Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Frontispiece
- Colophon
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- BOOK I HISTORY OF JAPAN FROM 660 B.C. TO 1872 A.D.
- BOOK II PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, OBSERVATIONS, AND STUDIES IN JAPAN, 1870–1875
- CHAPTER I FIRST GLIMPSES OF JAPAN
- CHAPTER II A RIDE ON THE TŌKAIDŌ
- CHAPTER III IN TŌKIŌ, THE EASTERN CAPITAL
- CHAPTER IV SIGHTS AND SOUNDS IN A PAGAN TEMPLE
- CHAPTER V STUDIES IN THE CAPITAL
- CHAPTER VI AMONG THE MEN OF NEW JAPAN
- CHAPTER VII IN THE HEART OF JAPAN
- CHAPTER VIII RECEPTION BY THE DAIMIŌ.—MY STUDENTS
- CHAPTER IX LIFE IN A JAPANESE HOUSE
- CHAPTER X CHILDREN'S GAMES AND SPORTS
- CHAPTER XI HOUSEHOLD CUSTOMS AND SUPERSTITIONS
- CHAPTER XII THE MYTHICAL ZOOLOGY OF JAPAN
- CHAPTER XIII FOLK-LORE AND FIRESIDE, STORIES
- CHAPTER XIV JAPANESE PROVERBS
- CHAPTER XV THE LAST YEAR OF FEUDALISM
- CHAPTER XVI A TRAMP THROUGH JAPAN
- CHAPTER XVII THE POSITION OF WOMAN
- CHAPTER XVIII NEW JAPAN
- NOTES AND APPENDICES
- INDEX
CHAPTER XI - HOUSEHOLD CUSTOMS AND SUPERSTITIONS
from BOOK II - PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, OBSERVATIONS, AND STUDIES IN JAPAN, 1870–1875
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2015
- Frontmatter
- Frontispiece
- Colophon
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- BOOK I HISTORY OF JAPAN FROM 660 B.C. TO 1872 A.D.
- BOOK II PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, OBSERVATIONS, AND STUDIES IN JAPAN, 1870–1875
- CHAPTER I FIRST GLIMPSES OF JAPAN
- CHAPTER II A RIDE ON THE TŌKAIDŌ
- CHAPTER III IN TŌKIŌ, THE EASTERN CAPITAL
- CHAPTER IV SIGHTS AND SOUNDS IN A PAGAN TEMPLE
- CHAPTER V STUDIES IN THE CAPITAL
- CHAPTER VI AMONG THE MEN OF NEW JAPAN
- CHAPTER VII IN THE HEART OF JAPAN
- CHAPTER VIII RECEPTION BY THE DAIMIŌ.—MY STUDENTS
- CHAPTER IX LIFE IN A JAPANESE HOUSE
- CHAPTER X CHILDREN'S GAMES AND SPORTS
- CHAPTER XI HOUSEHOLD CUSTOMS AND SUPERSTITIONS
- CHAPTER XII THE MYTHICAL ZOOLOGY OF JAPAN
- CHAPTER XIII FOLK-LORE AND FIRESIDE, STORIES
- CHAPTER XIV JAPANESE PROVERBS
- CHAPTER XV THE LAST YEAR OF FEUDALISM
- CHAPTER XVI A TRAMP THROUGH JAPAN
- CHAPTER XVII THE POSITION OF WOMAN
- CHAPTER XVIII NEW JAPAN
- NOTES AND APPENDICES
- INDEX
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- The Mikado's Empire , pp. 466 - 476Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015First published in: 1877