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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The author and publishers would like to thank the following for the illustrations appearing in this book: Hyogensha Co. Ltd, Kyoto for fig. 7; Japanese Ministry of Information for figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6; Edo Shobai Zue by I. Mitani (Seia-bo, Tokyo, 1963) for figs. 10, 45, 46, 47, 48, 51, 53, 54, 56, 57, 59, 61, 65, 66, 68, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 88, 90, 91, 93, 94 and 96; and the Victoria and Albert Museum for figs. 52, 79 and 80.
List of Illustrations
1. The black castle of Matsu-moto, frontispiece
2. Map of Japan, x
3. Snow scene, 2
4. The crater of Mt Aso, 3
5. Flooded rice-fields, 3
6. A forest of sugi, 4
7. Miyajima, 4
8. Stone Buddha of Usuki, 5
9. Gion Festival, 6
10. (a) Samurai in the street, 13
(b) Samurai at the poulterer’s, 14
11. Moat of Osaka Castle, 16
12. Himeji Castle, 17
13. Audience chamber in Nijō Castle, 18
14 (a). Samurai in naga-bakama, 19
(b) Samurai in kami-shimo, 19
15. Samurai on journey, 21
16. Ferry-boat on the Tōkaidō, 23
17. Post-station, 25
18. Yoriki and dōshin, 27
19. Jitte, 28
20. Shirasu, 30
21. Samurai view flower-arrangement, 32
22. Puppet-show in daimyō’s residence, 35
23. Kaempfer at the Shogun’s court, 36
24. The Shogun attended by ladies-in-waiting, 37
25. The Shogun’s ladies exercising with the halberd, 38
26. The Shogun’s ladies at their toilet, 39
27. Japanese and Chinese styles of writing, 42
28. The Shogun Yoshimune, 43
29. Ploughing, 45
30. Sprouting rice, 46
31. Sowing rice, 47
32. Rice-planting, 48
33. Three methods of raising water, 49
34. A procession of villagers, 51
35. Threshing, 52
36. Heckling rice, 53
37. Growing cotton, 54
38. Farm implements, 56
39. Woman’s undergarment, 59
40. Farmhouses with characteristic roof-shapes, 60
41. Typical hearth, 62
42. Famine, 67
43. Peasant riot, 69
44. Heads of puppets, 72
45. Yamabushi, 73
46. A plasterer and his mate, 76
47. Two mat-makers, 77
48. Two sword-smiths, 78
49. Lac-tappers at work, 79
50. Sake-brewing, 80
51. Stone-masons, 80
52. Lacquer chest, 83
53. Carpenters and their tools, 84
54. Wayside teashop, 88
55. Coins, 89
56. Money-changer’s, 91
57. Pawnbroker’s, 92
58. Interior of house at Taka-yama, 93
59. Rice-merchants, 97
