Saris, Captain, account by, of an execution, 177-178; quoted, 318. Satow, Sir Earnest, quoted, 43 n., 49, 68, 126 n., 141, 142, 160-161, 312 n., 333. Satsuma, clan of the, 367, 372. Scarecrows, god of, 130, 135, 153. Scholarship, advance of, in Tokugawa period, 369-370. School, training of children in, 421-425. Schools, connected with Buddhist temples, 203; Government, 424-425. Sculpture, developed in Japan under Buddhist teachings, 188; displayed in roadside images, 200, 459. Sekigahara, battle of, 278. Self-control, legal enforcement of, 173-174. Seppuku, Chinese term for harakiri, 287. Servants, in Old Japan, 76-78; conservative attitude of, 400; position of maid, 407-408. See Apprentices and Dependants. "Shadow-Shogun", the, 268; deposition of, 267. Shelf of the august spirits, 42. Shimabara Revolt, the, 324-325. Shimonoseki, Bombardment of, 374. Shin, sect of, defeated by Nobunaga, 275-276. Shinbetsu, "divine branch" of families, 235. Shin-Shir-Sai, the Ninth Festival, 245. Shinto, signification, 21; forms of worship, 21-22; the morals of, 100-101; relation to Japanese mythology to, summarized, 115-134; origin of gods of the house in, 129-130; greater gods of, acknowledged by Buddhism, 190; restoration of, 374; no essential of Buddhism weakened by, 379-380. See Ancestor-worship. Shogun, authority of the, 241, 251-252: significance of term, 267; extension of power of the, 267-268. Shogunate, beginning of the history of, 267; abolition of the, 374. Shorei-Hikki, "Record of Ceremonies", 66. Shoryobune, "ghost-ships;" 202. Shrines, worship at, 121, 123, 138-139. Sickness, charms against, 147-148. Sisters of Charity, comparison of Japanese women to, 366. Smile, rules and regulations about the, 173-174. Socialism, not a modern growth, 255. Societies, secret, 472 n. Society, organization of Old Japanese, 229-258. Sociology, difficulties in studying Japanese, 1-2. Soga brothers, the, apotheosis of, 127. Sohodo-no-kami, god of scarecrows. 130, 135, 153. Son, eleven graded terms signifying, 171. Sons-in-law, significant motto concerning, 64; customs as to, 64-65. Speech, non-existence of freedom of, 170; regulations of forms of, 171-173. Spirits, Rough and Gentle, 126. Story-teller, an Englishman who is a professional Japanese, 10-11. Strangulation, suicide by, 286. Student-revolts, significance and results of, 398-399. Students, private means furnished for education of, 435-436; education of abroad, 437-438. See Education. Subsidies, Government, to industries, 451. Succession laws, in Old Japan, 72-73. Sugiwara-no-Michizane, spirit of, 127. Suicide, by the sword, 39-40; customs as to, 286-290; modern instances of female, 289; instances of, in Russian war, 464 n. See Harakiri and Junshi. Sulko, Empress, 260, 261. Suinin, Emperor, abolishes the "human hedge", 38. Sun, daily greeting to the, 135-136.