, 224, 225

Otome-Toge, 302

Otsu, 316

Ozaki, Madame, 96, 97, 214, 219, 373; Mr., 96, 99, 100

Panama Canal, 112, 122

Paris, 78, 95, 241, 363

Pasteur, 214

Peabody, Professor, quoted, 114

Peace Society, Japanese, 95, 96

Peking, 359; palace in, 11

Peony Hall, 69, 70

Perry, Commodore, 38, 97; reception, 331

Pescadores, 13

Philadelphia, 196

Philippines, 46, 59, 80, 114, 207, 300, 301

Phoenix Hall, 68

Port Arthur, 13, 14, 15, 206

Porter, William, translator, 237, 238

Portsmouth, N. H., treaty signed at, 14

Portugal, 121

Portuguese, 37

Presbyterians, 207

President of the United States, 38, 85, 87

"Priest, The," 241

Protestantism (of Japan), 174, 201

Rainier, Mount, 300

Red Cross, 16, 205, 206

Reese, Mr., 118

Religion, Japanese Bureau of, 209

Riddell, Miss, 204

Rohan Koda, 231

Rokumeikan, 78

Romans, 184

Rome, 119

Room of One Thousand Seeds, 70, 72

Russia, 96, 123, 205; negotiations with, 14; furs in, 55

Russo-Japanese War, 19, 126

Sada Yakko, Madame, 253

Sadanji, 254

Saghalien, 15, 19

Saigo, 355

Saikyo (Kyoto), 28

Sai-no-Kawara, 173

Sakai, Mr., 375

Sakatani, Baron, 213

Sakon-No-Sakura, 31

Salvation Army, 268

Samba (Ikku), 243

Sammons, Mr. and Mrs., 376, 377

Sandalphon, 176

San Francisco, 122, 190

San Joaquin, 118

Sankei, 311, 315, 323

Satsuma, 35; Lord of, 132; province of, 197; ware, 372

Scidmore, Consul-General, 9; Miss, 16, 244

Secretaries, 64

Secretary, First, 43; First Japanese, 43; of War, American, 59, 80, 81

Seiryoden, 30

Sengen, 301

Seno, Madame (the Japanese Hetty Green), 110

Seoul, 3, 18, 22

Seoul, arrival in, 9; American colony in, 17

Sesshiu, 359

Seto (porcelain), 372

Seven Gods of Good Fortune, 142

Seyukai, 99

Shakespeare, of Japan, 243

Shamanism, 16

Shanghai, 209

Sharaku, 363

Shari, 277

Shiba, Park, 60, 158, 347; Temples, 60

Shijo Road, 154

Shimoda, 85

Shimonoseki, treaty of, 13; Straits of, 14; Chosen to, 22; shrine in, 163; passed, 324

Shimono-Suwa, 309

Shinano, Prince of, 87

Shinji, Lake, 320

Shinmei Feast, 158

Shin-Maizuru, 315

Shinto, 25, 26, 142, 163-170, 184, 210

Shintoists, 210, 213

Shiojiri Toge, 309

Shishinden, 30

Shizuoka, 312

Shogun, 32, 38, 60, 62, 85-88, 97, 243, 286, 331, 362

Shokonsha, 161

Shunsho, 364

Siberia, 2, 69

Siberian Express, 2

Sierras, Californian, 3

Smith, R. Gordon, 219

Soami and Enshiu, 341

Societies, Asiatic and Columbia, 101, 376

Society of Universal Love, 205; Asiatic, 208

Sodesuka, Mrs., 111

Soi-ko, 349

Sojuro and Sawamura, 254

Sonnomiya, Baroness, 95

Sonobe, 315

Sosen, 359

Sosei, author, 327

South America, 113, 119, 120, 122

Southern Cross, 20

Spain, 263

Spalding, Mr. William, 361, 362

Staff, American Embassy, 40, 51, 58, 64, 68, 143

Stars, Festival of the, 155

State Department, 86

St. Valentine's Day, 94

Suchi, 315

Suez Canal, 122

Sujin, 36

Sun-Goddess, 34, 36, 66, 137, 167, 183

Susa-no-o, 137

Susa-no-o-no-mikoto, Prince, 154

Swift, Professor, 193

Syrians, 114

Taiken, Empress, 238

Tai-kun, 87, 88

Tai-Sho, 24

Takahama, 315

Takasu, 239

Takeda Izuma, 243

Tanabata, Princess, 156

Tateyama, 308

Temma, river, 355

Tennu, Emperor, 238

Terauchi, Count, 15

Terry, author, 27

Teshikaga, 276

Testevinde, Father, 203

Teusler, Dr., 204

Thanksgiving (Japanese), 162

"Theft of the Golden Scale, The," 226

Throne Room, 72, 76

Toda, Count, 67

Togo, Admiral, 13, 14

Tokaido, 86, 286, 299, 313, 314, 363, 364

Tokugawa, House of, 39; family, 61; government, 97; Period, 37, 38, 188, 200, 201, 372; Prince (Keiki), 38, 39

