INDEX
- Abe Masahiro, Shōgun minister, reform administration, iii. 173.
- Aborigines, i. 35; revolt, 160, 162, 163.
- "Age of the gods," legend of Japanese origin, i. 27–29; possible transcript from Chinese accounts, 81.
- Age of the nation, i. 4.
- Agriculture, ancient products, i. 122; official encouragement, 123; rise of gentleman farmers, iii. 141; conditions in Tokugawa epoch, 151, iv. 97–101, 264, 265; inadequate for home demands, vi. 217. See also Land, Rice.
- Ainu, aborigines, i. 35; change in nature, 36.
- Aizu, Chief of, foreign policy, iii. 221.
- Aki, courtesan, i. 233.
- Amaterasu Okami, goddess of the sun, legend, i. 27, 28, 57, v. 109, 110.
- Ambition, national characteristic, i. 13, 18, 90.
- Amusements, ancient, i. 66; verse-making pastimes, 66, 154, 190, 219, iii. 59–61; hunting, i. 66, 156, 164, ii. 180; of Nara epoch, i. 155; of Heian epoch, 190–195, 218–220; comparing of incenses, iii. 1–9; of Military epoch, 15; of middle classes in Military epoch, 64; plum-blossom fête, vi. 53; five festivals of the season, 61; cherry-blossom fête, 64–67; shell-fish picnic, 67–71; various flower-fêtes, 72; moon fête, 95–98; chrysanthemum fête, 98. See also Dancing, Festivals, Games, Observances, Public story-telling, Tea Ceremonial, Theatre, Wrestling.
- Ancestral worship, primæval, i. 49; and personal justice, ii. 140; basis of Shinto, v. 115; Bon fête, vi. 74–77.
- Ando, Shōgun minister, on the ronin, iii. 195; on assassination of Heusken, 201.
- Ando Sayemon, Hōjō follower, story of his suicide, ii. 190.
- Animals, character of wild, v. 191.
- Annals, primæval, i. 26, 80, 247; composition, 30; reliance on Chinese sources, 80–83.
- Anrakuan Shakuden, founder of school of public story-telling, vi. 103, 235.
- Ansei era, iii. 190, 254.
- Arai Hakuseki, Shōgun minister, attempts to check imperialistic tendencies, iii. 139; restores coinage standard, 149; eclectic philosophy, iv. 130; rationalism, v. 112.
- Archery. See Bow and arrow.
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