Aji-shi-ki. A Shintō God who was mistaken for
his deceased friends _Ame-wake_.
Ama-no-ho. The first of the Divine Messengers sent
to prepare the way for the coming
_Ninigi_.
Ama-terasu. The Sun Goddess.
Ame-waka. "Heaven-young-Prince," and one of
the Divine Messengers.
Amida. A Buddhist Deity, originally an abstraction,
the ideal of boundless light.
The _Daibutsu_ at Kamakura represents
this God.
Anan. A cousin of Buddha, and, like Bishamon,
gifted with great knowledge and a
wonderful memory.
Benten. One of the Seven Deities of Luck.
Bimbogami. The God of Poverty.
Binzuru. A disciple of Buddha, and worshipped
by the lower classes on account of
his miraculous power to cure all
human ailments.
Bishamon. The God of Wealth and also of War.
Bosatsu. A term applied to Buddhist saints.
Buddha. See _Shaka_.
Daikoku. The God of Wealth.
Dainichi Nyorai. A personification of purity and wisdom.
One of the Buddhist Trinity.
Daishi. "Great Teacher," a term applied to
many Buddhist saints.
Daruma. A follower of Buddha.
Dōsojin. The God of Roads.
Ebisu. A God of Luck and of Daily Food.
He is the patron of honest labour,
and is represented as a fisherman
carrying in his hand a _tai_-fish.
Ekibiogami. The God of Pestilence.
Emma-Ō. The Lord of Hell and Judge of the
Dead.
Fu Daishi. A deified Chinese priest.
Fudō. The God of Wisdom.
Fugen. The divine patron of those who
practise a special kind of ecstatic
meditation. He is usually depicted
as sitting on the right hand of _Shaka_.
Fukurokuju. A God of Luck, and typifies longevity
and wisdom.
Gaki. Evil Gods.
Go-chi Nyorai. The Five Buddhas of Contemplation,
viz.: _Yakushi, Tahō, Dainichi, Ashuku_,
and _Shaka_.
Gongen. A generic name for the Shintō incarnations
of Buddhas. It is also applied
to deified heroes.
Gwakkō Bosatsu. A Buddhist moon-deity.
Hachiman. The God of War. He is the deified
Emperor Ōjin, patron of the Minamoto
clan.
Hoderi. "Fire Shine," and son of _Ninigi_.
Hoori. "Fire Fade," and son of _Ninigi_.
Hoso-no-Kami. The God of Smallpox.
Hotei. A God of Luck who typifies contentment.
Hotoke. The name of all Buddhas, and frequently
applied to the dead generally.
Ida Ten. A protector of Buddhism.
Iha-naga. "Princess Long-as-the-Rocks," eldest
daughter of the Spirit of Mountains.
Inari. The Goddess of Rice, and also associated
with the Fox God.
Isora. The Spirit of the Seashore.
Izanagi and Izanami. The Creator and Creatress of Japan,
and from them the deities of the
Shintō pantheon are descended.
Jizō. The God of Children.
Jurōjin. A God of Luck.
Kami. A general name for all Shintō deities.
Kashō. One of the greatest disciples of Buddha.
Kaze-no-Kami. The God of Wind and Bad Colds.
Kengyū. The Herdsman lover of the Weaving
Maiden.
Ken-ro-ji-jin. The Earth God.
Kishi Bojin. An Indian Goddess, worshipped by
the Japanese as the protectress of
children.
Kōbō Daishi. A deified Buddhist sage.
Kodomo-no-Inari. The children's Fox God.
Kōjin. The God of the Kitchen. Worn-out
dolls are offered to this deity.
Kokuzō Bosatsu. A female Buddhist saint.
Kompira. A Buddhist deity of obscure origin,
identified with _Susa-no-o_ and other
Shintō Gods.
Kōshin. The God of Roads. A deification of
the day of the Monkey, represented
by the Three Mystic Apes.
Kuni-toko-tachi. "The Earthly Eternally Standing
One." A self-created Shintō God.
Kwannon. The Goddess of Mercy, represented in
various forms:
1. _Shō-Kwannon_ (Kwannon the Wise).
2. _Jū-ichi-men Kwannon_ (Eleven-Faced).
3. _Sen-ju Kwannon_ (Thousand-Handed).
4. _Ba-tō-Kwannon_ (Horse-Headed).
5. _Nyo-i-rin Kwannon_ (Omnipotent).
Marishiten. In Japanese and Chinese Buddhism she
is represented as the Queen of
Heaven. She has eight arms, two
of which hold the symbols of the
sun and moon. In Brahminical
theology she is the personification
of Light, and also a name of Krishna.
Maya Bunin. The mother of Buddha.
Miroku. Buddha's successor, and known as the
Buddhist Messiah.
Miwa-daimyō-jin. The deity associated with the Laughing
Festival of Wasa.
Monju Bosatu. The Lord of Wisdom.
Musubi-no-Kami. The God of Marriage.
Nikkō Bosatsu. A Buddhist solar deity.
Ninigi. The grandson of Amer-terasu, the Sun
Goddess.
Ni-ō. Two gigantic and fierce kings who
guard the outer gates of temples.
Nominosukune. Patron deity of wrestlers.
Nyorai. An honorific title applied to all
Buddhas.
O-ana-mochi. "Possessor of the Great Hole" of
Mount Fuji.
Oho-yama. The Spirit of the Mountains.
Ōnamuji or Ōkuni-nushi. Son of _Susa-no-o_. He ruled in Izumo,
but retired in favour of _Ninigi_.
Oni. A general name for evil spirits.
Otohime. The daughter of the Dragon King.
Raiden. The God of Thunder.
Raitaro. The son of the Thunder God.
Rakan. A name used to designate the perfected
saint and also the immediate disciples
of Buddha.
Roku-bu-ten. A collective name for the Buddhist
Gods _Bonten, Taishaku_, and the _Shi-Tennō_.
Rin-jin. The Dragon, or Sea King.
Saruta-hiko. A terrestrial deity who greeted _Ninigi_.
Sengen. The Goddess of Mount Fuji. She is
also known as _Asama_ or
_Ko-no-Hana-Saku-ya-Hime_,
"The Princess who makes the Flowers
of the Trees to Blossom."
Shaka Muni. The founder of Buddhism, also called
Gautama, but most generally knows
as the Buddha.
Sharihotsu. The wisest of Buddha's ten chief disciples.
Shichi Fukujin. The Seven Gods of Luck, viz.: _Ebisu,
Daikoku, Benten, Fukurokuju, Bishamon,
Jurōjin_, and _Hotei_.
Shita-teru-hime. "Lower-shine-Princess," and wife of
_Ame-waka_.
Shi-Tennō. The Four Heavenly Kings who protect
the earth from demons each defending
one quarter of the horizon. Their
names are _Jikoku_, East; _Kōmoku_,
South; _Kōchō_, West; and _Tamon_,
also called _Bishamon_, North. Their
images are placed at the inner gate
of the temple.
Shōden. The Indian Ganesa, God of Wisdom.
Sohodo-no-kami. The God of Scarecrows.
Sukuna-Bikona. A deity sent from Heaven to assist
_Ōnamuji_ in pacifying his realm.
Susa-no-o. "The Impetuous Male," brother of
the Sun Goddess.
Taishaku. The Brahminical God Indra.
Tanabata or Shokujo. The Weaving Maiden.
Ten. A title equivalent to the Sanskrit _Diva_.
Tenjin. The God of Calligraphy.
Tennin. Female Buddhist Angels.
Tōshōgū. The deified name of the great Shōgun
Ieyasu or Gongen Sama.
Toyokuni. The deified name of Hideyoshi.
Toyo-tama. The Dragon King's daughter.
Toyo-uke-bime. The Shintō Goddess of Earth or Food.
Tsuki-yumi. The Moon God.
Uzume. The Goddess of Dancing.
Yakushi Nyorai. "The Healing Buddha."
Yofuné-nushi. The Serpent God.
Yuki-Onna. The Lady of the Snow.
GENEALOGY OF THE AGE OF THE GODS
The Heavenly parent, Ame yudzuru hi ame no sa-giri kuni
yudzuru tsuki kuni no sa-giri Mikoto.
FIRST GENERATION.
Companion-born heavenly Gods.
Ame no mi-naka-nushi no Mikoto.
_Heaven middle master_.
Umashi-ashi-kabi hikoji no Mikoto.
_Sweet reed-shoot prince elder_.
SECOND GENERATION.
Companion-born heavenly Gods.
Kuni no toko tachi no Mikoto.
_Land eternal stand_.
Toyo-kuni-nushi no Mikoto.
_Rich land master_.
A Branch.
Ame-ya-kudari no Mikoto.
_Heaven eight descend_.
THIRD GENERATION.
Heavenly Gods born as mates.
Tsuno-gui no Mikoto.
_Horn stake_.
Iku-gui no Mikoto, his younger sister or wife.
_Live stake_.
A Branch.
Ame mi kudari no Mikoto.
_Heaven three descend_.
FOURTH GENERATION.
Heavenly Gods born as mates.
Uhiji-ni no Mikoto.
_Mud earth_ (honorific affix).
Suhiji-ni no Mikoto, his younger sister or wife.
_Sand earth_.
A Branch.
Ama-ahi no Mikoto.
_Heaven meet_.
FIFTH GENERATION.
Heavenly Gods born as mates.
Oho-toma-hiko no Mikoto.
_Great mat prince_.
Oho-toma-he no Mikoto, his younger sister or wife.
_Great mat place_.
A Branch.
Ame ya-wo-hi no Mikoto.
_Heaven eight hundred days_.
SIXTH GENERATION.
Heavenly Gods born as mates.
Awo-kashiki ne no Mikoto.
_Green awful_ (honorific).
Aya-kashiki ne no Mikoto, his younger sister or wife.
_Ah! awful_.
A Branch.
Ame no ya-so-yorodzu-dama no Mikoto.
_Eighty myriad spirits_.
SEVENTH GENERATION.
Heavenly Gods born as mates.
Izanagi no Mikoto.
Izanami no Mikoto, his younger sister or wife.
A Branch.
Taka mi-musubi no Mikoto.
_High august growth_.
Children.
Ama no omohi-game no Mikoto.
_Heaven thought-compriser_.
Ama no futo-dama no Mikoto.
_Big jewel_.
Ama no woshi-hi no Mikoto.
_Endure sun_.
Ama no kamu-dachi no Mikoto.
_God stand_.
Next there was--
Kamu mi musubi no Mikoto.
_Above growth_.
Children.
Ame no mi ke mochi no Mikoto.
_August food hold_.
Ame no michi ne no Mikoto.
_Road_ (honorific).
Ame no kami-dama no Mikoto.
_God jewel_.
Iku-dama no Mikoto.
_Live jewel_.
Next there was--
Tsu-haya-dama no Mikoto.
_Port quick jewel_.
Children.
Ichi-chi-dama no Mikoto.
_Market thousandjewel_.
Kogoto-dama no Mikoto.
Ama no ko-yane no Mikoto.
_Child-roof_.
Takechi-nokori no Mikoto.
_Brave milk remnant_.
Next there was--
Furu-dama no Mikoto.
_Shake jewel_.
Children.
Saki-dama no Mikoto.
_First jewel_.
Ama no woshi-dachi no Mikoto.
_Endure stand_.
Next there was--
Yorodzu-dana no Mikoto.
_Myriad jewel_.
Child.
Ama no koha-kaha no Mikoto
_Hard river_.
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INDEX TO POETICAL QUOTATIONS
Arnold, Sir Edwin, 244, 245 (translation)
Aston, W. G., 30, 32, 186 (translation), 323 (translation)
Chamberlain, B.H. (translations), 95, 96, 97, 98, 120, 121, 127, 128,
175, 313, 315, 316, 317, 323, 324
Chiyo, 385
Chōmei, 385
Dickins, F. V., 154 (translation)
"Flower Dance" (of Bingo province), 383
Hearn, Lafcadio, 108
Isé, 384
Japanese, From the, 177, 278
Nonguchi, Yone, 82, 116, 130, 131, 169, 224
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Walsh, Clara A., 105, (translations) 118, 149, 206, 216, 282, 326
Yasuhide Bunya, 382
GLOSSARY AND INDEX
THE PRONUNCIATION OF JAPANESE NAMES
"Remember, in pronouncing Japanese, that the consonants are to be
sounded approximately as in English, the vowels as in Spanish or
Italian; that is to say,
_a_ as in 'father.' _o_ as in 'pony.'
_e_ " 'pet.' _u_ " 'full.'
_i_ " 'pin.'
"There is scarcely any tonic accent; in other words, all the syllables
are pronounced equally, or nearly so. But particular care must be taken
to distinguish long _ō_ and _ū_. The short vowels are pronounced in a
very light, staccato manner. Thus _O tori nasai_ means 'Please take
this'; but _O tōri nasai_ means 'Please come [or go; lit., pass] in.'
Short _i_ and _u_ sometimes become almost inaudible.... In diphthongs
each vowel retains its original force. Thus:
_ai_ as in the English word 'sky.'
_au_ " " " 'cow.'
