K A K E M O N O JAPANESE SKETCHES BY A. HERBAGE EDWARDS _WITH FRONTISPIECE_ [Illustration: Printer’s Logo] CHICAGO A. C. McCLURG & CO. LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN 1906 [Illustration: COPYRIGHT 1906 S. L. WILLARD _A Daughter of Japan_] American Edition Published Sept. 15, 1906 _Printed in Great Britain_ _Bound by Lakeside Press, Chicago_ TO MY TEACHERS THE PEOPLE OF JAPAN CONTENTS THE FAITH OF JAPAN PAGE I. DAI BUTSU 3 II. THE SHRINES OF ISÉ 5 III. THE TEMPLE OF NIKKŌ 8 IV. KANNON, LADY OF MERCY 14 V. RINZAKI’S ALTAR 17 VI. TWO CREEDS 19 VII. THE LEGEND OF THE NOSELESS JIZŌ 22 VIII. THE TEMPLES OF SHIBA 27 IX. AMIDA BUTSU 31 X. ST. NICHIREN 34 XI. BETWEEN EARTH AND HEAVEN 36 XII. INARI, THE FOX-GOD 39 XIII. THE ALTAR OF FIRE 42 XIV. FORGOTTEN GODS 48 LORD FUJI I. PROLOGUE 55 II. THE ASCENT 57 III. EPILOGUE 99 THE ART OF THE NATION I. GRACE BEFORE MEAT 103 II. IN A CLOISONNÉ FACTORY 110 III. FLOWER ARRANGEMENT 114 IV. GOD’S MESSENGER 119 V. THE ART OF THE PEOPLE 122 SCENES IN RAIN AND SUNSHINE I. THE MOAT 157 II. A RAINY DAY 159 III. MMÉ (PLUM BLOSSOMS) 161 IV. WET LEAVES 163 V. ASAMAYAMA 165 VI. CAMELLIAS 176 VII. RAIN 178 VIII. THE BLACK CANAL 181 IX. THE INLAND SEA 184 THE LAND OF THE GODS I. ACROSS THE LAGOON 193 II. TO KIZUKI 199