=Shintō=, _lit._ the way of the gods. This, the native religion of Japan, is a combination of ancestor-and nature-worship. Its priesthood is not a caste, nor even a separate profession. Up to the time of the revival of Shintōism, due to the Restoration of power to the Mikado, everybody was born with _Shintō_ and buried with Buddhist rites. The whole Japanese nation is supposed to be descended from the lesser _Shintō_ deities, while the Emperor is the direct descendant of Amaterasu. =Shōgun=, _lit._ generalissimo. A title first used in 813 A.D., and continued down to 1868. In the twelfth century the _shōgun_ Yoritomo first contrived to become the effective ruler of the land; thus originating the dual control of Japan, the temporal power belonging to the _shōgun_, the spiritual to the Emperor. Yoritomo was succeeded by various dynasties of _shōgun_ until Iyeyasu founded the Tokugawa shōgunate in 1600. =Shoji.= The sliding wall of a house, like an immense lattice window whose leadings are wood and whose panes are rice-paper, _Shōji_ are semi-transparent, and divide the room from the outer world. The walls which divide one room from another are called _karakami_ or _fusumi_, and are of opaque paper. They slide in grooves and can be entirely removed when required. =Susa-no-wo=, _lit._ the Impetuous Male Deity, was born from the nose of the creator Izanagi. It was owing to the insult which he offered his sister Amaterasu by breaking a hole in the roof of the hall of heaven where she sat weaving with her celestial maidens, and dropping down into it “a heavenly piebald horse flayed with a backward flaying” that the Sun-Goddess retired to the cavern and left the world in darkness. Susa-no-wo was the ancestor of the rulers of Izumo, who finally gave up their throne to the descendants of the Sun-Goddess, accepting a spiritual for an earthly homage. Susa-no-wo is sometimes considered as the God of the Moon, sometimes as the God of the Sea. =Suzuki Tetsutarō.= The family name in Japan always comes first, the “Christian” name after, as Smith John. Suzuki is one of the commonest of Japanese surnames of _samurai_ rank, Hayashi running it very close. Tetsutarō, _lit._ own eldest son. =Tabi.= Half-boots fastening up on the inner, not the outer, side, as with us. They are made of cotton, and the sole is a soft sock. There is a separate compartment for the big toe. _Tabi_ are of either dark blue or white cotton; white is for house and street wear; dark blue for hard work or walking, and mostly worn by the lower classes. =Tenshisama.= Chinese term meaning Son of Heaven, from _ten_, heaven. _Sama_ is the longer and more courteous form of _san_. The Emperor is also called _Tennō_, Heavenly Emperor, or _Shujō_, the Supreme Master; all Chinese terms. The word Mikado is very rarely used by the Japanese except in poetry or on great occasions.