_ei_ " " " 'hay.'
"_g_ is hard, as in 'give,' never soft, as in 'gin'; but in Tōkyō
and Eastern Japan it sounds like _ng_ when in the middle of a word,
exactly as in the English words 'singer,' 'springy' (_not_ 'sing-ger,'
'spring-gy'). _s_ is always sharp, as in 'mouse.' _w_ is often omitted
after _k_ or _g_, as in _kashi_, 'cake,' for _kwashi_. Be very careful
to pronounce double consonants really double, as in English words
'sho_t-t_ower,' 'mea_nn_ess,' 'coc_kc_row.' Thus _kite_ with one _t_
means 'coming'; but _kitte_ with two _t's_ means 'a ticket'; _ama_ is
a nun, _amma_ a shampooer."--_Murray's Handbook for Japan_, by B. H.
Chamberlain and W. B. Mason.
A
Abe no Miushi. The Sadaijin Dainagon;
one of Kaguya's five suitors, 66-71
Aino Goddess of Fire. The name of Mount Fuji
probably derived from Fuchi, the, 131
Aino-land. Professor B. H. Chamberlain writes _re_, 131
Ainu, or Aino. Probably first inhabitants of Japan, xiii;
rising of, subdued by Prince Yamato, 54-56
Aji-shi-ki. Friend of Ame-waka;
forms mountain of Moyama, 31, 32
Akamageséki. Temple of Amidaji built at, 300
Akasaki. Tokoyo arrives at, in province of Hoki, 334
Ako, The Lord of. Princess Aya marries the second son of, 173
Amadera Temple. Hanagaki Baishū attends festival in, 207
Ama-no-Hashidate. A fir-clad promontory dividing Lake Iwataki
and Miyazu Bay, 204;
one of the "Three Great Sights" of Japan, 204;
Saion Zenji gazes on, 204-206
Ama-no-ho. Envoy sent out to prepare way of Ninigi, 31
Ama-Terasu. Daughter of Izanagi and Izanami;
the Sun Goddess, 23;
ascends the Ladder of Heaven, 23;
persecuted by Susa-no-o, 27;
flees to a dark cave, 27;
tempted by, to Heaven, 27, 28;
Ninigi grandson of, 32;
her gifts to Ninigi, 32, 33;
Prince Yamato craves the blessing of, 51
Ame-waka. Envoy sent out to prepare way of Ninigi, 31;
weds Shita-teru-hime, 31; punished by the Gods, 31, 32
Amida Butsu. Story of, and the whale, 82
Amidaji. Temple of, built at Akamagaséki, 300
Amitâbha. Kwanjin (Chinese Kwannon) the spiritual son of, 200
Anderson, Dr. William. Legend from the _Catalogue of Japanese
and Chinese Paintings in the British Museum_, 49, footnote
Animals. Legends referring to, 255-275
Anōji. Place in Tamba; one of the thirty-three places sacred
to Kwannon, 204
Antoko Tenno. _See_ Tenno, 300
Arnold, Sir Edwin. Reference to his _Seas and Lands_, xi
Art, Japanese. Due to Buddhism, 114;
quickened by Chinese influence, 114;
extreme beauty and ugliness found in, 114;
woman in, 112-114;
the Treasure Ship in, 115-116;
the miraculous in, 116;
ghosts and goblins in, 118;
_sennin_ in, 357
Asagao. Legend from _The Diary of a Convolvulus_
regarding the love of, 244-249;
otherwise Miyuki, 245, 246;
her love for Komagawa Mi-yagi, 245-249
Asaka ("Slight Fragrance"). Friend of Asagao, 246
Ashigara Mountain. Yaégiri goes to, and gives birth to Kintaro there, 367
Ashi-nadzuchi (Foot-stroke-elder). An earthly deity, husband
of Tenadzuchi, and father of Kushi-nada-hime, 29;
gives his daughter in marriage to Susa-no-o, 29, 30
Ashinóya. Village in which Maiden of Unai dwelt, 313-315
Aston, Dr. W. G. Reference to the _torii_, by, 226;
description in the _Heike Monogatari_ of great sea-fight
between Taira and Minamoto clans translated by, 300
Atsumori. Story regarding her use of the fan, 243
Awabi, The Great. A group of, 340, 341;
the Spirit of, appears to Kansuke, 341
Aya, Princess. The Spirit of the Peony and, 171-173;
love for the Spirit of the Peony in the form of a young
and handsome samurai, 172, 173;
Sadayo, maid of, 172
Ayame, The Lady. Married to Yorimasa, 39
Ayrton, Professor. Japanese mirrors and, 190
B
Badger-s. Story of the hare and the, on the Crackling Mountain, 258-260;
description of, in legend, 260;
Kadzutoyo and the, 260, 262
Baelz, Dr., of the Imperial University of Japan. Opinion of,
_re_ the Japanese and Mongols, xiii; reference to, 94
Baishū, Hanagaki. _See_ Hanagaki Baishū, 207-209
Bakin. A famous Japanese novelist;
his _Kumono Tayema Ama Yo No Tsuki_ and thunder legends, 250;
the _In_ (female principle) and the _Yo_ (male principle)
associated with thunder, remarks on by, 252
Baku. A supernatural creature known as the Eater of Dreams, 358, 359
Batō-Kwannon. _See_ Kwannon, 200
Bell-s. Japanese, described, 140;
the largest in the Jodo temple of Chion, at Kyōto, 140;
the bell of Enkakuji the largest in Kamakura, 140;
the bell of Miidera, 141, 142
Benkei. One of the most lovable of Japanese heroes, xvi;
compared with Little John, Will Scarlet, and Friar Tuck combined, 39;
conflicting traits in his character, 40;
became a Buddhist priest at age of seventeen, 40;
adventure with Tamamushi, 40;
breaks from priestcraft and becomes a lawless warrior, 41;
his doings at Mount Hiei, 42;
waylays knights crossing the Gojo Bridge of Kyōto, 42;
conquered by Yoshitsune, 42, 43;
assists Yoshitsune finally to drive out the Taira, 43, 44;
carries off the bell of Miidera, 142, 143;
reference to story of, 351, 352
Benten. One of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, 115, 206;
variants, Goddess of the Sea, of Love, of Beauty,
and Eloquence, 115, 206;
resembles Kwannon, 206;
the Dragon and, 207;
famous Island of Enoshima and the coming of, 207;
temple of the "Birth Water" sacred to, 207;
Hanagaki Baishū and, 207-209
Bibliography. _See_ 397-401
Bimbo. Raitaro (the Child of Thunder) and, 252, 253
Bimbogami. The God of Poverty;
Japanese superstitions and, 349
Bimbomushi ("Poverty-Insect").
Superstition _re_, 349
Bird-s. Legends of, 276-280;
the _hototogisu_, a mysterious, 278;
the Tongue-cut Sparrow, 279;
killing of, contrary to teaching of the Lord Buddha, 280;
Saijosen and the Phoenix, 281;
called _O-Goncho_, 363;
birds beloved of Chōmei, 385
Bishamon. One of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, 115
Biwa, Lake. Hidesato's encounters with the Dragon King of, 62-64;
Visu sees lake bearing name of, 137;
Professor Chamberlain's opinion _re_, 137
Banko, Admiral. Kohaku Jo sends treasures by, to temple of Kofukuji, 89
Bon Odori. A dance at the Festival of the Dead, 181;
origin of, 223;
corresponds to the Indian _sraddha_, 224
Bowl. The Begging-bowl of the Lord Buddha, _see_ Buddha, 67-69;
the Maiden with the, on her head, 316-322
"Box of the Jewel Hand." See _Tamate-Bako_, 327
Breath, God of Long. Yosoji visits shrine of, 134
Brinkley, Captain. His reference in _Japan and China_ to the
belief of Yedo Government officials in _Tengu_, 355
Bronze Buddha. _See_ Buddha, 82
Buddha Flood. Otherwise the Tide of the Returning Ghosts, 323
Buddha, The Lord. Begging-bowl of, 67;
the legend of the Golden Lotus and, 80-82;
the Bronze, of Kamakura, and the whale, 82-86;
the Crystal of, 86;
has compassion on spirit of the Death-Stone, 98;
the White Lotus the sacred flower of, 130;
the eight Intelligences of--Perception, Purpose, Speech, Conduct,
Living, Effort, Mindfulness, Contemplation, 130;
cat and serpent only creatures that did not weep at death of, 264;
copies of footprint of, as charms, 348; lamp of, 357
Buddhism. Its contribution to Japanese religion and art, xii;
success in Japan, secured not by sweeping out Gods of Shintō
but in clever adaptations from India and China, 80;
Japan owed art to, 114; pictorial art given to Nippon by, 114;
the power of Karma one of the great doctrines of, 143;
the lotus the sacred flower of, 169;
the _torii_ adopted by, 226;
Nichiren attempts to restore to original purity, 240, 241
Buddhist. Shingon-shū, a sect founded by Kōbō Daishi, 234;
Nichiren sect founded by Nichiren, 240;
first temple at Nikko, Shōdō Shonin founder of, 242;
saint, Dengyō Daishi, introduced tea into Japan, 293
Buddhist Divinities. Jizō the most lovable of, 104;
jealousy of, toward Daikoku, 211, 212
Butterfly-ies. Connected with folk-lore, 216;
legends _re_, borrowed by Japanese from China, 217;
Japanese poets and "butterfly names," 217;
romantic game of, 217;
Emperor Gensō and, 217;
of good and evil omen, 217;
suggestion of Lafcadio Hearn _re_, 217;
references in Japanese drama _re_, 218;
legend of the White, 218-219;
significance in Old Japan, 381, 382
C
Carp. Legend of the Dragon, 221;
flag shaped like a, 221;
symbolism of the, 221;
Bakin's reference to, 252
Cathay, Great. Spirit of Death-Stone took form of Hōji in, 97
Cat-s. The Japanese, not popular, 264;
the serpent and the, did not weep when the Lord Buddha died, 264;
story of the vampire, 265-268;
Shippeitarō and the phantom, 269, 270
Celestial River. Hikoboshi and
Tanabata separated at the, 126, 127
Chamberlain, Professor Basil Hall. Reference to his works,
_Things Japanese, Kojiki_ (translation of), _Handbook for
Japan_, and _Japanese Poetry_, v;
legend of the Death-Stone translated by, 95;
reference to his translation of _Ha-Goromo_, 127;
his reference to Mount Fuji, 131;
designs on Chinese banners described by, 162;
Japanese mirrors described by, 190;
reference to the _torii_ by, 226;
reference to temple at Kawasaki sacred to Kōbō Daishi, in
_Murray's Handbook for Japan_, by, 239;
reference to _samisen_, the favourite instrument of the
singing-girls, by, 247;
reference to cats in _Things Japanese_, 264;
reference to Japanese dogs, 268;
on tea ceremonies, 293;
his translation of the ballad of "The Maiden of Katsushika," 316, 317;
the legend of Urashima and, 324;
his explanation _re_ the Japanese equivalent for Dragon Palace, 324;
his reference to Urashima's tomb, 328;
reference to Japanese charms, 348;
description of the _Tengu_ by, 352;
story of Shikaiya Wasōbiōye adapted from his translation in the
_Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan_, 374
Charms. _See_ Superstitions, 348
Chikubu-shima. Island in Lake Biwa, in Ōmi, one of the thirty-three
places sacred to Kwannon, 204
Children. Jizō the God of the, 104-111;
the Cave of the Ghosts of the, 109;
superstitions relating to, 347, 348
China. Emperor Koso wooes and weds Kohaku Jo, daughter
of Kamatari, 86-88;
butterfly connected with folk-lore in, 216;
Thunder God in, 250; thunder animal in, 251;
tea-drinking in, 291, 292;
Dragon of, 362
Chinu. Of Izumi, one of the Maiden of Unai's lovers, 313-316
Chinese. Japan called Jih-pén by, xiv;
banners, described, 162;
myth, Kwannon known as Kwanjin in, 200
Chiyo. A beautiful woman slain by Shokuro, 254;
restored to life by Raiden, 254;
Shokuro makes peace with, 254;
a poetess of the same name makes pathetic reference to
a dragon-fly, 282;
a touching _hokku_ by, 385
Chiyodō. Child of Heitaro and Higo (Willow), 180
Chokoro. Depicted releasing his magic horse from a gigantic gourd, 357
Chōmei. Twelfth-century Buddhist recluse; reference to
his _Hō-jō-ki_, 160, 385
Chōmeiji. Place in Ōmi; one of the thirty-three places sacred
to Kwannon, 204
Chosen. Otherwise the Land of the Morning Calm, the old name
for Korea, 328
Chow Dynasty. Kwanjin originally the daughter of the King of the, 200
Chronicles of Japan ("Ni-hongi"). Reference to, xv
Chrysanthemum. The Japanese flag and the, 161-163;
Japan's national flower, the, 162;
poetical naming of the, 163;
Lady White and Lady Yellow, story of, 163-165;
Kikuo ("Chrysanthemum-Old-Man"), retainer of Tsugaru, story of, 165-167
Chūjō Hime. A Buddhist nun, the greatest early Japanese artist
of embroidery, an incarnation of Kwannon, 201;
retires to temple of Toema-dera, 201
Conder, Josiah. Tells of custom connected with pine-trees at
wedding feasts, 159
Confucius. Added fresh material to the _Yih-King_
("Book of Changes"), 344
Contentment, The God of. _See_ Hotei, 211-213
Corpse-eater. _See_ Musō Kokushi, 305-308;
maiden who tested the love of her suitors as a, 311, 312
Crystal, The, of Buddha, 89-91
D
Daibutsu, The. _See_ Buddha (the Bronze), 82
Daikoku. One of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, 115;
associated with Ebisu (his son) and Hotei, the God of Laughter, 211;
his wonderful Mallet, 211;
a Rat the second attribute of, 211;
old legend regarding jealousy of Buddhist Gods toward, 211, 212;
the sixfold representation of, 212;
usually pictured with his son, Ebisu, 212
Dai-Mokenren. A great disciple of Buddha; sees soul of his mother
in the Gakidō, 223
Daimyō. Lady White reaches palace of, 164, 165
Dan-doku, Mount. The Lord Buddha's meditations upon, 80
Dan-no-ura. The Taira clan finally driven into the sea by Benkei
and Yoshitsune, 43, 44;
Hōïchi receives stranger, who wishes to view scene of the
battle of, 301-304
Daruma. Son of a Hindu king, 297;
tempted like St. Anthony, 297;
Indian sage whose image was associated with the ritualistic
drinking of tea by the Zen sect in Japan, 297-299;
reference to, will be found in _Some Chinese Ghosts_ and
_A Japanese Miscellany_, by Lafcadio Hearn, 297, 299
Davis, F. Hadland. Reference to _Land of the Yellow Spring_
(page 113), by, 93, 149
Dead, Lord of the. Emma-Ō, the, 110, 201
Death-Spider. Japanese _Bimbomushi_ ("Poverty-Insect")
equivalent to our, 349
Death-Stone. Warning remarks of spirit of the, to the Buddhist
priest Genno, 95;
legend of, related, 95-98
Demoniacal Possession. Attributed to evil influence of foxes, 94
Dengyō Daishi. Buddhist saint who first introduced tea into Japan, 293
Destiny. Jizō at foot of, 109
Divination, Classical. Associated with Japanese superstition, 344;
_Yih-King_ ("Book of Changes") main source of the art, 344;
various forms of, 344-346
Dog. In Japan, looked on as a friendly animal, 268
Doll-s. Comparison of English and Japanese, 214-216;
last resting-place, 216;
dedicated to Kōjin when dead, 177, 216;
the Feast of, otherwise the Girls' Festival, 216
Dragon. Intimately associated with Japanese mythology, 362;
of Japan, and of China, 362;
one of the signs of the Zodiac, 363;
in old Chinese conception of earth, four seas ruled over by four
Dragon Kings, the Celestial, the Spiritual, the Earth, and the
Dragon of the Hidden Treasure, 363;
a bird called _O-Goucho_, transformation into a white, 363
Dragon-flies. Mention of, in Japanese poetry, 282;
Chiyo and her pathetic reference to, 282
Dragon King (of the Sea).
