Instruction, in etiquette, 46; in flower arranging, 42; in music, 41, 431; in painting, 47, 432; in reading and writing, 38; in tea ceremony, 44. Inu, a dog, 250. Isé, 231. Iwafuji, 210-213. Iwakura, Prince, 157. Iya, a child's word, denoting dislike or negation, 16. Iyémitsŭ, 171, 172. Iyéyasŭ, 169. Japan-China war, 458-462. Japanese language, 16, 40, 179. Japanese literature, 147-150. Jimmu Tenno, 138. Jin, benevolence, 415. Jingo Kōgō, 139-143, 147. Jinrikisha, a light carriage drawn by one or more men, and which will hold one or two persons, 26, 70, 92, 268, 272, 320, 321. Jinrikisha man, 26, 62, 69, 92, 108, 270, 279, 299, 316, 319-324, 473. Jishi, mercy, 415. Jōrō, a prostitute, 289-292, 406-411. Jōroya, a house of prostitution, 290-292, 406-411. Kaibara's "Great Learning of Women," 387, 389, 391. Kakémono, a hanging scroll, 44, 147, 238. Kaméido, 296. Kami-dana, "god-shelf," the household shrine used by Shintō worshippers, 328. Kana, Japanese phonetic characters, 40 _note_, 430. Katsuobushi, a kind of dried fish, 5. Kimono, a long gown with wide sleeves and open in front, worn by Japanese of all classes, 7, 94, 188, 192, 287. Kisses, 36. Knees, flexibility of, 9. Kotatsu, a charcoal fire in a brazier or small fireplace in the floor, over which a wooden frame is set, and the whole covered by a quilt, 33. Koto, a musical instrument, 42. Kugé, the court nobility, 155, 170. Kura, a fire-proof storehouse, 147, 171, 173. Kuruma, a wheeled vehicle of any kind, used as synonymous with jinrikisha. Kurumaya, one who pulls a kuruma. _See_ Jinrikisha man. Kurushima, 203. Kyōtō, 156, 171, 240, 241. Ladies, court, 145, 148, 152-154; of daimiōs' families, 175-180, 182-184. Loyalty, 33, 75, 197, 206-208, 217, 302-304. Mam ma, a baby's word for rice or food, 16. Mamushi, a poisonous snake, 467, 468. Manners of children, 18. Manzai, exorcists who drive devils out of the houses at New Year's time, 357. Marriage, 57-83; ceremony, 61, 63, 435, 436; feast, 63; festivities after, 63, 64, 437; guests, 63; presents, 62, 435; registration, 65; to yōshi, 104; trousseau, 61, 436. Marumagé, a style of arranging the hair of married ladies, 119. Matsuri, a festival, usually in honor of some god, 274-278, 366-370. Matsuri, Shobu, feast of flags, 363, 364. Méiji (Enlightened Rule), the name of the era that began with the accession of the present Emperor in 1868, 149. Mékaké, a concubine, 111-114. Men, old, dependence of, 133; amusements of, 136. Merchants, 262-269, 469. Military service of women, 188-190, 208, 223. Missionary schools, 56. Miya mairi, the presentation of the child at the temple when it is a month old. The term is also used to describe the visits to the temple at the ages of three, five, and seven, 3-6, 425-427. Mochi, a kind of rice dumpling, 4, 24, 25, 65, 352, 353. Momotaro, 33. Mon, a family crest, 366. Montsuki, a kimono bearing the crest of the wearer, 457.