Sama, or San, an honorific placed after names, equivalent to Mr., Mrs., or Miss, 20, 73, 124, 136, 232, 283, 284, 304. Samisen, a musical instrument, 42, 127, 277, 286. Samurai, the military class, 42, 75, 76, 105, 169, 174, 175, 180, 196-227, 232, 263, 302, 303, 307, 319; character of, 197-207. Samurai girls in school, 226. Samurai women, character of, 207-223, 458-460; present work, 223-327. Satsuma rebellion, 222. School system, 50, 378-381; object of, 379; statistics of, 380. School, Girls', for Higher English, 383-385; Mr. Naruse's Female University, 381-383. Schools, missionary, 56. Self-possession of Japanese girls, 47. Self-sacrifice, 214-219. Sen, one hundredth part of a yen, value about five mills, 240, 273, 298. Servants, characteristics of, 209-302; duties of, 302-315; in employ of foreigners, 299-302; number employed, 310, 311; position of, 302-310; wages, 311. Sewing, 23, 94. Shirōzaké, a sweet white saké used at the feast of dolls, 427. Shogi, Japanese chess, 136. Shōgun, or Tycoon, the Viceroy or so-called temporal ruler of Japan under the feudal system, 155, 169, 171, 173, 176, 185, 186, 191, 194, 197, 208, 224, 231-234, 292; daughter of, 176, 194. Shōgunate, 155, 190, 192, 221, 222. Shoji, sliding windows covered with white paper, 23, 71. Shopping, 264-268. Sho-séi, a student, 308. Silk mosaic, 95, 192. Silkworms, 95, 246. Soba, a kind of macaroni made of buckwheat, 336. Soroban, an abacus, 266-268. Sumida River, 173, 295. Tabi, a mitten-like sock, 13. Ta ta, a baby's word for sock or tabi, 16. Taiko Sama. _See_ Toyotomi. Tea, 91, 92; ceremonial, 44, 136, 176, 432. Tea-gardens, 247. Tea-houses, 250-255. Teachers, pay of, 204; women as, 398. Teaching. _See_ Instruction. Teeth, blackened after marriage, 63. Temple, 4, 120, 129, 240. Tengu, a monster in Japanese folklore, 466, 468. Theatre, 33, 99, 292-294. Titles used in families, 20. Toes, prehensile, 15. Toilet apparatus, 30. Tōkaidō, 241. Tokonoma, the raised alcove in a Japanese room, 44. Tokugawa, 29, 151, 155, 231. Tōkyō, 49, 69-71, 108, 115. Tōkyō Mail, 231. Tombs, 98. Toyotomi Hidéyoshi, 232. Training-schools for nurses, 158, 398. Trousseau, 61, 436. Tsuda, Miss Umé, viii, 458. Utsunomiya, 70, 71. Uyéno Park, 296. Virtue, Japanese and Western ideas of, 215-219. Visits, after marriage, 63; in honor of a birth, 1, 2; New Year's, 25; to a house of mourning, 340; to parents, 98; to tombs, 98, 359. Voice in singing, 430-432. Wakamatsu, 208, 222, 457. Wedding. _See_ Marriage. Widows, childless, 123. Wife, childless, 102; duties of, 85-99; in great houses, 92; relation to husband, 84; relation to parents-in-law, 84; social relations, 91. Woman question, new feeling about, 371-373.