Steals Crystal of Buddha, 90;
Urashima at the palace of, 325-328;
Otohime the daughter of 325;
sends Tide Jewels to Empress Jingo by Isora, 331;
presents Tide Jewels to Ojin, 333;
Mamikiko meets a _Shojō_ who lives near palace of, 361
Dragon Kingdom. Samébito and, 376-379
Dragon Palace. The Evergreen Land appears in the ballad
"The Fisher Boy Urashima" as, 324;
Professor Chamberlain's explanation _re_ the equivalent
in Japanese, 324;
Samébito and the, 378
Dreams, Eater of. The _Baku_ known as the, 358, 359
Du Cane, Miss Florence. Her descriptions concerning Japanese
rocks and stones, 157
E
Earth and Heaven. Elements which comprised, 21
East, Sir Alfred. Japanese art described by, 112
Ebb-Tide Jewel. _See_ Jewels, 331, &c.
Ebisu. One of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, 115;
son of Daikoku, 211;
the God of Labour, 211;
usually pictured with his father, Daikoku, 212
Egyptian. Cosmogony stories, reference to, 21;
conception of the future life, 117
Eight-Arms-Length-Spear. Given to Yamato, 54
Eighty Myriad Gods. Make entertainment to tempt the
Sun Goddess (Ama-terasu) back to Heaven, 28
Eisai. A Buddhist priest who wrote a pamphlet entitled
_The Salutary Influence of Tea-drinking_, 294;
effort to convert Minamoto-no-Sanetomo from wine-cup, 294
Elixir of Life. Brought by Moonfolk to Lady Kaguya, 78;
Rosei drinks of, 121;
Mount Fuji the abode of the, 132
Emma-Ō. The Lord and Judge of the dead, 110;
Jizō pleads with, on behalf of Soga Sadayoshi, iii;
Festival of the Dead and, 117;
Ono-no-Kimi appears before, 140;
Tokudō Shōnin conducted into the presence of, 201;
Shiro sent by, to conquer the God of Wealth, 211, 212;
Festival of the Dead and, 222, 323
Emmei of Dogen-ji. Becomes a _sennin_, 356
England. Tea-drinking in Japan and, 290, 291
Enkakuji. The great bell of, 140, 141
Enoshima. A famous island, associated with the coming of Benten, 207
Eternal Land. The God "Thought-combining" brings birds from, 27
Eternity. Its meaning to the famous artist, Hokusai, 117
Evergreen Land. _See_ Dragon Palace, 324;
orange first brought from, to Japan, 324
F
Fan, Japanese. Significance of, 243; use of, 243;
use at festival of Sun Goddess in Ise, 243;
symbolism of, described by Mrs. C. M. Salwey, 244;
legend, "The Love of Asagao," from _The Diary of a
Convolvulus_, 244-249
Festival-s. Of the Dead, 117, 161, 181;
of Tanabata, 126;
New Year, 176, 220;
the Girls', 216; the Dolls', 216;
the Boys', 221;
the Laughing, of Wasa, 225;
of the _Minige_, and Oho-kuninushi the Bronze Horse, at, 275
Festival of Tanabata. Alternative, the Weaving Lady;
most romantic of Japanese festivals, 126
Festival of the Dead. Afforded a joyous exit from the world
of Emma-Ō, 117;
the greatest argument for Japan's love of Nature found in the, 161;
Bon Odori, a dance at the, 181;
customs and rites connected with the, 222-224;
the Tide of the Returning Ghosts and, 323;
poet souls and the, 386
Field-paths, Deity of. Accosted by Uzume, 33
Fields, The Spirit of the, 330
Fire Apparitions. Varieties in Japan, 357, 358
Fireflies. Stories _re_, 285-289; the Minamoto and the Taira
believed to be the ghosts of the Minamoto and Taira clans, 285, 286
Fire God. Kagu-tsuchi, child of Izanagi and Izanami, the, 23
Firmament, God of the. Tanabata daughter of, 126
Flag, Japanese. The chrysanthemum and, 161-163
Floating Bridge of Heaven. Uzume and her companions rest on the, 33
Flood-Tide Jewel. _See_ Jewels, 331, &c.
Flowers. The love of, its growth and symbolism among Japanese, 154-156;
legends of, 163-173
Footstool of the King. _Torii_ before the Itsukushima shrine
on Island of Myajima; alternatives, "The Gateway of Light" and
"The Water Gate of the Sacred Island," 227
Fox God. _See_ Inari
Fox Legends. "The Death-Stone" one of the most remarkable, 95
Fudaraku-ji. Place at Nachi, in Kishū; one of the thirty-three
places sacred to Kwannon, 203
Fudo.
I. God. Identified with Dainichi, the God of Wisdom;
Kiyo visits shrine of, 147;
temple on Oki-Yama dedicated to, 180;
the one-eyed priest at temple of, 180-182.
II. Cape. Known as the Cape of the Woman's Sword, 337
Fugin. Raiden, the Thunder God, often found in company with, 250
Fuji (_Fuji-yama_--i.e., Never Dying). Name given to highest
mountain in Suruga, 79 (_see_ Suruga);
seems to be typically Japanese, 130;
the mountain of the Lotus and the Fan, 130;
a place of pilgrimage for hundreds of years, 131;
its peak described by Lafcadio Hearn as "the Supreme Altar
of the Sun," 131;
an extinct volcano, 131;
name derived from Huchi, or Fuchi, the Aino Goddess of Fire, 131;
the deities of, 132;
the abode of the Elixir of Life, 132;
Jofuku at, 133; Sentaro visits, 133;
the Goddess of, 134, 138;
Visu's adventures near, 136-139;
Yurine lived near, 359
Fujii-dera. Place in Kawachi; one of the thirty-three places
sacred to Kwannon, 203
Fukurokuju. One of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, 115
Fusago. Sent by the Mikado to Kaguya, 73
Futon (Quilt), The, of Tottori, 309-311
G
Gama. With his wizard toad, depicted as a _sennin_ in Japanese art, 357
Garden-s. English and Japanese contrasted, 154;
general description of Japanese, 156;
Kobori-Enshiū, the great Japanese designer of, 156;
the _torii_, or arch, a characteristic of Japanese, 157
Garden of Skulls. Idea of, borrowed by Hiroshige from
_Heike Monogatari_, 119
Genealogy. Table showing the Age of the Gods, 393-396
Genno. A Buddhist priest; warning of the Spirit of the Death-stone to, 95;
story of the Jewel Maiden related to, 95-98
Gensuke. Victim at building of bridge over river at Matsue, 344
Gesshōji Temple, The. The gigantic tortoise of, 275
Ghost-s. Of the Circle of Penance, fed in connection with the
Festival of the Dead, 223;
the ghost mother, 308;
the Tide of the Returning, and the Festival of the Dead, 323
Gilbert and Sullivan. Reference to their _The Mikado_, xi
Gisuke. Brother of O Cho San, 338;
favours suit of Shinsaku, 338;
builds shrine to O Cho San, 339
Goblin King. Shutendoji, the; his doings on Mount Oye, 44-48
Goblins. Ghosts and, 118
God of Roads, The. The pine-tree and, 176;
love-test by invoking the, 346
God of the Sea. Hoori visits palace of, 35;
father of Toyo-Tama ("Rich-jewel"), 36;
presents Hoori with the Jewels of the Flowing Tide and the
Ebbing Tide, 36
Gods and Goddesses. A general summary of, 387-391
Go-Fukakusa, Emperor. Saimyoji Tokiyori a celebrated
Regent during reign of, 182
Gohitsu-Oshō. Name given to Kōbō Daishi by Chinese emperor, 236
Gojo Bridge of Kyōto. Benkei's lawless doings towards knights
happening to cross the, 42
Golden Lotus. Legend of, 80-82
Gongen. Two of Raiko's knights visit shrine of, 45
Go-Toba. The silent pine and the Emperor, 177
Grass, The Spirit of, 330
Grass-Cleaving-Sword. Given to Yamato, 54;
the origin of its name, 55
Great-Mountain-Possessor.
Identical with Oho-yama, the Spirit of the Mountains, 34
Greey, Edward. The legend of the Golden Lotus, version of, by, 80
Gulliver. Shikaiya Wasōbiōye of Nagasaki a Japanese, 374-376
H
Hachiman. The God of War;
two of Raiko's intending companions visit the temple of, 45;
temple of, still remains, 82;
Yoritomo erects shrines to, 278;
infant Emperor, Antoku Tenno, at shrine of, 300
Hades (_see_ Yomi), 23; messages from, 357
Hanagaki Baishū. A young poet; and Benten-of-the-Birth-Water, 207-210
Happiness, Land of Perfect. _See_ Land, 300
Hara-kiri, or Seppuku. Term applied to suicide among the
samurai class, 161
Hare. Legends _re_, 255-260;
Taoist legends and the, 255;
story of hare and badger on the Crackling Mountain, 258-260
Hase-dera. Place in Yamato; one of the thirty-three places
sacred to Kwannon, 203
Hat of Invisibility. Part of cargo of the Treasure Ship, 115
Hatsushima Island. Celebrated for its jonquils, 337;
Cho dwells on, 337
Hazoku, Prince. Pays homage to demon in Ind, 97
Hearn, Lafcadio. Reference to,
as an authority on Japanese subjects, v;
works referred to, vi;
subject of fox in Japan described by, 94;
Jizō, the God of the Children, and, 105;
reference to the Cave of the Children's Ghosts and Jizō, 109;
describes peak of Mount Fuji as "the Supreme Altar of the Sun," 131;
his narrative illustrating the power of Karma, 143;
his story of a Japanese nun with a love for things
in miniature, 158, 159;
describes the Lotus of Paradise, 169;
Japanese dolls described by, 214;
the suggestion of, _re_ butterflies, 217;
the _Bon-odori_, reference to, by, 224;
story of Japanese _semi_ (tree-cricket) in _Kottō_, 281;
reference to Yuki-Daruma in _A Japanese Miscellany_ by, 299;
legends of the Weird adapted from stories by, in _Kwaidan_
and _Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan_, 300
Heaven. Ladder of, 23;
High Plain of, 25;
River of, 27;
Hikoboshi's ox wanders over High Plain of, 126
Heaven and Earth. Elements which comprised, 21
Heitaro. A farmer who married Willow Wife, 178-180
Hell. Kwannon's concern for who pass into, told by Emma-Ō
to Tokudō Shōnin, 202
Hi. River in province of Idzumo; Susa-no-o arrives at, 29
Hidaka. A river, on the bank of which Kiyo lived, 145
Hidari Jingorō. The famous sculptor; legend of, reminds
us of story of Pygmalion, 116;
falls in love with a beautiful woman, 190
Hidesato. Variants: Tawara Toda, "My Lord Bag of Rice";
his encounter with the Dragon King of Lake Biwa, 62-64
Hiei, Mount. Yoshitsune hears of priest Benkei as living at, 42
Higo ("Willow"). Wife of Heitaro, 177-180
Hikoboshi. Husband of Tanabata, 126
Hinako-Nai-Shinnō. The miraculous chestnut and the Princess, 177
Hinokawa. River in which Yamato swims with Idzumo Takeru, 53
Hiroshige. Idea for one of his pictures borrowed from the
_Heike Monogatari_, 119
Hito-koto-Kwannon. _See_ Kwannon, 200
Hizen, Prince of.
