Women, general reading of, 386; in the city, 279-298; new openings for, 397-402; occupations of, 85-103, 108-110, 242-256, 279-292, 306, 307, 310-318, 397-402; position of, 17-22, 35, 36, 57, 65-68, 76-88, 90, 91, 93, 99-118, 120-124, 132, 133, 139, 143, 145, 146, 148, 168, 189, 190, 208, 216-219, 223-227, 242-247, 260, 261, 279, 292, 298, 306, 318, 371-378, 438-440; property rights of, 374-378; publications for, 385-391; purity of, 216-219; the new woman in old surroundings, 392-397. Women, old, appearance of, 119; examples of, 124, 126-129, 467-469; in Japanese pictures, 132. Written language, proposed reforms in, 430. Yamato Daké, 215. Yasaku, 324; marriage and divorce of, 69-73. Yasé, 243, 244. Yashiki, a daimiō's mansion and grounds, 169, 171, 173, 311, 313. Yedo. _See_ Tōkyō. Yōshi, an adopted son, 104. Yoshiwara, a district in Tōkyō given over to disreputable houses, 409. Zodiac, Chinese signs of the, 331. Zori, a straw sandal, 13. [Transcriber's Note: Except where index entries and the body of the text did not match, irregularities in hyphenation (e.g. kwankoba and kwan-ko-ba), italics, and spellings (e.g. vendors and venders) have not been changed. Except where noted below, inconsistent accents (e.g. jōroya vs. jōrōya) have been retained. The following corrections and changes were made: p. 120: marumage to marumagé (The _marumagé_, the style of headdress of married ladies) p. 175: daimios' to daimiōs' (and daimiōs' houses) p. 351: kakemonos to kakémonos (the kakémonos and curios) p. 383: Meiji to Méiji (thirty-fourth year of Méiji) p. 427: miyage to miyagé (the _o miyagé_ to be purchased) p. 428: shirozaké to shirōzaké (The _shirōzaké_ (white _saké_)) p. 429: accents added to Shōguns, Shōgun's, and Shōgunate p. 437: oufit to outfit (But this outfit) p. 440: heimin to héimin (_héimin_, or plebeian) p. 473: Bé-bé to Bé bé (Index entry) p. 475: Index entry for "Girlhood, 17-34." added (Index entry "Childhood. _See_ Girlhood." originally pointed to non-existent entry) p. 475: Iyemitsŭ to Iyémitsŭ (Index entry) p. 475: Iyeyasŭ to Iyéyasŭ (Index entry) p. 476: fireproof to fire-proof (Index: Kura, a fire-proof storehouse) p. 476: Jo to Jō (Index: O Jō Sama, young lady) p. 477: Onouyé to Onoyé (Index entry) p. 478: folk-lore to folklore (Index: Tengu, a monster in Japanese folklore)] End of Project Gutenberg's Japanese Girls and Women, by Alice Mabel Bacon