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| project title | Encyclopedic Japan | |
| description | numerous texts about the history, traditions, art and culture, manners and customs of Japan | |
| number of articles | 405 | |
| number of images | 92 | |
| total size | 10.1 MB | |
| theme | Aera Nova | |
| online demo | - | |
| status | sold | |
Table of Contents
Japanese Pronunciation • Introduction: The Divine Ages • The Prehistoric Period • The Imperialistic Period • The Heian Epoch • The Gempei Era • Hōjō Tyranny • Ashikaga Anarchy • Civil Strife • Tokugawa Feudalism • Tokugawa Feudalism - Continued • Tokugawa Feudalism - Concluded • The Meiji Era • The Meiji Era (continued) • The Meiji Era (continued) • The Meiji Era (continued) • The Meiji Era (concluded) • Physiography • Prefectures • List of Emperors and Empresses • List f Shoguns • List of Regents (skik-ken) • List of Japanese Year Periods • An Introduction to the History of Japan • The Races and Climate of Japan • Japan Before the Introduction of Buddhism and Chinese Civilisation • Growth of The Imperial Power. Gradual Centralisation • Remodeling of the State • Culmination of the New Régime; Stagnation; Rise of The Military Régime • The Military Régime; the Taira and the Minamoto; the Shogunate of Kamakura • The Welding of the Nation. The Political Disintegration of the Country • End of Mediaeval Japan • The Transition from Mediaeval to Modern Japan • The Tokugawa Shogunate,-its Political Régime • Tokugawa Shogunate, Culture and Society • The Restoration of the Meidji • Introductory-the Point of View • The Tradition • Asiatic Civilisation • The Feudal Wars • The Awakening • Buddhism: The Religion of the Common People • Confucianism: The Religion of Educated Men • Philosophy for the People • The Way of the "Samurai" • The Life of the "Samurai" in Old Japan • The Life of the "Samurai," New Japan • The Common People: Farmers, Artisans, and Artists • Merchants, Women, and Servants • Language, Literature, and Education • Tokyo • A Day Goes Overboard-A Sunday Schism-A Desert Island-Water, Water Everywhere-Men with Tails- Anecdotes of the Emperor of Korea-Korean Reforms-Cured by Brigands-The Man who Went to Florida-The Black Current-While Cliffs and Coloured Sails-Fuji Ahoy! • The Pier at Yokohama-The Flower-People-A Celestial Suburb-French Cooking and Frock Coats-From a Car- Window- Elfin Gardens-"The Land of Little Children" • Growing Tokyo-Architecture and Statuary-The Westernization of Japan-The Story of Costumes-Women's Dress Advantages of Standardized Styles-Selection and Rejection • Quakes and the Building Problem-Big Quake-Democracy in Architecture-Narrow Streets and Tiny Shops-The Majestic Little Policeman-The Dread of Burglars-What to Do in a Quake-The Man Who Went Home-"Fire!"-A Ricksha Ride to the Wrong Address-A Front-Porch Bath • Reversed Ideas-Some Advantages of Old Age-Morbidity and Suicide-High Necks and Long Skirts-Language- -Chinese Characters and Kana-Calligraphy as a Fine Art-The Oriental Mind-False Hair-The Mystery of the Bamboo Screens-A Note on Cats at Cripple Creek-The Occidental Mind • Interlocking Ideas-Customs and Symbolism-Simplicity versus Complexity-Flower Arrangement-Teaism-The Egg-Shaped God-The Feudal Era-Ceremonial Tea- Household Decoration-Keys to Japan-The Seven Blind Men • The Lyric Impulse-A Man-Made Product-The Remoteness of Woman Suffrage-Efforts Toward Progress- Divorce-Marriage and the Go-Between-The Rising Generation-Japanese-American Duality-Leprosy • Wedding Gifts-A Wife's Duties-Adopted Son-Husbands- Women in Business and Professional Life-Actresses-The "New Woman"-Kissing as a Business Custom-Film Censorship-"Oi, Kora!"-Women of Old Japan-The Change is Coming • Baseball in Japan-The National Sport-Wrestling and Shintoism-Fans-Wrestlers' Earnings-The National Game Building-Formalities Before the Matches-The Super-Champions-Peculiarities of Japanese Wrestling- Days Off • The Courageous Congressmen-Geisha and Nesan-The Maple Club-The Gentleness of Servants-Removable Walls -Dancing Girls-A Lesson in the Use of Chopsticks- "Truthful Girl"-A Toast in Sakê-Drunkenness-My Friend the Amiable Inebriate-The Great Rice-Ball Mystery • A Japanese Meal-Other Meals-Smoking and the Duty on Cigars-Japanese Music-Geisha Dancing-What Is a Geisha?