Story of his love for a cat in form of a woman named O Toyo, 265-268;
the priest Ruiten prays for, 266;
Ito Soda discovers cause of illness of, 266-269
Hoderi ("Fire-shine"). Son of Ninigi and Ko-no-Hana, 34;
quarrels with his brother Hoori, 35;
reconciled to his brother, 37
Hōïchi-the-Earless. A blind priest who lived at the Amidaji temple, 301;
his recitals in connection with the war between the Taira and Minamoto
clans, 301;
unknowingly visits tomb of Antoku Tenno, 304;
how he gained his name, 305
Hōji. Spirit of Death-Stone takes form of, in Great Cathay, 97
Hōjō. Kamakura, the seat of Regents of family, 82
"Hō-jō-ki." F. Victor Dickins's translation of, v, 160, 385
Hōjō Takatoki. A great ruler, whom Oribe Shima offends, 333
Hōjō Tokiyori. Nichiren exiled to Ito by, 241
Hokkeji. Place in Harima;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 204
"Hokku." See Japanese Poetry, 380-386
Hokusai. A famous artist;
and his "Hundred Views of Fuji," 117;
Eternity, and its meaning to, 117
Holy One, The. Alternative title for the Lord Buddha, 80
Hoori ("Fire-fade"). Son of Ninigi and Ko-no-Hana, 34;
grandfather of the first Mikado of Japan, 34;
conveyed to the Palace of the Sea God by Shiko-tsutsu no Oji
("Salt-sea-elder"), 35;
weds Toyo-tama ("Rich-jewel"), daughter of the Sea God, 36;
presented with jewels of the Flowing Tide and Ebbing Tide, 36;
departs from Sea God's Palace, 37
Horai. Mountain;
Kuramochi required to fare to, 67;
the Jewel-bearing Branch of, 69, 70
Horiō Yoshiharu. _Daimyō_ of Izumo; builds bridge over river
at Matsue, 343
Horse. The Deity of Kitzuki (Oho-kuninushi) and the Bronze, 275
Hotei. One of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, 115;
the God of Laughter and Contentment, 211;
known as the Waggon Priest, &c., 213
Huchi. _See_ Fuji and Aino Goddess of Fire, 131
Hunt, Royal. The Mikado orders, 74;
the Mikado surprises Kaguya by means of, 74
"Hyaku-nin-isshiu" ("Single Verses by a Hundred People").
Written before the time of the Norman Conquest; _see_
Japanese Poetry, 382
I
Ichijo, Emperor.
Stories current in Kyōto regarding the Goblin of Oyeyama during
reign of, 44;
Raiko despatched by, to seek out and slay the Goblin, 45
Iha-naga. Variant, Princess Long-as-the-Rocks; daughter of Oho-yama, 34
Iijima. Father of Tsuyu ("Morning Dew"), 228
Ima-Gumano. Place at Kyōto, in Yamashiro;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 203
Impetuous Male. _See_ Susa-no-o, 23, 352
"In" and "Yo." Male and female principles, not yet divided, 21;
correspond to the Chinese _Yang_ and _Yin_, 21;
associated with thunder, according to Bakin, 252
INABA. Legend of the White Hare of, 256-260
INARI. Originally the God of Rice, and later (eleventh century)
associated with the Fox God, 93, 238;
answers a woman's prayer, 101;
appears to Kōbō Daishi, 238, 239
Increase, The Month of. _Yayoi_, the, 193
Ind. Place where demon received homage of Hazoku, 97
Indian _Sraddha_. Corresponds to Japanese Festival of the Dead, 223, 224
Inexhaustible Purse. Part of the cargo of the Treasure Ship, 115, 116
Infernal Regions. Kwanjin sent to, and from, the, 200
Insect-S. Legends _re_, 281-289;
Buddhists believe that soul of a man or woman may enter minute
form of, 281;
Sanemori, a rice-devouring, 284;
the _shiwan_ described, 284, 285
Intelligences, The Eight, of Buddhism, 130
Ippai, Murata. Unwittingly destroys a number of lotus and commits
_hara-kiri_, 171
Isaburo. Kyuzaemon visits, concerning the mysterious appearance
of Oyasu, 153
Ise. Prince Yamato prays at shrine of, 51;
the Divine Mirror into which the Sun Goddess gazes reposes at, 191;
gigantic fan used in festival of, 243;
infant Emperor Antoku Tenno at shrine of, 300;
poem by, 384
Ishidomaro. Son of Kato Sayemon, 371-372
Ishiyama-dera. Place near Otsu, in Ōmi;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 203
Ishizukuri, Prince. One of Kaguya's five suitors, 66-72
Isora. The Spirit of the Seashore; takes Tide Jewels to Empress Jingo
as a gift from the Dragon King, 331
Issunboshi ("One-Inch Priest").
Otherwise Little Finger and Grain-of-Corn, 364-367;
marries youngest daughter of Prince Sanjo, 367
Itsukushima. Shrine on Island of Myajima, 227;
_torii_ called "The Footstool of the King" before, 227
Iuwao, Emperor.
Spirit of Death-Stone the consort of, in Great Cathay, 97
Iwama-Dera. Place in Omi;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 203
Iwazaru. The three mystic Apes which figure in Japanese legend
are Mizaru, Kikazaru, and, 272
Izanagi and Izanami ("Male-who-invites" and "Female-who-invites").
Two important deities, 21;
island of Onogoro-jima formed by spear of, 22;
though related as brother and sister, desire to become husband and
wife, 22;
their marriage, 22; marriage produces islands, seas, rivers, herbs,
and trees, 22;
desire to produce a Lord of the Universe, 22;
the wish fulfilled in birth of Ama-terasu, the Sun Goddess, 23;
send Ama-terasu up Ladder of Heaven, 23;
parents of Tsukiyumi, the Moon God, who is sent up Ladder of Heaven
to be consort of Ama-terasu, 23;
Susa-no-o ("The Impetuous Male"), son of, 23;
Kagu-tsuchi, the Fire God, born to, 23;
Izanami creeps into the Land of Yomi (Hades), 23;
Izanagi follows his wife into Land of Yomi (Hades), 23;
Izanami angry with Izanagi for putting her to shame, 24;
Izanagi escapes from the Underworld, 24;
pursuit by the Eight Ugly Females, 24;
he reaches the Even Pass of Yomi, 24;
is divorced from Izanami, 24;
builds himself a perpetual home in island of Ahaji, 25;
wagtails sacred to, 276
Izumi. Place from which Chinu came, 313
Izumo. Queer custom in, associated with Jizō, 105, 106;
assembly of Gods in October in temple at, 225;
the _Kappa_ referred to as _Kawako_ by people
of village of, 350
J
Japan. Equivalent, "Land of the Rising Sun," xi;
reference to her victory over Russia, xi;
evolution of, how wrought, xii;
first inhabitants of, xiii;
Ainu, Mongol, and Malay elements formed one nation by A.D. 500, xiii;
national characteristics of, xiii;
called Jih-pén by Chinese, xiv;
general equivalents, xiv;
Kama-Yamato-Iware-Biko first human Emperor of, 37;
Buddhism in, India and China borrowed from, in regard to religious
teaching, 80;
the Bronze Buddha of Kamakura one of the sights of, 82;
legends of fox in, 93;
Ancient Cavern in, in which image of Jizō is seen, 109;
art of, owed to Buddhism, 114;
Buddha's teaching gave art of gardening to, 114;
art, quickened by Chinese influence, 114;
happy in naming chrysanthemums, 163;
Ama-no-Hashidate, one of the "Three Great Sights" of, 204;
butterfly connected with folk-lore in, 216;
legend _re_ invasion by Mongols of, 250;
Thunder Animal of, 251;
tea-drinking in England and, contrasted, 290, 291;
orange first brought from the "Evergreen Land" to, 324;
cause of becoming a world-Power, 329;
her influence on Korea when Russia established a military outpost
at Wiju, 329;
Korea a colony of, 329;
Dragon of, 362
Japanese. Character not Western, xii;
patriotism, source of, xii;
art and religion influenced by Buddhism, xii;
influence of Shintōism on, xii;
theories regarding racial origin of people, xiii;
superstition regarding the _Kappa_ (river monster), xiv;
divinities and heroes, general reference to, xvi-xx;
art, described by Sir Alfred East, 112;
artists, work of, considered, 112;
art, the face in, 113;
artist, Seven Gods of Good Fortune favourite theme of, 115;
Festival of Tanabata, 126;
bells, general description of, 140;
woman, cherry and plum blossoms associated with beauty and
virtue of, 174;
mirrors, significance of, 190-198;
English dolls compared with, 214-216;
fan, significance of, 243;
origin of name _kanamé_, applied to fans, 244;
cat, how regarded, 264-268;
art, _sennin_ in, 357;
poetry, note on, 380-386
"Japanese Literature, A History of." Reference to, v
Jewel-s. Precious, 28;
the Tide-flowing and the Tide-ebbing, 36;
the Jewel-bearing Branch of Mount Horai, 69-70;
the Jewel in the Dragon's Head, 71-73;
the Flood-Tide and the Ebb-Tide, given by Dragon King
to Empress Jingo, 331;
the Jewel-tears of Samébito, 376-379
Jewel Maiden. The story of, 95-98
Jih-pén. Chinese equivalent for Japan, xiv
Jimmu Tennō. Variant, Kamu-Yamato-Iware-Biko;
first human Emperor of Japan, 37
Jimpachi. Kanshiro and, 287-289
Jingo, The Empress.
Professor J. H. Longford writes _re_, 329;
legend of first Japanese invasion of Korea by, 330-333;
birth of her son Ojin, 333;
old couple's prayer for a child offered to, 364
Jizō. The God of Children, 94, 104;
compared to Kwannon, Goddess of Mercy, 104;
the creation of Japanese mothers, 104;
little children play in the Sai-no-Kawara ("Dry Bed of the River of
Souls") with, 106;
hymn of, 107, 108;
Cave of the Children's Ghosts and, 109;
Fountain of, 110;
Soga Sadayoshi remembered by, 110, 111;
picture of, contrasted with pictorial representation of a Japanese
goblin, 114, 115
Jofuku. Attempts to wrest the secret of perpetual life from
Mount Fuji, 133;
Shikaiya Wasōbiōye meets, 375
Jōshi. Term applied to lovers' suicide--variants, "love-death,"
or "passion-death," 144
Jurōjin. One of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, 115
K
Kaibara. Treatise by, known as _Onna Daigaku_, 113
Kadzusa, Straits of.
Princess Ototachibana drowned in crossing, 56
Kadzutoyo. Story of the badger and, 260-262
Kagu-Tsuchi. The Fire God, child of Izanagi and Izanami, 23
Kaguya, Lady ("Precious-Slender-Bamboo-of-the-Field-of-Autumn").