Tokyo, 26, 27, 33, 36, 39, 40, 42, 43, 51, 55, 59, 60, 62, 65, 77, 78, 85, 90, 91, 94, 102, 110, 115, 126-128, 132, 138, 141, 158, 160, 161, 170, 171, 192, 193, 197, 204, 206, 212, 213, 231, 250, 251, 254, 258, 262, 265, 267, 272, 275, 285, 290, 291, 294, 299, 305, 306, 307-314, 329, 347, 348, 364, 368; Bay, 308; London to, 3; Boys' Guild of, 46; climate of, 50; Club, 101, 102; Normal School, 188, 193; University, 197

Tomiji and Kanoko (maikos), 247

Torakichi Inouye, 128

Torii Toge, 309

Tosa, 358

Toyohashi, 313

Toyokuni, 363

Trans-Siberian, 2

"Travels of the Two Frogs, The," 215

Treasure Ship, 142

Tsuda, Miss, 195, 196

Tsukiji, 42

Tsure Yuki Kino, 239

Tsuruzo, 254

Turkey, 96

Ukioye, 359, 362, 364

Ukon-No-Tachibana, 31

United States, 40, 59, 94, 115-117, 122-124

Ural Mountains, 2

Utamaro, 362, 363

"Utopia," More's, 229

Utsunomiya, 310

Uyeno Park, 61, 146, 262

Uzume-no-Mikoto (Okame), 367

Vandyke, 364

Van Royen, Madame, 58

Vega (star), 156

Venice, of Japan, 318

Vienna, 41, 313

Vladivostok, 3, 22

Vries Island, 303, 308

Wadagaki, Prof. K., translator, 182

_Wakamegari-no Shinji_, 163

Wakamiya, 318

Wallace, Rev. Dr., 207

"Warriors of Old Japan," 219

Waseda, 192

Washington, 50, 138, 340

Washington's Birthday, 94, 340

Watanabe, 46, 48, 94, 95, 148, 340

Watanabe, Count, 67

Western Capital, 36

West River, 156

Whistler, 364

Wigmore, Major, 274, 276, 277, 287, 288

Xavier, Francis, 200

Yahakii, 320

Yahashira, Prince, 154

Yalu River, 13, 14, 100

Yamagata, met at luncheon, 13

Yamamoto, 99, 100

Yamato, 191

Yamisaki, 174

Yedo, 36, 85, 86, 252, 351; Bay of, 361

Yezo, 35

Yi, Prince, the Elder, 12; Prince, the Younger, 12; dynasty, 12

Yokohama, 90, 93, 94, 101, 207, 209, 259, 261, 262, 293-296, 302, 305, 319, 361, 376; United (club), 101; Bund, 303, 361

Yorimasa, 153

Yosai, 360

Yosano, 241

Yoshida, Professor, 197; Mr., 375

Yoshitomo, 220, 223, 224

Yoshiwara, 267

Yuragawa, 315

Zen, 186, 187

Transcriber Notes:

Passages in italics were indicated by _underscores_.

Small caps were replaced with ALL CAPS.

Throughout the document, the oe ligature was replaced with "oe".

Throughout the dialogues, there were words used to mimic accents of the speakers. Those words were retained as-is.

The illustrations have been moved so that they do not break up paragraphs and so that they are next to the text they illustrate. Thus the page number of the illustration might not match the page number in the List of Illustrations, and the order of illustrations may not be the same in the List of Illustrations and in the book.

Errors in punctuations and inconsistent hyphenation were not corrected unless otherwise noted.

On page 130, "cooperative" was replaced with "coöperative".

On page 276, "showshoes" was replaced with "snowshoes".

On page 384, a quotation mark was added after "European and Japanese Gardens".

On page 389, a comma was added after "Indians".

On page 391, a period was removed after "Meiji Tenno, 24, 39, 82, 234, 240".

On page 394, a semicolon was added after "Shimonoseki, treaty of, 13".