Japanese Girls and Women, Alice Mabel Bacon [ebook reader library TXT] 📗

href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@32449@32449-h@32449-h-5.htm.html#Page_281" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">281. Hotels, 247-250. 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. Isé, 231. Iwafuji, 210-213. Iwakura, Prince, 157. Iya, a child's word, denoting dislike or negation, 16. Iyémitsŭ, 171, 172. Iyéyasŭ, 169. Japan-China war, 458-462. Japanese language, 16, 40, 179. Japanese literature, 147-150. Jimmu Tenno, 138. Jin, benevolence, 415. Jingo Kōgō, 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. Jōrō, a prostitute, 289-292, 406-411. Jōroya, a house of prostitution, 290-292, 406-411. Kaibara's "Great Learning of Women," 387, 389, 391. Kakémono, a hanging scroll, 44, 147, 238. Kaméido, 296. Kami-dana, "god-shelf," the household shrine used by Shintō 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. Kugé, 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. Kyōtō, 156, 171, 240, 241. Ladies, court, 145, 148, 152-154; of daimiōs' 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; registration, 65; to yōshi, 104; trousseau, 61, 436. Marumagé, a style of arranging the hair of married ladies, 119. Matsuri, a festival, usually in honor of some god, 274-278, 366-370. Matsuri, Shobu, feast of flags, 363, 364. Méiji (Enlightened Rule), the name of the era that began with the accession of the present Emperor in 1868, 149. Mékaké, a concubine, 111-114. Men, old, dependence of, 133; amusements of, 136. Merchants, 262-269, 469. Military service of women, 188-190, 208, 223. Missionary schools, 56. Miya mairi, the presentation of the child at the temple when it is a month old. The term is also used to describe the visits to the temple at the ages of three, five, and seven, 3-6, 425-427. Mochi, a kind of rice dumpling, 4, 24, 25, 65, 352, 353. Momotaro, 33. Mon, a family crest, 366. Montsuki, a kimono bearing the crest of the wearer, 457. Morality, standards of, 76. Mother, her relation to her children, 99-102. Mother-in-law, 84, 87; O Kiku's, 74. Moving, 335-337. Mukōjima, 191, 295. Music, 41, 42, 430-432. Names, 3, 423. Nara, 247. Né San. See Ané San. New Year, preparation for, 349-356; festival of, 25-27, 356-358. Nikkō, 231, 245. No, a pantomimic dance, 292, 293. Norimono, a palanquin, 30. Noshi, a bit of dried fish, usually folded in colored paper, given with a present for good luck, 2. Nurses, trained, 398. Nursing the sick, 101. O, an honorific used before many nouns, and before most names of women, 20. O Bā San, grandmother, 124. O Bă San, aunt, 124. Obi, a girdle or sash, 60, 435. O Bon, the feast of the dead, 358-362. Occupations, of the blind, 42; of the court, 143-150; of the daimiōs' ladies, 175-180; of the Empress, 156-160; of old people, 120-122, 124-128, 136; of samurai women, 223, 224; of servants, 299, 304, 306, 308-315, 318; of women, 85-103, 108-110, 242-256, 279-292, 306, 307, 310-318, 397-402; of young girls, 21-34, 38-47. O Haru, 211-213. Oishi, 198, 214. Oji, 296. O Jō Sama, young lady, 20. O kaeri, "Honorable return," a greeting shouted by the attendant upon the master's or mistress's return to the house, 100, 315. O Kaio, 324-326. O Kiku's marriage and divorce, 73, 74. Okuma, Count, 203; his speech on education, 382. Old age, privileges of, 120, 122, 123; provision for, 134. Old men, 133, 136. O miyagé, a present given on returning from a journey or pleasure excursion, 274. Oni, a devil or goblin, 33, 466. Onoyé, 210, 213. Palace, new, 151-153. Parents, duties to, 134; respect for, 133; disadvantages in Japanese system, 445. Parents-in-law, 84, 87. Peasant women, 108, 240-261. Peasantry, 228-240. Philanthropic efforts, 415-417, 418-421. Physical culture in schools, 433, 453-456. Physicians' fees, 204. Pilgrims, 241, 242. Pillow, 89. Pleasure excursions, 99. "Poems of a hundred poets," 26. Poetry, 26, 148-150. Presents, 96; after a wedding, 65; at betrothal, 60, 435; at miya mairi, 4; at New Year's, 353-355; at O Bon, 358; at weddings, 62; how wrapped, 2; in honor of a birth, 1; of eggs, 2, 5; of money, 204, 205; on returning from a journey, 274; to servants, 311, 315. Prisoners' Home in Tōkyō, 413. Prostitutes. See Jōrō. Prostitution, houses of. See Jōroya. Purity of Japanese women, 216-219. Reading of women, 385-387. Red Cross Society, 398, 416. Religion of peasantry, 464-466. Retirement from business, 133. Retirement of Emperors, 134. Revenge, 198, 210-214. Revolution of 1868, 76, 221. Rice, red bean, 3, 5, 65. Rin, one tenth of a sen, or about one half mill, 240. Rōnin, a samurai who had lost his master and owed no allegiance to any daimiō, 198, 213. Sada, Princess, 449-453. Sakaki, the Cleyera Japonica, 98. Saké, wine made from rice, 22, 63, 136, 296; white, 29. Salvation Army's attack on jōroya, 408-411. Sama, or San, an honorific placed after names, equivalent to Mr., Mrs., or Miss, 20, 73, 124, 136, 232, 283, 284, 304. Samisen, a musical instrument, 42, 127, 277, 286. Samurai, the military class, 42, 75, 76, 105, 169, 174, 175, 180, 196-227, 232, 263, 302, 303, 307, 319; character of, 197-207. Samurai girls in school, 226. Samurai women, character of, 207-223, 458-460; present work, 223-327. Satsuma rebellion, 222. School system, 50, 378-381; object of, 379; statistics of, 380. School, Girls', for Higher English, 383-385; Mr. Naruse's Female University, 381-383. Schools, missionary, 56. Self-possession of Japanese girls, 47. Self-sacrifice, 214-219. Sen, one hundredth part of a yen, value about five mills, 240, 273, 298. Servants, characteristics of, 209-302; duties of, 302-315; in employ of foreigners, 299-302; number employed, 310, 311; position of, 302-310; wages, 311. Sewing, 23, 94. Shirōzaké, a sweet white saké used at