Discovered and reared by Sanugi no Miyakko, 65;
Prince Ishizukuri, Prince Kuramochi, the Sadaijin Dainagon Abe
no Miushi, the Chiunagon Otomo no Miyuki, and Morotada, the Lord of
Iso, suitors of, 66-72;
her plan to test the five suitors, 67;
fame of, reaches the Mikado, who sends Fusago to, 73;
Moonland Capital the birthplace of, 75;
departs to Moonland, 79
Kamakura. The one-time capital of Nippon, 82;
seat of the Shōguns, 82;
the Bronze Buddha of, and the Whale, 82-86;
city of, laid out by General Yoritomo, 83;
the bell of Enkakuji the largest in, 140
Kamatari. A State Minister of Japan; father of Kohaku Jo, 86
Kami Daigo-dera. Place at Uji, in Yamashiro;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 203
Kaminari. Thunder Woman, 252
Kamishama. One of the Oki Islands, to which Oribe Shima is banished, 333
Kamo, Lady. The Soul of the Mirror (Yayoi) falls into possession of, 194
Kamo no Chōmei. A Buddhist recluse of twelfth century;
his book called _Hō-jō-ki_ shows him a great Nature-lover, 160
Kamo Yamakiko. A magician, consulted by Yosoji, 134
Kamu-Yamato-Iware-Biko. Descendant of Hoori;
present equivalent, Jimmu Tennō; first human Emperor of Japan, 37
Kanagawa. Urashima's tomb still shown in a temple in, 328
Kanasoka. A great artist; legend _re_ the painted horse of, 116
Kano Hogai. Embroidery depicting Kwannon as the Divine Mother by, 201
Kanshiro. The vengeance of, 287-289
Kansuke. Father of Matakichi, 340
Kantan's Pillow. Rosei rests upon, 121
Kappa, The. A river goblin; description of, 350;
people in village of Izumo refer to as _Kawako_ ("The Child
of the River"), 350;
the story of the promise of, 351
Karma. The power of, one of the great Buddhist doctrines, 143;
signifies the desire to be--in contrast to Nirvana, the desire
not to be, 144;
reference to, in the _Ratana Sutra_, 145;
Kiyo and the power of, 145-148;
power of, illustrated by story of Tsuyu, 228, 233
Kashima. Origin of _kanamé_, name applied to Japanese fans, and, 244
Katsuo-dera. Place in Settsu; one of the thirty-three places
sacred to Kwannon, 204
Katsushika, The Maiden of. Ballad of, 316, 317
Kawachi. River, near which is the temple known as Kawako-no-miya, 350
Kawachi-mura. Hamlet near Matsue, 350
Kawako ("The Child of the River"). _See_ Kappa, 350
Kawako-no-Miya. The temple of the _Kawako_, or _Kappa_, 350
Ken-cho-ji. Visit of Soga Sadayoshi to temple of, 110
Kenkō Hōshi. Another legend of Raiko and the Goblin by, 49-51
Kikazaru. The three mystic Apes which figure in Japanese legend
are Mizaru, Iwazaru, and, 272
Kiku ("Chrysanthemum"). Sawara weds, 124;
Sawara sends back to her parents, 125
Kikuo ("Chrysanthemum-Old-Man"). Retainer of Tsugaru;
story of, 165-167
Kimi. Story of her faithless behaviour toward Kurosuke, 181
Kimii-dera. Place near Wakayama, in Kishū;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 203
Kimitaka. The Goblin of Oye snatches away, 45
Ki-no-o-baké. A true spirit, 176
Kintaro. Otherwise the Golden Boy, 367-369;
named Sakata Kurando by Yorimitsu,368, 369
Kishiwada, The Lord of.
Sends Sonobé to great cryptomeria-tree on Oki-yama, 181, 182
Kitzuki. The Deity of (Oho-kuninushi), and the Bronze Horse, 275;
the Deity of, spends much time catching birds and fish, 277
Kiuchi Heizayemon. Adventures of, which illustrate the
_Tengu-kakushi_, 353-355
Kiyo. The fairest girl in the tea-house near the Dragon's
Claw hill, 145;
her love for a Buddhist priest and its fatal ending, 145-148
Kiyomizu-dera. Place at Kyōto;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 203
Kiyomori. Leader of the Taira clan, 41;
Tokiwa, widow of Yoshitomo, weds, 41
Kōbō Daishi ("Glory to the Great Teacher").
The most famous of Japanese Buddhist saints, 234;
Kūkai name when living; Kōbō Daishi a posthumous title, 234;
founded Buddhist sect called the Shin-gon-shū, 234;
named by Chinese Emperor as Gohitsu-Oshō ("The Priest who writes
with Five Brushes"), 236;
Monju Bosatsu, the Lord of Wisdom, and, 237;
paints the _ten_ by flinging his brush, 237;
work ridiculed by Kino Momoye and Onomo Toku, 237, 238;
his voyage to Japan, 238;
Inari, the God of Rice, and, 238, 239;
his death, 239;
temple at Kawasaki dedicated to, 239
Kobori-Enshiu. The great Japanese designer of gardens, 156
Kochō. Reference to the play called _The Flying Hairpin of Kochō_, 218
Kōdō. Place at Kyōto; one of the thirty-three places sacred
to Kwannon, 204
Kofukuji, Temple of, 87-89
Kohaku Jo. Daughter of Kamatari, 86;
Emperor of China hears of beauty of, 86;
Emperor of China wooes, 86;
sails for China, 87;
weds Emperor of China, 87, 88;
sends treasures to temple of Kofukuji, 89
Kojiki. "Records of Ancient Matters" completed A.D. 712,
what it deals with, &c., xv;
told in, that Izanagi presented mirrors to his children, 191
Kōjin, The God. Spirit of, resides in the _enoki_ tree;
the God to whom very old dolls are dedicated, 176, 177, 216
Kokawa-dera. Place in Kishū; one of the thirty-three places
sacred to Kwannon, 203
Komagawa Miyagi. A retainer of one of the _daimyōs_;
his love for Miyuki, 245-249
Kompira. Originally an Indian God, identified with Susa-no-o;
the shrine of, visited by Kiyo, 147
Ko-no-hana-saku-ya-hime. "The Princess who makes the Flowers of the
Trees to Blossom";
daughter of Oho-yama, 34;
weds Ninigi, 34;
mother of Hoderi and Hoori, 34;
_see_ Sengen, 132
Korea. Reference to legendary conquest of, 282;
Chosen, the Land of the Morning Calm, the old name for, 328;
troubled with armies of China and Japan, 328;
under glamour of Chinese civilisation, 329;
becomes a Japanese colony, 329;
legend of first invasion of, by Japan, 329-333;
King of, surrenders to Empress Jingo, 332
"Korean Towers." Lamps in Japanese gardens sometimes still known as, 157
Korinji. Kimi prayed for by priests of temple, 125
Koriyama, The Lord.
Idzumi, place where lived, 170;
he and his wife and child stricken down with a strange malady, 170;
restored by planting lotus about his castle, 170, 171
Kōshin. The God of Roads, 176
Koso. Emperor of China; wooes and weds Kohaku Jo, 86-88
Koyuri. Son of Yurine, 359
Kumaso. Brigand, slain by Yamato, 52
Kumé. One of the _sennin_, who falls from his chariot of cloud,
depicted in Japanese art, 357
Kuni-toko-tachi. A Japanese God; origin of, 21
Kuramochi, Prince. One of Kaguya's five suitors, 46-72
Kurando, Sakata. An officer of the Emperor's bodyguard, 367;
falls in love with Yaégiri, 367;
see Kintaro, 368
Kurosuke. Story how he was forsaken by Kimi, 181
Kushi-nada-hime ("Wondrous-Inada-Princess").
Daughter of Ashi-nadzuchi and Te-nadzuchi, 29;
wooed and wedded by Susa-no-o, 29, 30
Kwanjin. Chinese equivalent for Kwannon, 200
Kwannon. The Goddess of Mercy; two of Raiko's intending companions
visit shrine of, 45;
ex-Emperor Toba desires to build a temple to, 179;
resemblance to Jizō, 199;
sometimes depicted as Senjiu-Kwannon,
or Kwannon-of-the-Thousand-Hands, 199;
description of Jiu-ichi-men-Kwannon
(the Kwannon-of-the-Eleven-Faces), 199;
the tiara of, sometimes takes title of Batō-Kwannon
(Kwannon-with-the-Horse's-Head), 199;
Batō-Kwannon, the Goddess who protects dumb animals, 200;
Hito-Koto-Kwannon, the Kwannon who will only answer one prayer, 200;
the Gods of Love and Wisdom are frequently represented
in conjunction with, 200;
not inappropriately called the Japanese Madonna, 200;
known in Chinese myth as Kwanjin, 200;
is the spiritual son of Amitâlbha, in China, 200;
Chūjō Hime, a Buddhist nun, an incarnation of, 201;
as the Divine Mother, 201;
thirty-three shrines sacred to Kwannon, 201-204;
the Lady of Mercy, 202;
the Goddess of Mercy, 203;
copper image of, in temple of Ni-gwarsu-dō, 204;
sacrifice of, in form of a deer, on behalf of Saion Zenji, 204-206;
Princess Sanjo visits temple of, 365
Kwannonji. Place in Omi;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 204
Kyōto. Stories current in, regarding the Goblin of Oyeyama, 44;
Matsumura journeys to, 191;
thirty-three shrines sacred to Kwannon in, 201
Kyu-Kukedo-San. An Ancient Cavern in Japan associated with Jizō, 109
Kyuzaemon. The Lady of the Snow and, 152, 153
L
Ladder of Heaven.
Ama-terasu, the Sun Goddess, climbs the, 23;
Tsuki-yumi, the Moon God, also climbs the, 23
Lady of Mercy. Kwannon called the, 202
Land of Endless Plenty.
Shikaiya Wasōbiōye visits the, 375
"Land, The Evergreen."
Appears in the Japanese ballad "The Fisher Boy Urashima" as
the Dragon Palace, 324
Land of the Followers of the Antique.
Shikaiya Wasōbiōye visits the, 375
Land of Giants.
Shikaiya Wasōbiōye visits the, 375
Land of the Morning Calm. Chosen, the old name for Korea, 328
Land of Paradoxes.
Shikaiya Wasōbiōye visits the, 375
Land of Perfect Happiness.
The infant Emperor, Antoku Tenno, taken to, 300
Land of Shams.
Shikaiya Wasōbiōye visits the, 375
Laughter, God of. _See_ Hotei, 211-213
Legend-s. Butterfly, 216-219;
from _The Diary of a Convolvulus_, 244-249;
Thunder, 250-254;
of Magical Animals 255-275;
the _Kojiki_ ("The White Hare of Inaba"), 255-260;
the three mystic Apes figure in, 272;
birds in, 276-281;
of dragon-flies, 282;
of fire flies, 285-289;
of the tea-plant, 297-299;
of the Weird, 300-304;
of the sea, 323-341;
of Urashima, 323;
Japanese superstitions the source of, 342;
of the sea monster _Shōjō_, 359-360;
miscellaneous, 370-379
Lightning, The Goddess of, 251
Lights, Miraculous. Varieties in Japan, 357, 358
Liu-kiu Islands. Chinese equivalent for Japanese Luchu Islands, 324
Long-as-the-Rocks, Princess. Variant for Iha-naga, 34
Longford, Joseph H. Reference to _The Story of Korea_, by, 328, 329
Lotus, The Golden. Legend of, 80-82; the sacred flower of Buddhism, 169
"Lotus of the Law." Yōshō studies, 356
Love.
Maiden imposes test of, as a corpse-eater, 311, 312;
poems, _see_ Japanese Poetry, 380-386;
the Goddess of, 206
Luchu Islands. The Japanese pronunciation for the, 324;
Chinese equivalent, Liu-kiu, 324
Luck, Seven Divinities of.
Benten one of the, 206;
variants, the Goddess of the Sea, of Love, of Beauty,
of Eloquence, 206;
charms to represent, 348
Lucky Raincoat. Part of cargo of the Treasure Ship, 115
Luwuh. The first Chinese tea-master, 292;
his _Chaking_ ("The Holy Scripture of Tea"), 292;
sought after by Emperor Taisung, 293
M
Madonna, The Japanese.
The Goddess of Mercy not inappropriately called, 200
"Maiden's Grave, The." Burial-place of the Maiden of Unai, 314
Maiden of Katsushika, The.
The tale of, as translated by Professor B. H. Chamberlain, 316, 317
Maiden of Unai, The.
And her lovers, 313-316;
the grave of, 315, 316
Maiden with the Wooden Bowl. The strange story of, 317-322
Maki. Moor to which Tokutaro was challenged to go, 98
Maki Hiogo. Attempts to capture the Spirit of the Peony, 172, 173
Malay Elements. Their contribution to Japanese characteristics, xiii
Mamikiko. Neighbour of Yurine; his unkindness to Koyuri, 360-362
"Master Singers of Japan," Miss Clara A. Walsh's reference to, v
Mason, W. B.
Reference to temple at Kawasaki sacred to Kōbō Daishi, in _Murray's
Handbook for Japan_, by, 239
Matakichi. Son of Kansuke, 340
Matsu. Shingé's maid, 167
Matsue.
I. Daughter of a fisherman at Takasago, 187;
rescues Teoyo, their love, 188, 189.
II. Bridge. Sacrifices associated with, 343, 344;
Horiō Yoshiharu and, 343.
III. The Bronze Deer of, 275
Matsumura. A Shintō priest in charge of shrine of Ogawachi-Myōjin, 191;
journey to Kyōto to appeal to Shōgun, 191;
his strange sight of a beautiful woman's face in a well, 192;
the Poison Dragon and, 193;
the Soul of the Mirror and, 193-196
Matsunoo-dera. Place in Wakasa;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 204
Matsuyama, The Mirror of, 196-198
Mercy, Goddess of. Kwannon, the; compared to Jizō, 104
Michimasa. An eleventh-century official; _tanka_ by, quoted, 383;
addressed _tanka_ to the Princess Masako, 383
Miidera.