-Their Refinement-Autumn Leaves-Filial Piety and Certain Horrors Thereof • I Entertain at a Teahouse-Folk Dances-The Sense of Form-The Organization of Society-Jitsuko Helps me Give a Party-Pretty Kokinoyou-Geisha Games-Rivalries of Geisha-The Cherry Dance at Kyoto-Theatre Settings- Unmercenary Geisha-Teahouse Romances-Restaurants, Cheap and Costly-Reflections on Reform • Commercialized Vice-The Yoshiwara-An Establishment Therein-Famous Old Geisha-A "Male Geisha"-The Stately Shogi-They Show Us Courtesy-The Merits of the Shogi-Kyoto's Shimabara-The Shogi in Romance-The Tale of the Fair Yoshino • Japan and Italy-The Sense of Beauty-Poetry-Japanese Poems by an American Woman-A Poem on a Kimono- Garden Ornaments-Garden Parties and Gifts-The Four Periods of Landscape Gardening-The Volcanic Principle in Gardens • I Acquire Vanity-I Meet a Wise Man-The Distate for Boasting-Imperial Traditions-The First Ambassadors and Consequent Embarrassments-Trappings of Rank- I Display My Knowledge-And Come a Cropper-The Beauties of Calm • The "Connecticut Yankee" in Old Japan-Commodore Perry-The Elder Statesmen-Marquis Okuma-Selfmade Men-Viscount Shibusawa-The Power of the Daimyo-Samurai Privileges, Including That of Suicide- Education in Old Japan-Jigoro Kano and Jiudo-The Farewell Letter of a Patriot-Kodokwan and Butokukai- The Old Military Virtues-General Nogi-His Death With Countess Nogi • The Old-time Anti-Foreign Sentiment- Prince Yoshinobu Tokugawa-Emperor and Shogun- Prince Yoshinobu becomes Shogun-His Highness, Akitakê, Goes to France- -Humorous Episodes-The Defeat of Prince Yoshinobu's Army-Various Explanations-The Restoration the Emperor- Prince Yoshinobu's Retirement-The Viscount's Theory- Prince Keikyu Tokugawa-A Roosevelt Anecdote -Swords and Watchchain • Viscount Kaneko's Home-Some Souvenirs-A Roosevellian Mentory-DoctorBigelow's Propliecy-A First Meeting with Roosevelt-The Russo-Japanese War-Luncheons at the White House-Roosevelt's Interest in the Samurai Tradition -Sagamore Hill-Mrs. Roosevelt and Quentin-A Simple Home-The President Brings Blankets-A Bear Hunt- The Peace of Portsmouth and a Bearskin for the Emperor-A Letter of Roosevelt's on Relations with Japan-A Letter from Mid-Africa-" American Samurai" • Placidity and Sodans-Talk and Tea-American Business Methods versus Japanese-The Arnerica, Housekeeper in Nippon-Japan's Problem-Population and Food-The Militarists-Land-Grabbing-Liberalism-Emigration-Industrialism-Examples of Inefficiency-" Public Fatilities" -Comedies of the Telephone-The Cables • The Average American and International Affairs-The Vagueness of the Orient-A Definition by Former Ambassador Morris-"They say"-The "Yellow Peril"-International Insults-Physiognomy-What! the Japanese Should Learn About Us-Our Race Probrems-Racial lnlegrily-Assimilation-Californian Methods-The Two Sound Arguments Against Oriental immigration • Some Reflections on New York Hospitality-And on the Hospitality of Japan-Letters of Introduction-Bowing- How Japanese Politeness is Sometimes Misunderstood- Entertaining Foreigners-Showing the Country at its Best- What is the Mysterious "Truth" About Japan?-Japanese versus Chinese-Leadership in the Far East-Will Japan Become a Moral Leader?-A "First-Class Power"-The New "Long Pants"-How to Treat Japan-The Wisdom of Roosevelt and Root. • The Missing Lunch-The Japanese Chauffeur-the Little Train-Japanese Railroads-The Railway Lunch-The Railway Teapot-Reflections on Some American Ways- Are the Japanese Honest?