ILLUSTRATIONS.
Reading edition
The Seven Herbs of Autumn Frontispiece.
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A Street in Yedo (From a picture by Settan, 1783–1843) 13
A Shop in Tokyo 18
In the Slums 25
A House and a Gate 27
A Roofed and a Pair Gate 29
Door-fastenings 32
A House without a Gate 36
A Garden 38
A Six-matted Room and Verandah 41
The Porch, open and latticed 45
An Eight-matted Parlour 47
A Visitor 49
A Sitting-room 50
A Chest of Drawers and a Trunk 52
Foot-warmers 55
A Shrine of the Rice-god 57
A Meal-tray 60
How to hold Chopsticks 61
A Meal 63
The Kitchen 65
A Skylight and the Kitchen-god 67
A Well 69
Raw Fish, whole and sliced 72
Sushi and Soba 77
A Box of Sponge-cake 79
The Kimono, rear and front view 86
The Obi, square and plain 88
The Haori 89
The Hakama 91
Socks 92
The Obi for ordinary wear 98
The Dress-obi 100
A Servant with Tucked Sleeves 102
The Reformed Dress 103
A Young Lady dressed for a Visit 105
Queues 108
The “203-metre Hill” and “Penthouse” 109
Young Girls’ Hair 110
The “Inverted Maidenhair” 111
The Shimada and “Rounded Chignon” 112
Bars, Combs, and Bands 114
Ornamental Hair-pins 116
The Hair-dresser 117
Plain Clogs 124
Matted Clogs 126
Matted Sandals 127
Straw sandals 128
Old Headgear 129
A Hood 130
An Overdress 132
Lanterns 134
The Family in Bed 137
A Woman smoking 141
The Starching-board 143
Needlework 146
The Servant at the Sliding-door 152
Cooking Rice 158
The Housemaid at work 160
The House-boy 162
Bowing 168
Sitting with Crossed Legs 169
Squatting 170
Betrothal Presents (From a picture by Sukenobu, 1678–1751) 178
The Bridal Procession (From a picture by Sukenobu) 180
The Wedding Party (From a picture by Sukenobu) 182
The Exchange of Cups (From a picture by Sukenobu) 184
The Bride’s Cabinets (From a picture by Sukenobu) 186
The First Meeting and Wedding at the Present Time 188
A Daimyo’s Wedding 190
A Lower-class Wedding 192
Husband and Wife 196
A Domestic Quarrel and Reconciliation 199
The First Visit to the Local Shrine (From a picture by Sukenobu) 222
The “First-eating” (From a picture by Sukenobu) 224
Carrying Children 227
Fencing 233
Offerings before a Coffin 238
Coffins and an Urn 241
A Buddhist Funeral Service 242–3
Service at the Temple 245
At the Crematory 246
Graves 247
A Shinto Funeral Procession 249
A Shinto Funeral Service 250
A Writing-table and Book-cases 253
Tea-making 260
Flower-vases 262
A Tray-landscape 264
The Koto 265
The Samisen 267
A No-dance 270
The Entrance of a Theatre 272
The Stage and Entrance-passage 273
The Revolving-stage 275
A Wrestling-match 279
The Champion’s Appearance in the Ring 281
The Entrance of a Story-tellers’ Hall 283
A Story-teller on the Platform 285
The Treasure-ship 289
The New Year’s Decorations 290
The Feast of Dolls 293
Cherry-flowers at Mukojima 295
The Feast of Flags 298
The Fête of Sanno 299
The Feast of Lanterns 301
Offerings to the Full Moon 303
Cormorant-fishing 307
Angling-stools 308
Sugoroku 309
Iroha and Ode-Cards 311
Playing Ode-cards 312
The Game of Ken 315
Japanese Chess 317
The Game of Go 318
“Flower-cards” 321