I. The Bell of, 141-143.
II. Place near Otsu, in Omi; one of the thirty-three places
sacred to Kwannon, 203
Midzunoe. Village in province of Tango, in which Urashima lived, 324
Mimuroto-dera. Place at Uji, in Yamashiro;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 203
Minamoto Clan. Reference to great sea-fight between Taira clan and, 300
Miné. Wife of Tomozō, 233
Minokichi. Loved by the Lady of the Snow, 150-151
Mio. Shore of, on which the Moon Lady's Robe of Feathers is found
by Hairukoo, 128
Mionoseki. The God of, is the God of Mariners, 276;
detests cocks and hens, 276
Mirrors. Significance of Japanese, 190-198;
the Divine, into which Sun Goddess gazes, reposes at Ise, 191;
the soul of the, 193;
old bronze mirrors contributed to form a bell, 195;
the mirror of Matsuyama, 196-198
Mitford, A. B. (Lord Redesdale).
Reference to his _Tales of Old Japan_, 98, 161
Miushi. The Sadaijin Dainagon Abe no, one of Kaguya's five suitors, 66-70
Miwa Daimyōjin. Japanese God, in connection with whom the Laughing
Festival originated, 225
Miyadzu, Princess. Prince Yamato meets and weds, 55
Miyuki. The Chiunagon Otomo no, one of Kaguya's five suitors, 66-70
Mizaru.
The three mystic Apes in Japanese legend are Kikazaru, Iwazaru,
and, 272
Mochida-no-ura. Peasant of village of, who flung his children
into a river, 311
Momotaro ("Son of a Peach").
His romantic discovery, 58;
his adventures in the North-Eastern Sea, 59-62
Momoye, Kino. Kōbō Daishi's work ridiculed by, 237-238
Mongol-s. Elements, their contribution to Japanese characteristics, xiii;
legend _re_ invasion of Japan by, 250
Monju Bosatsu. The Lord of Wisdom; Kōbō Daishi and, 237
Moon. Belief of Japanese peasants _re_ the Hare in the, 162
Moonfolk. The Lady Kaguya and, 75-79
Moon God. Tsuki-yumi, son of Izanagi and Izanami, the, 23
Moon Lady, The. The fisherman finds Robe of Feathers of, 128, 129
Moonland. The capital of,
the birthplace of Kaguya, 75;
Lady Kaguya departs to, 79
Moon, Palace of the. The dance that makes, turn round, 128
Morning Calm, The Land of the. Otherwise Chosen, the old
name for Korea, 328
Morris, William. Story of "The Robe of Feathers" resembles Norse legend
--see _The Land East of the Sun and West of the Moon_, 127
Morokoshi, The Land of.
Miushi required to fare to, 67
Morotada. The Lord of Iso;
one of Kaguya's five suitors 66-70
Mosaku. His death by the Lady of the Snow, 150
Mother, The Ghost, 308
Mountain.
I. Woman, 355.
II. Man, 355
Mountain Spider. _See_ Goblin Spider
Mountain, The Crackling. The story of the hare and badger on, 258-260
Mountain, The Spirit of the, 330
Mubara. One of the Maiden of Unai's lovers, 313-316
Mud, Sea of. Visited by Shikaiya Wasōbiōye, 375
Mugenyama. The priests of,
require a bell, 194;
one mirror used in making bell of, refuses to melt, 195
Murakumo-no-Tsurugi. A divine sword, discovered by Susa-no-o and given
by him to the Gods of Heaven, 30;
sword of, given to Yamato, 54
Mushimaro. A poet, who wrote _re_ the lovers of the Maiden of
Unai, 313
Musō Kokushi. A priest;
his gruesome experience with the corpse-eater, 305-308
Myokei. A celebrated painter under whom Sawara studies, 122
Mythology.
The Dragon intimately associated with Japanese, 362;
the Dragon in Chinese and Japanese, 363
N
Naizen-no-jo, The Lord. Father of the Princess Aya, 172, 173
Nakayama-dera. Place near Kōbe, in Settsu;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 204
"Namudaishi." A Japanese poem describing life of famous saint
Kōbō Daishi, 234
Nanao. Fishing village, destroyed by earthquake, 339;
experience of Kansuke and his son Matakichi while fishing near, 340, 341
Nan-endō. Place at Nara, in Yamato;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 203
Nareai-ji. Place in Tango;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 204
Nariai, Mount. Saion Zenji and Kwannon on, 204-206
Naruse Tsushimanokami. An official who considers the sword secured
by Sankichi a sacred treasure, 337
Nasu. Genno arrives at moor of, 95
Nasu no Yoichi. A fan, the mark of bow of, 243
National Anthem. English and Japanese compared, 384;
Japanese, based on an ancient song mentioned in the _Kokinshiu_, 384
Nature. Japanese love for, 160, 161;
Japanese poetry and, 380-386
Nether World. _See_ Yomi
New Year. Pine-tree and the Festival of the, 176;
Daikoku and origin of charm connected with, 212;
quaint observances at Festival of, 220, 221
Nichiren. The founder of the Buddhist sect of that name, 240;
name of, means Sun Lotus, 240;
his efforts to restore Buddhism to its old purity, 240, 241;
exiled to Ito for thirty years by Hōjō Tokiyori, 241;
his escape from execution, 241;
again exiled, and dwells on Mount Minobu, 241;
attempts to replace the ordinary _mantra_, 241;
wrote "Book to Tranquillise the Country," 241
Ni-gwarsu-dō ("Hall of the Second Moon").
The Buddhist temple of, 204;
small copper image of Kwannon in temple of, 204
"Nihongi" ("Chronicles of Japan"). Written in Chinese and completed
A.D. 720, and deals with the myths, legends, &c., from early times
to A.D. 697, xv; male and female principles, reference to, in, 21
Niidono. Takes infant Emperor, Antoku Tenno, to the Pure Land of
Perfect Happiness, 300
Nikko. First Buddhist temple at, founded by Shōdō Shonin, 242;
notice to _Tengu_ and other demons prior to visit of Yedo
Shōgun to, 355
Nikōbō. A priest, famous for powers to exorcise evil spirits, 357, 358
Ninigi. Grandchild of Taka-mi-musubi;
sent to govern Central Land of Reed-Plains, 30;
presented with gifts by Ama-terasu, 32;
gives Uzume as wife to the Deity of the Field-Paths, 33;
meets and weds Ko-no-hana, 34;
Hoderi ("Fire-shine") and Hoori ("Fire-fade"), sons of, 34
Nippon. Kamakura at one time capital of, 82;
pictorial art given to, by Buddhism, 114;
the _No_, or lyrical drama of, 119;
bell-maker, skill of, 140;
fan of, 243;
tea-drinking in, associated with Buddhism, 293
Nipponese. Women, colour-prints depicting, do not reveal emotion, 113;
mirrors, significance of, 190
Nirvana. Genno prays that the Jewel Maiden might attain, 97;
desire for not-being finally attained in, 109;
signification contrasted with Karma, 144
"No." The lyrical drama of Nippon, 119;
the _Takasago_ one
of the finest of the, 186
Noguchi, Yone. _See_ Yone Noguchi
Noto. Yōshō born at, 356
O
O-ana-mochi. A deity of Mount Fuji, 132
Oba Kage-chika. Yoritomo saved from power of, by two doves, 277-278
O Cho San. Dwells on Hatsushima Island, 337;
Gisuke the brother of, 338;
Shinsaku the favoured suitor of, 338;
death of, 338; shrine raised to, 339
Ogawachi-myōjin. Shrine of,
referred to, 191;
Matsumura, the Shintō priest in charge of shrine of, 191
O-Hina-San. Tiny doll named, 215
Oho-Kuninushi. The Deity of Kitzuki; the Bronze Horse and, 275
Oho-yama. Variants, Great-Mountain-Possessor and Spirit of the
Mountains; father of Ko-no-hane and Iha-naga, 34;
presents his daughter to Ninigi, 34
Ojin. Son of Empress Jingo, 333;
the Dragon King presents the Tide Jewels to, 333
Oka-dera. Place in Yamato;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 203
Okakura Kakuzo. _The Book of Tea_ by, 290
Oki Islands. Oribe Shima banished to Kamishima, one of the, 333, 334
Oki-yama. Sonobé sent to great cryptomeria-tree on, 181, 182
Old Japan. Doll handed down from generation to generation in, 215
Omi, Province of. Yamato Take slays serpent in, 57
"Onna Daigaku" ("The Greater Learning for Women"). A treatise
by Kaibara, 113
Onomo Toku. Kōbō Daishi's work ridiculed by, 238
Ono-no-Kimi. Appears before the Judgment Seat of Emma-Ō, the Judge
of Souls, 140
Oribe Shima.
Offends Hojo Takatoki and is banished to Kamishima, 333, 334;
his grief at leaving his daughter, Tokoyo, 334;
sought after by Tokoyo, 334-336;
set at liberty by Hojo Takatoki, 336
Otohime, The Princess,
daughter of the Dragon (Sea) King, 325;
becomes the bride of Urashima, 325;
bestows gift of the "Box of the Jewel Hand" (_Tamate-Bako_)
on Urashima, 327
O-Toku-San. Girl doll of life-size class, 215
Ototachibana, Princess. Wife of Prince Yamato, 51, 52;
drowned in crossing Straits of Kadzusa, 56
O Toyo. Favourite among ladies of the Prince of Hizen, 265;
a cat in form of a woman causes grievous harm to Prince
of Hizen, 265-269
Owari, Province of. Yamato Take passes through, 57
Oyama, General. A hero of Japan, xii
Oyasu. Assumed name of the Lady of the Snow, by which she
introduces herself to Kyuzaemon, 153
Oyeyama, The Goblin of, 44-48
Ozaki, Madame. Reference to story told by, regarding Koso
and Kohaku Jo, 88
P
Palace, Dragon. "Evergreen Land" appears as, in ballad of
"The Fisher Boy Urashima," 324
Paradise, The Buddhist.
Tapestry wrought by Kwannon depicting, 201
Peony. The Spirit of the, 171;
the Princess Aya loves, in the form of a young and handsome
samurai, 172, 173
Perry, Professor. Japanese mirrors and, 190
Pierre Loti. Reference to his _Madame Chrysanthème_, xi
Piggott, Sir F. T. Cherry and plum blossoms, reference to, in
_The Garden of Japan_, by, 174
Plain of High Heaven. Susa-no-o visits his sister, Ama-terasu, in, 25-27
Poetry, Japanese. A note on, 380-386;
Mr. Noguchi's _The Pilgrimage_ and, 380;
the _Tanka_ and _Hokku_ described, 381;
reference to the _Hyaku-nin-isshiu_ ("Single Verses by a
Hundred People"), 382;
reference to a _tanka_ by Yasuhide Bunya, 382;
quotation from the "Flower Dance" of Bingo province, 383;
quotation from _tanka_ by the eleventh-century official
Michimasa, 383;
reference to Nature poems, 384;
English National Anthem compared with Japanese National Anthem, 384;
quotation from Nature poem by Isé, 384;
quotation from the _Hō-jō-ki_ by twelfth-century recluse,
Chōmei, 385;
touching _hokku_ quoted, written by Chiyo after the death of
her little son, 385;
_mono no aware wo shiru_ ("the Ah-ness of things"), a phrase
which describes most accurately the whole significance of, 386
Poison Dragon, The. His evil influence, 193
Polynesian Mythology. Rangi (Heaven) and Papa (Earth) correspond to
Japanese _In_ and _Yo_, 21
Pootoo. Kwanjin transported to Island of, 200
Poverty. Japanese superstitions and Bimbogami, the God of, 349;
insect, _Bimbomushi_ the Japanese name for, 349
Precious Things. _See_ Hotei, 213
"Priest, One-Inch." Otherwise Issunboshi; also nicknamed Little Finger
and Grain-of-Corn, 364
Purple Hall of the North Star. Emperor sick at, 38
Q
Quilt (_Futon_), The, of Tottori, 309-311
R
Raiden. The God of Thunder, 250;
often found in company with Fugin or Raitaro, 250;
his favour toward Japan, 250
Raijū. The Thunder Animal, 251
Raiko.
I. A doughty knight who seeks out and slays the Goblin of Oye, 45-48;
presented with a jar of magical _saké_ (Shimben-Kidoku-Shu)
intended by the Goblin King, 46;
gives _saké_ to the Goblin, 47;
slays Goblin, 48;
returns to Kyōto, 48;
his illness, 48;
restored to health by slaying of the Goblin Spider, 49;
another version of the legend, 49-51.