-A Story of Viscount Shibusawa -Travelling Customs-An Eavesdropping Episode • Katsuura and the Basha-A Noble Coast-Scenes on a Country Road-The Fishers-A Temple and Tame Fish- We Arrive at an Inn-I See a Bath-I Take One-Bathing Customs-The Attentive Nesan-In the Tub • A Walk in a Kimono-Dinner at the Inn-Sweet Servitors -An Evening's Enchantment-The Disadvantages of Ramma -My Neighbours Retire-A Japanese Bed-Breakfast- "Bear's Milk" -The Village of Nabulo-An Island and a Cave-The Abelone Divers-A Sail with Fishermen • I Take Gen's Pholograph-The Pay of Fisher-Folk-Where All the World Works-We Help Gen Pull Her Cart-And Surprise Some Wayfarers-The Road Grows Long-Fairy Débutantes • The Handkerchief as a Travelling Bag-Bags and Bottles- Computing Time-The Mystic Animals of the Zodiac- Superstitions Regarding Them-Temple Fortune-Telling- An Ekisha-The Ema-Yuki Tells of a Wonderful Cure • Our Difficulties with the Language-The Questionable Humour of Broken Speech-"Do You Striking This Man for That?"-"Companies, Scholars, and Other Households"- Curious Correspondence-Japanese Puns-Strange laughter -The Grotesque in Art-Japanese Colour-Prints-Famous Print Collections-Monet's Discovery of Prints at Zaandam -Japanese Prints and French Impressionism • Living in a Japanese House-The Priceless Yuki-The Servants in the House-The Red Carpet-Our Trunks Depart-Tokyo's Night-time Sounds-Tipping and Noshi -The Etiquette of Farewells-Sayonara • Buddhist Origins • Development of Primitive, Buddhism into Mahāyāna Buddhism • Developments of Buddhism in Japan • The Buddhist Canon as Known in Japan • Outline of Main Doctrines of Japanese Buddhism • Buddhist Ethics • The Place of Buddhism in Japanese Life - Past, Present and Future • The Awakening of Japan • The Night of Asia • The Chrysalis • Buddhism and Confucianism • The Voice from Within • The White Disaster • The Cabinet and the Boudoir • The Transition • Restoration and Reformation • The Reincarnation • Japan and Peace • The Geographic Setting of Japan • From the Earliest Trues to the Introduction of Buddhism • From the Introduction of Buddhism, A. D. 552, to the Organization of the Shogunate, A. D. 1192 • The Shogunate: From Its Foundation (1192) to the Accession of Iyeyasu (1603) • The Shogunate: From the Accession of Iyeyasu (1603) To the Coming of Perry (1853) • The Civilization of the Old Japan • The Period of Internal Transformation (1853-1894) (1) • The Period Of Internal Transformation (1853-1894) (2) • The Period Of Internal Transformation (1853-1894) (3) • 1894 To 1918: Japan Takes Her Place Among the Powers of the World (1) • 1894 To 1918: Japan Takes Her Place Among the Powers of the World (2) • The Internal Development of Japan from the War with China to the Present (1894-1917) • Primitive Beliefs and Rites. Natural Religion. • Shinto, the Way of the Gods. Natural Religion. • Buddhism, the Worship of the Absolute. Supernatural Religion. • Developments of Buddhism. Salvation by Faith. Supernatural Religion. • Confucianism as Polity and Ethics. Ethical Religion. • Confucianism as a World System. Ethical Religion. • The East and the West • The Land or Geographical Features in Their Relation to the Inhabitants • The Past in Its Significance to the Present • Race and National Characteristics • Religious Beliefs • Morals and Moral Ideals • Education and Educational Problems • Economic Conditions • Japan as Coloniser • American-Japanese Intercourse Prior to the Advent of Perry • The Relations Between the United States and Japan • American Influence in the Far East • Peace Over the Pacific • The Mikado's Empire • History of Japan from 660 B.C. To 1872 A.D. • The Orthography and Pronunciation of Japanese Words. • The Background. • The Aborigines. • Materials of History. • Japanese Mythology. • The Twilight of Fable. • Sūjin, the Civilizer. • Yamato-daké, the Conqueror of the Kuanté. • The Introduction of Contenental Civilization • Life in Ancient Japan • The Ancient Religion. • The Throne and the Noble Families. • The Beginning of Military Domination. • Yoritomo and the Minamoto Family. • Creation of the Dual System of Government. • The Glory and the Fall of the Hōjō Family. • Buddism in Japan. • The Invasion of the Mongol Tartars. • The Temporary Mikadoate • The War of the Chrysanthemums. • The Ashikaga Period. • Life in the Middle Ages. • The Growth and Customs of Feudalism • Nobunaga, the Persecutor of the Buddhists • Hidéyoshi's Exterprises. - The Invasion of Corea. • Christianity and Foreigners. • Iyéyasŭ, the Founder of Yedo. • The Perfection of Duarchy and Feudalism • The Recent Revolutions in Japan. • Personal Experiences, Observations, and Studies in Japan. 