Hildreth's "Japan as It Was and Is": A Handbook of Old Japan, Volume 2 (of 2)Hildreth, Richard
History
Hildreth's "Japan as It Was and Is": A Handbook of Old Japan, Volume 2 (of 2)
Hildreth, Richard
Japan -- History
" C—Use of Fire-Arms in the East 346
" D—Fernam Mendez Pinto 348
" E—Earliest English and Dutch Adventurers in the East—Goa 350
" F—Japanese Daring and Adventure Exterior to the Limits of
Japan 353
" G—List of Japanese Year Periods 357
" H—Chronological Table of Emperors and Empresses 360
" I—Omitted Documents 362
INDEX 369
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
VOLUME II
PAGE
Procession of Feudal Lords _Frontispiece_
A Scene in a Tea Garden 8
A Native Postman; Toko-no-ma 16
In a Japanese Garden 32
A Daimyō’s Procession 40
Image of Jizō 48
An Ancient Warrior 56
An Archer 64
The Marketing and Preparation of Food: A Kitchen, showing
Utensils; A Fishmonger 72
A Carpenter Shop 80
Ploughing; A Freight Cart 88
Views at Fushimi: Doll and Toy Shops; Entrance to Inari Temple 100
A View of Fuji 104
View of Hakone; Lake Biwa 112
The Ear-mound at Kyōtō 128
Kwannon, Goddess of Mercy 136
Scenes among the Silk Workers: Reeling; The Culture of the
Worms 144
Industrial Workers: An Umbrella-maker; A Charcoal Vender 152
Interior View of a Typical Japanese House 160
A Scene in the House of a Noble 178
A Japanese Bed 186
The Cultivation of Grain: Threshing and Cleaning Grain; Coolies
in a Rice Field; Women carrying Rice 194
The Processes of Weighing and Pounding Rice 202
A Coolie with Straw Raincoat 210
Farm Scenes: Coolies carrying Bamboo Baskets; An Irrigation
System 218
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