II. A wealthy but mean man, whose meanness is cured by Inari, 102, 103
Raitaro. Raiden, the Thunder God, often found in company with, 250;
Bimbo and, 252, 253
Rat. The hour of the, 76;
Daikoku's, 211, 212
"Ratana Sutra," The. Reference to Karma in, 145
Redesdale, Lord. See Mitford, 98
Rein. Opinion of, _re_ Japanese and Mongols, xiii
Rendai, Plain of, 49
Rice, God of. _See_ Inari
Rikiu. The greatest of tea-masters, 296;
the friend of Taiko-Hideyoshi, 296, 297
Rin-jin. King of the Sea;
Yamato raises anger of, 56;
anger of, appeased by Princess Ototachibana, 56;
takes to wife a Dragon Princess, 272-275;
the jelly-fish, the
monkey, and, 272-275
Rip van Winkle. Visu the, of Old Japan, 136
Rising Sun. Spirit of Death-Stone
in form of the Jewel
Maiden at Court of, 98
River, Child of the. _See_ Kappa, 350, 351
Rivet Rock. _See_ Kashima, 244
Road-s. The pine-tree and the God of, 176;
reference to the God of, 346
Robe, The Feather. Brought to Kaguya by the Moonfolk, 78
Rock Island. Kansuke and Matakichi behold Spirit of the Great
Awabi on, 341
Rokkaku-dō. Place at Kyōto;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 204
Roko. Depicted, on a flying tortoise, as one of the _sennin_
in Japanese art, 357
Rokuhara-dera. Place at Kyōto;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 203
Rōsan. Chinese scholar, regaled with ghostly stories _re_
butterflies, 216
Rosei. His Magic Pillow of Dreams, 119-122
Ruiten. A priest who prays for
the Prince of Hizen, 266
Russia. Establishment of military outpost at Wiju leads to war
with Japan, 329
Ryōseki. High-priest of Shin-Banzui-In; Shinzaburō sent by Yusai to, 231
S
Sacred Key. Part of the cargo of the Treasure Ship, 115, 116
Sacrifice, Human. _See_ Superstition, 342
Sadayo. Princess Aya's favourite maid, 172
Saga, Emperor. Kōbō Daishi performs funeral obsequies of, 239
Saijosen. The Phoenix and, 281
Saikou Sanjū-san Sho ("The Thirty-three Places").
Reverence bestowed upon the, 201
Sai-no-Kawara. "The Dry Bed of the River of Souls," 106;
place where all children go at death, 106;
the legend of the Humming of the, 107
Saion Zenji. Kwannon's sacrifice on behalf of, on Mount Nariai, 204-206
Sakata Kurando. Name given by Yorimitsu to Kintaro, 368
Salwey, Mrs. C. M.
New Year Festival described by, 220;
reference to the _torii_ by, 226, 227;
reference to _Fans of Japan_, by, 243;
reference to _On Symbolism and Symbolic Ceremonies of the
Japanese_, by, 244
Samébito ("A Shark-Person").
Tōtarō kindly succours, 376;
the jewel-tears of, 377-379
Sanemori. A great warrior;
becomes a rice-devouring insect called Sanemori-San, 284
San-ga-nichi. Pine-tree conspicuous at the Festival of, 187
Sanjo, Princess. Issunboshi becomes page to, 365-367;
the magic mallet and, 366
Sankichi. Dives from Tarada's junk and secures the Woman's Sword, 337
Sano Genzalmon Tsuneyo. Peasant who burns three dwarf trees to give
warmth to Tokiyori, 183-186;
goes to Kamakura, 185;
rewarded by Tokiyori by being presented with the villages of
Matsu-idu, Umeda, and Sakurai, 185, 186
Sanugi no Miyakko. Discovers Lady Kaguya
("Precious-Slender-Bamboo-of-the-Field-of-Autumn"), 65
Sanzu-no-Kawa. "The River of the Three Roads" along which the dead
journey, 222
Sawara. Pupil of the artist Tenko, 122;
loves Kimi, Tenko's niece, 122-125
Sayemon, Kato. A rich man who lived in palace of the Shōgun
Ashikaga, 370;
Ishidomaro son of, 371;
becomes a priest in the temple of Kongobuji, on Mount Koya, 371
Sea. Legends of the, 323-341;
Urashima in the palace of the Sea-King, 325, 328;
of Mud, visited by Shikaiya Wasōbiōye, 374
Sea God. _See_ God of the Sea, 35
Seashore, The Spirit of the.
Is unfavourable to Empress Jingo, 331
Sefuku-ji. Place in Izumi;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 203
Sengen. Otherwise Ko-no-hana-saku-ya-hime;
as Ko-no-hana, the wife of Ninigi, 34;
the Goddess of Fuji, 132
Sennin = mountain recluses, 356, 357;
Yōshō, the first great Japanese, 356;
Emmei becomes a, 356;
Japanese art and, 357;
Chokoro a, 357; Gama a, 357; Tekkai a, 357; Kumé a, 357; Roko a, 357
Sentaro. His visit to the Land of Perpetual Youth (Mount Fuji), 133, 134
Serpent. Cat and the, did not weep when the Lord Buddha died, 264;
the White Sea, otherwise Yofuné-Nushi, 334
Sesshiu. A great artist;
legend _re_ his liberation from imprisonment by painting rats, 116
Séta. Samébito and Tōtarō at the Long Bridge of, 376-379
Seven Gods of Good Fortune.
The favourite theme of the Japanese artist, 115;
Shintōism, Taoism, Buddhism, and Brahmanism, the source of the, 115
Shaka Muni. The Lord Buddha; legend _re_ his sacrifice as a hare, 255
Shelf of Souls. Food placed on, by Shinzaburō, 229
Shidoji. Temple called, built at Shido-no-ura by Kamatari,92
Shido-no-ura. Boy of, 89;
Kamatari builds temple called Shidoji at, 92
Shiko-tsutsu no Oji ("Salt-sea-elder").
Conveys Hoori to the Palace of the Sea God, 35
Shin Kiyomizu-dera. Place in Harima;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 204
Shingé. Bitten by a snake in the Valley of Shimizutani, 167;
rescued by Yoshisawa, 167;
found dead at the bottom of the Violet Well, 168
Shingon-shū. Buddhist sect founded by Kōbō Daishi, 234
Shinsaku. Favoured suitor for hand of O Cho San, 338;
raises shrine to O Cho San, 339
Shintō. Temples, contrasted with those of Buddhism, 114;
old custom associated with Mount Fuji, 131;
cult, "The Way of the Gods" symbol of the Right Direction,
according to the dogmas of the, 227
Shintōism. Reverence to dead taught by, xii;
legends relating to Japanese heroes enriched by, xvi;
the _torii_ originally associated with, 226
Shinzaburō, Hagiwara. Falls in love with Tsuyu, 228;
the sad story of the lovers' fate, 228-233;
Tomozō, servant of, 230;
Hakuōdō Yusai advises, 230;
goes to the high-priest Ryōseki, 231
Shippeitarō. The phantom cats and, 269, 270
Shiro. Sent by Emma-Ō to conquer the God of Wealth, 211, 212
Shita-teru-hime ("Lower-shine-Princess"). Wed by Ame-waka, 31
Shō-Chiku-Bai. The name embracing the three emblems of the Pine,
Bamboo, and Plum-flower, 195
Shōgun-s. Kamakura, seat of, of the Hōjō family, 82;
Yedo Government issues notice to Tengu and other demons prior
to the visit to Nikko of the, 355
Shojō. A sea monster fond of sacred _saké_, 359;
legend _re_ Yurine and, 359-362
Shokuro. The Thunder God, Raiden, and, 254;
Chiyo slain by, 254;
makes peace with Chiyo after she has been restored to life, 254
Shonin, Shōdō. Founder of first Buddhist temple at Nikko, 242;
legend _re_ sacred bridge of Nikko, 242
Shosha-san., Place in Harima;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 204
Shutendoji. The Goblin King of Oyeyama;
his doings on Mount Oye, 44-48;
Kimitaka's daughter snatched away by, 45;
Raiko at ball of, 47;
magic _saké_ drunk by, 47;
attacked and slain by Raiko, 47-48
Smith, R. Gordon.
Legend of the Lady of the Snow in his _Ancient Tales and Folk-lore
of Japan_, 122, 152, 165, 177
Snow, The Lady of the. Yuki-Onna is, 149;
Mosaku and, 149, 150;
Minokichi and, 149-151;
Mr. R. Gordon Smith in his _Ancient Tales and Folk-lore of Japan_
describes, 152, 153;
Kyuzaemon and, 152,153
Soda, Ito. A young soldier who discovers cause of illness of Prince
of Hizen, 266-268
Sodzu-baba. The Old Woman of the Three Roads, associated with the
Festival of the Dead, 222;
Ten Datsu-Ba, husband of, 222
Soga Sadayoshi. Visits temple of Ken-cho-ji, 110;
appears before Emma-Ō, 110;
remembered by Jizō, 110, 111
Sōjiji. Place in Settsu;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 204
Sonobé. Sent by the Lord of Kishiwada to cryptomeria-tree
on Oki-yama, 181, 182
Spirit. Of the Mountain, 330;
of the Fields, 330;
of Grass, 330;
of the Seashore, 331;
of the Sword, 336
Star Lovers. Stars (possibly Lyra and Aquila) shine with five colours
at yearly meeting of the, 127
Street Everlasting. Place for ghosts to wander in, 224
Street of Aged Men. Near Street Everlasting, 224
Stones. Poetry suggested by names given to, by the Japanese, 157
Suicide. Of Japanese lovers, is called _jōshi_--_i.e._,
"love-death" or "passion-death," 144;
_see_ also _hara-kiri_, or _seppuku_, 161
Sullivan, Sir Arthur. Reference to _The Mikado_, by, xi
Sun Goddess. Ama-terasu, daughter of Izanagi and Izanami, the, 23;
the dead fear to gaze upon the, 109;
the mirror in which she gazes reposes at Ise, 191;
mirror cakes associated with, at New Year Festival, 220
Superstition. Japanese, various forms of, 342-349;
human sacrifice associated with, 342-344;
forms of divination, 344-346;
unlucky years and days, 346, 347;
strange, relating to children, 347, 348;
charms associated with Japanese, 348;
the Beckoning Leaf, 348;
Bimbogami (the God of Poverty) and, 349;
_Bimbo-mushi_ ("Poverty-Insect") and, 349;
the _Baku_, 358, 359
Suruga.
The Elixir of Life sent to the highest mountain in, by the Mikado, 79;
(_see_ Fuji); Visu lived on plain of, 136
Susa-no-o ("The Impetuous Male"). Child of Izanagi and Izanami, 23;
brother of the Sun Goddess, Ama-terasu, 25;
an undesirable and cruel deity, 25;
banished by parents to Yomi, 25;
proposes to first visit Plain of High Heaven, 25;
his sister, Ama-terasu, prepares to withstand him, 26;
he tricks her by guile, 26;
Ama-terasu flees from the cruelty of, 27;
finally banished to Yomi, 28;
arrives at River Hi, 29;
seeks hand of Kushi-nada-hime, 29;
wins her by slaying the eight-forked serpent, 29, 30;
the _Tengu_ = emanations from, 352
"Sutra, Treasure-Raining."
A holy _sutra_ given by Ryōseki to Shinzaburō, 232
Suzuki Shichiro. Discovers Kiuchi Heizayemon, 353
Sword. "The-Grass-Cleaving," a divine weapon discovered by Susa-no-o, 30;
given as a gift to Prince Yamato, 54;
the Spirit of the, 336
T
Taiko-Hideyoshi. The friend of Rikiu, 296, 297
Taira. Yoshitomo killed in a battle with, 41;
Kiyomori, the cruel leader of the clan, 41;
finally conquered and driven into the sea at Dan-no-ura by Benkei
and Yoshitsune, 43
Taira Clan. Great sea-fight referred to, between Minamoto clan and, 300
Taira-no-Masakado. Swarm of butterflies during preparation for revolt
by, 217
Takachihi. Uzume and companions reach summit of, 33
Takahama. The White Butterfly and, 218, 219
Taka-mi-musubi. God who sends Ninigi to govern the Central Land
of Reed-Plains, 30
"Takasago."
I. The famous pines of, referred to, 159;
Matsue, daughter of a fisherman at, 187-189.