1870-1875. • First Glimpses of Japan. • A Ride on the Tōkaidō. • In Tōkiō, the Eastern Capital. • Sights and Sounds in a Pagan Temple. • Studies in the Capital. • Among the Men of New Japan. • In the Heart of Japan. • Reception by the Daimiō. - Students. • Life in a Japanese House. • Children's Games and Sports. • Household Customs and Superstitions. • The Mythical Zoology of Japan. • Folk-lore and Fireside Stories. • Japanese Proverbs. • The Last Year of Feudalism. • A Tramp Through Japan • The Position of Woman. • New Japan. • Notes And Appendices. • Associated Ideas In Art And Poetry. • The Testament of Iyéyasŭ. • The Tokugawa Feudal System. • The Bombardment of Kagoshima. • The Shimonoseki Affair. • The Military Establishment. • Mines and Mineral Resources. • The Hokkaidō. • Mint and Public Works. • Notation of Time. • Enumeration of Years by Year-periods. • List of Year-periods. • Record of Events, 1876, 1877, 1878. • A.D. 1877, Tenth Year of Meiji and 2538th of the Japanese Empire. • National Banks. • Corea. • The Ceramic Art of Japan. • Abacus • Abdication • Acupuncture • Adams (Will) • Adoption • Agriculture • Ainos • Amusements • Archæology • Architecture • Armour • Army • Art • Asiatic Society of Japan • Bamboos • Bathing • Bibliography • Birthdays • Blackening the Teeth. • Books on Japan • Botany • Bowing to the Emperor's Picture • Bronze • Buddhism • Camphor • Capital Cities • Carving • Cats • Cha-no-yu • Characteristics • Charms and Sacred Pictures • Chauvinism • Cherry-blossom • Chess • Children • Christianity in Japan • Clans • Classes of Society • Climate • Cloisonné • Confucianism • Conventions • Cormorant-fishing • Cremation • Currency • Cycle • Daimyō • Dances • Decorations • Demoniacal Possession • Divination • Dress • Duck-hunting • Earthquakes and Volcanoes • Education • EE-EE • Embroidery • Empress • English as she is Japped • Esotericism • Eta • Eurasians • Europeanisation • Fairy-tales • Fans. • Fashionable Crazes • Festivals • Filial Piety • Fires • Fire-walking • Fishing • Flag • Flowers • Food • Foreign Employés in Japan • Forfeits • Formosa • Forty-seven Rōnins • Fuji • Fun • Funerals. • Gardens. • Geisha. • Geography. • Globe-trotters • Go • Government • Harakiri • Heraldry • History and Mythology • Incense Parties • Indian Influence • Industrialism • Japan • Japanese People (Characteristics of the) • Jinrikisha • Kaempfer • Kago • Kakke • Kakemono • Lacquer • Language • Law • Literature • Little Spring • Living • Logic • Long-tailed Fowls • Lotus • Luchu • Luck (Gods of) • Maps • Marriage • Maru • Massage • Metal-work • Mikado • Mineral Springs • Mirrors • Missions • Moral Maxims • Mourning • Moxa • Music • Mythology • Names • Naturalisation • Navy • Newspapers • Nō • Nobility • Numerical Categories • Painting • Paper • Parkes (Sir Harry) • Perry (Commodore) • Philosophy • Pidgin-Japanese • Pilgrimages • Pipes • Poetry • Politeness • Polo • Population • Porcelain and Pottery • Posts • Praying-wheel • Printing • "Proverbs" • Pug-dogs • Race • Railways • Religion • Roads • Rowing • Sake • Salutations • Samurai • Sculpture • Shimo-bashira • Shintō • Shipping • Shōgun • Shooting • Siebold • Silk • Singing-girls • Societies • Society • Story-tellers • Sun, Moon, and Stars • Supernatural Creatures • Superstitions • Swords • Taste • Tattooing • Tea • Tea ceremonies • Telegraphs • Theatre • Time • Tobacco • Topsy-turvydom • Torii • Towels. • Trade. • Treaties with Foreign Powers • Tycoon • Vegetable Wax • Volcanoes • Weights and Measures • Woman (Status of) • Wood Engraving • Wrestling • Writing • Yezo • Yoshiwara • Zoology