II. Considered one of the finest of the _No_ or classical
dramas, 186
Takeru. Brigand, slain by Yamato, 52
Takeru, Idzumo. Outlaw, slain by Yamato, 53
"Taketori Monogatari." F. Victor Dickins's translation of, v
Tama. Maid-servant of Kazariya Kyūbei, 282;
revisit to master and mistress after her death, in the form of
a fly, 284
Tamana. Loved by Tōtarō, 377-379;
Tōtarō weds, 379
Tamate-Bako. Otherwise "The Box of the Jewel Hand"; gift bestowed by
Princess Otohime on Urashima, 327
Tamba, Province of. Raiko and companions reach, 45
Tameyoshi. Death of Sea Serpent, Yofuné-Nushi, reported to, 335
Tanabata. Alternative, The Weaving Lady; daughter of the God of
the Firmament, 126;
wife of Hikoboshi, 126, 127
Tango. Village of Midzunoe, in the province of, 324
Tanigumi-dera. Place near Tarui, in Mino;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 204
"Tanka." _See_ Japanese Poetry, 380-386
Taranda, Captain. The Woman's Sword and, 336, 337
Tawara Toda ("My Lord Bag of Rice"). _See_ Hidesato, 62-64
Tea. Origin of first plant, 291; in China, 290-293;
Luwuh the first Chinese tea-master, 292;
_Chaking_ the Holy Scripture of, 292;
drunk by Zen priests before image of Bodhi Dharma (Daruma), 293;
Professor B. H. Chamberlain on tea ceremonies, 293;
pamphlet on, by Buddhist priest Eisai, 293, 294;
Rikiu the greatest of tea-masters, 296, 297
Tea-drinking. In England and Japan, contrasted, 290, 291;
the _Spectator_ on, 290;
Dr. Johnson regarding his propensity to, 291;
is a ritual in Japan, 291
Tea-kettle. Story of the miraculous, 262-264
Te-nadzuchi ("Hand-stroke-elder"). Wife of Ashi-nadzuchi,
and mother of Kushi-nada-hime, 29
Ten Datsu-Ba. Husband of Sodzu-Baba, 222
Tengu. King of the, his kindness to Yoshitsune, 41, 42;
reference to story of the, 351;
Tobikawa imitates a, 353;
modern belief in the, 355;
officials of the Yedo Government and their belief in the, 355
"Tengu-Kakushi" = "Hidden by a _Tengu_," 353;
legend giving an account of the, 353-355
Tenjiku. Prince Ishizukuri required to journey to, in order
to procure the Begging Bowl of the Lord Buddha, 67
Tenko. Art master to Sawara;
Kimi's uncle, 122
Tenno, Antoku. Infant Emperor who perished in the great sea-fight
between the Taira and Minamoto clans, 300
Teoyo. Rescued by Matsue, and loved by her, 188, 189
"Thought-Combining." A God who brings birds from the Eternal Land
to tempt the Sun Goddess back to Heaven, 27, 28
Thunder. Legends in regard to, 250-254;
Bakin's _Kumono Tayema Ama Yo No Tsuki, re_ the God of, 250;
Animal; Raijū the, 251;
Bird; Raicho the, 251;
Woman, Kaminari the, 252;
Child; Raitaro the, 253;
Record; _Shin-rai-ki_ the, 251
Thunder Gods. Eight varieties rest on Izanami, 24;
_see_ Raiden, 250;
_see_ legends, 250-254;
Shokuro and the, 254
Tide Jewels. Sent by hand of Isora as a gift from the Dragon King to
the Empress Jingo, 331
Toba.
I. Emperor. The Jewel Maiden concubine to, 98.
II. Ex-Emperor. Wishes to build temple to Kwannon in Kyōto, 179
Tobikawa. An ex-wrestler of Matsue who imitates a _Tengu,_ 353
Tochi. Ishizukuri discovers a bowl in, which he offers to Kaguya, 68, 69
Toema-dera. Chūjo Hime, a Buddhist nun, retires to temple of, 201
Togo, Admiral. A hero of Japan, xii
Tokimune, Regent. Nichiren sent to beach of Koshigoye to be
beheaded by, 241
Tokiwa. Wife of Yoshitomo, mother of Yoshitsune;
at her husband's death she weds Kiyomori, 41;
urges Yoshitsune to avenge his father's death, 41
Tokiyori, Saimyoji. A celebrated Regent during reign of Emperor
Go-Fukakusa, 182;
his mission to relieve peasants from grasping officials and its
sequel, 182-184
Tokoyo. Daughter of Oribe Shima, 334;
her search after her father, 334-336;
slays Yofuné-Nushi (the White Sea Serpent), 335
Tokudō Shōnin. The great Buddhist abbot of the eighth century, 201
Tokutaro. His scepticism regarding foxes, and how he was deluded
by them, 98-100
Tokutarō-san. The boy doll of life-size, 215
Tōkyō. Covered with ashes from Fuji volcano, 131
Tomozō. One of Shinzaburō's servants, 230;
Miné wife of, 233
"Torii," The. Meaning of = "Fowl-dwelling" or "Bird-rest," 226;
reference to Professor B. H. Chamberlain and, 226;
reference to Dr. W. G. Aston and, 226; "The Footstool of the King"
the most perfect gateway in the world, 227;
Mrs. Salwey's reference to, 227
Tōtarō. Samébito succoured by, 376, 377;
falls in love with Tamana, 377-379;
weds Tamana, 379
Tottori. The _futon_ (quilt) of, 309-311
Toyo-Tama ("Rich-jewel").
Daughter of the Sea God; weds Hoori, 36;
gives birth to a son, assumes form of a dragon, and departs
from Hoori, 37
Treasure Ship. The _Takara-bune_;
Seven Gods of Good Fortune as passengers on, 115
Trees. Reference to the Japanese dwarf, 159;
the pine, the emblem of good fortune and longevity, 159;
the cherry and plum, association of Japanese woman's beauty and
virtue, with, 174, 175;
the camellia, legend regarding, 175;
the cryptomeria, 176;
the God of Roads and a pine, 176;
Ki-no-o-baké, a tree spirit, 176;
the spirit of the God Kōjin resides in the _enoki_ tree, 177;
the silent pine, 177;
the Willow Wife, 177-180;
Yenoki, the tree of the One-eyed Priest, 180;
the burning of the Three Dwarfs, 182,184;
the pine-tree lovers, 186-189
True Sakaki Tree. Hung with jewels and dressed by Uzume to tempt
Ama-terasu back to Heaven, 28
Tsubosaka-dera. Place in Yamato;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 203
Tsugaru. Kikuo, the retainer of, 165
Tsuki-yumi. The Moon God, son of Izanagi and Izanami;
climbs Ladder of Heaven to become the consort of Sun Goddess,
Ama-terasu, 23
Tsure-Dzure-Gusa. Record by Kenkō written in fourteenth century, xi
Tsuyu ("Morning Dew"). The only daughter of Iijima, 228;
the story of, illustrates the power of Karma, 228-233;
falls in love with Hagiwara Shinzaburō, 228;
the story of their sad fate, 228-233
Tuski no Iwaksa. Scroll of the Elixir of Life sent in charge of,
to highest mountain in Suruga, 79
Tusna. Most worthy of Raiko's retainers, 49
"Twenty-eight Followers."
Personifications of certain constellations, 200
U
Uda, Emperor. Baptized by Kōbō Daishi, 239
Uji River. People visit, to witness the firefly battle, 286
Unai. The Maiden of, 313-315;
Mubara and Chinu lovers of the Maiden of, 313-315
Underworld. Reference to, 202
Upper Horikané. Tokutaro at, 99
Urashima. The legend of, 323-328;
ballad of "The Fisher Boy of," 324;
the tortoise and, 324, 325;
at the Dragon (Sea) King's palace, 325-328;
weds Otohime, the Dragon King's daughter, 325;
receives from Otohime the gift of the "Box of the Jewel Hand"
(_Tamate-Bako_), 327;
the tomb of, still shown at temple in Kanagawa, 328
Uzume ("Heavenly-alarming-female").
Dances to tempt the Sun Goddess (Ama-terasu) back to Heaven, 28;
accompanies Ninigi, 33;
accosts the Deity of the Field-paths, 33;
reaches summit of Takachihi, 33;
given by Ninigi to Deity of the Field-paths as wife, 33
V
Visu. The Rip Van Winkle of Old Japan;
his adventures beside Mount Fuji, 136-139
W
Waggon Priest _See_ Hotei, 213
Wasa. The Laughing Festival of, 225
Wasōbiōye, Shikaiya. A man of Nagasaki, a Japanese Gulliver, 374-376;
story of, adapted from Professor B. H. Chamberlain's translation in
the _Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan_, 374;
arrives at Sea of Mud, 375;
meets Jofuku, 375;
starts on journey to the Three Thousand Worlds mentioned in Buddhist
Scriptures, 375;
visits Lands of Endless Plenty, of Shams, of the Followers of the
Antique, of Paradoxes, and of Giants, 375
Watanabé, Isuna. Finds out all details of Kintaro's life, 368
Weaving Lady, The. Festival of Tanabata, or, 126
Well, The Violet. _See_ Shingé, 167
Wheel of Existence, The Great, 109
Williams, Sir Monier. His description of the lotus flower, 169
Willow Wife, The. Story of, adapted from Mr. R. Gordon Smith's
_Ancient Tales and Folk-lore of Japan_, 177;
Heitaro, husband of Higo, the, 178-180
Wind God, The, 330
Woman. The, in Japanese art, 112, 113;
the Mountain, 355
Worlds, Three Thousand. Mentioned in Buddhist Scriptures, 375;
Shikaiya Wasōbiōye journeys to, 375
Wrestlers, The Ghostly, in Omi province, 358
Writing. Legendary origin of the Chinese system of, 363
Y
Yaegaki. The Precious-Camellia of, 175
Yaégiri. A lady with whom Sakata Kurando falls in love, 367;
gives birth to Kintaro, or the Golden Boy, 367
Yakami, Princess of. Eighty-one brothers, Princes in Japan,
who wish to marry, 256-258
Yama, Fuji. _See_ Fuji
Yamato Take, Prince. Youngest son of King Keiko, 51;
Princess Ototachibana wife of, 51;
his expedition to the Southern Island of Kiushiu, 51, 52;
disguised as a woman, encounters Kumaso and Takeru, 52;
slays Kumaso and Takeru, 52;
he encounters and slays Idzumo Takeru, 53;
"Eight-Arms-Length-Spear" given to, 54;
the "Grass-Cleaving-Sword" of Murakumo given to, 54;
meets and weds Princess Miyadzu, 55;
Ainu rising quelled by, 54-56;
passes through province of Owari, 57;
reaches the province of Omi, 57;
slays serpent in, 57
"Yang" and "Yin." The Chinese, correspond to _In_ and _Yo_, 21
Yao, Emperor. Reputed son of a dragon, 362
Yayoi. The Month of Increase, 193;
the Soul of the Mirror, 193, 194
Yedo Government. Officials of, and their belief in the _Tengu_, 355
Yenoki. The One-eyed Priest who served at temple of Fudo,
on Oki-yama, 180-182;
spirit of, passes into a great cryptomeria-tree, 181;
in form of a handsome youth allures a number of maidens away
from their lovers, 181, 182
Yellow Dragon. _See_ Yellow River, 363
Yellow River. Fuk Hi present by Yellow Dragon with mystic scroll
by the, 363
"Yih-king" ("Book of Changes"). The main source of Japanese
divination, 344;
begun by Fu Hsi 2000 B.C. and added to by Confucius, 344
Yofuné-Nushi. The Serpent God; variant, the White Sea Serpent, 334;
slain by Tokoyo, 335
Yomi, Land of (Hades).
Izanami creeps away to, 23;
Izanagi goes to, 23;
Eight Ugly Females of, 24;
the Even Pass of, 24;
Susa-no-o banished to 25, 28
Yoné. Faithful servant of Tsuyu, 228-233
Yone Noguchi. Sums up magic of a Japanese night associated with the
Festival of the Dead, 224;
quotation _re_ Japanese fan from, 243;
reference to _The Pilgrimage_ by, 380
Yorimasa. Knight; encounters and slays evil monsters outside
Emperor's palace, the Purple Hall of the North Star, 38, 39;
presented with Sword Shishi-wo as a reward, and marries
the Lady Ayame, 39
Yorimitsu. A famous hero who makes Kintaro his retainer, 368, 369
Yoritomo. General, who laid out city of Kamakura, 83;
saved, after defeat, from power of Oba Kage-chika by two
doves, 277, 278
Yorozuya. Proposed husband for Kimi, 123
Yoshimasa, The Lord. The Shōgun; mirror presented to, 194
Yoshimine-dera. Place at Kyōto;
one of the thirty-three places sacred to Kwannon, 204
Yoshisawa. Rescues Shingé from the snake, 168;
drowns himself in the Violet Well, 168
Yoshitomo. Father of Yoshitsune;
killed in battle with the Taira clan, 41;
Tokiwa wife of, 41;
reference to story of, 351, 352
Yoshitsune. Compared with the Black Prince and Henry V., 39;
his father, Yoshitōmo, killed in battle with the Taira, 41;
his mother, Tokiwa, urges him to avenge his father's death, 41;
his intercourse with the King of the Tengu, 42;
news of Benkei's lawless doings reaches ears of, 42;
seeks out and conquers Benkei, 42, 43;
assisted by Benkei, drives out the Taira, 43, 440
Yōshō. The first great Japanese _sennin_, 356, 357
Yosoji. Consults the magician Kamo Yamakiko, 134;
visits Mount Fuji, 134, 135
Youth, The Land of Perpetual.
Visit of Sentaro to, 133, 134
Yuki-onna. The Lady of the Snow, 149
Yurine. A poor man who lived near Mount Fuji; story of, 359-362;
Koyuri, son of, 359
Yusai, Hakuōdō. Gives advice to Shinzaburō, 230-232
Z
Zembei. Father of Shingé, 168
Zen. Sect; tea-drinking associated with Buddhism by, 293
Zodiac. The Dragon (_Tatsu_) one of the signs of the, 363
Zoology. Lafcadio Hearn's reference to ghostly, 94