=Tōfu.= A white bean-curd, looking like cream cheese. A favourite food of the coolie. =Tokonoma.= A raised alcove. Probably it was originally that part of a room raised above the level of the earth floor, on which people slept. =Tokugawa.= The family name of Iyeyasu and so of the shōgunate founded by him. The last _shōgun_, who abdicated in 1868, is still living. =Tokyo.= The modern name for Yedo, meaning the Eastern Capital. =Torī.= A gateway without a gate formed of two perpendicular and two horizontal beams, which at first stood in front of every _shintō_ temple. When the Buddhists adopted it they turned up the ends in a glorious curve, and used it for affixing tablets. Popular etymology derives it from _tori_, fowl, and _i_ (_iru_), dwelling, regarding it as a perch for the sacred birds. It probably came from Northern India, where similar gateways called _turan_ are found outside burial-grounds. _Cf._ Luchuan _turi_. =Uchi=, _lit._ inside; and so, house. =Uguisu.= A small brown bird, the _cettria cantans_, with a simple but exquisite song. =Urashima.= The Rip Van Winkle of Japanese folk-lore. He married the Sea King’s daughter. After a short honeymoon he came back to visit his parents. But the oldest inhabitant of the village could only dimly remember the family tombstones in the graveyard. Thinking he was the victim of an illusion, Urashima rashly opened a box the Sea Princess had given him. Instantly a grey smoke went up to heaven, and Urashima changed from a stalwart youth to an old man, sank down on the seashore and died. He was a thousand years old. =Yedo.= The original name of Tokyo, given it by its founder Iyeyasu. =Yashiki.= The house or enclosure of a noble or honourable person. =Yen.= The Japanese money unit, worth 2_s._ ½_d._ =Waraji.= A straw sandal fastening securely with strings of straw. The straw turns up slightly round the back of the heel. _Waraji_ are for travelling. =Zashki.= The room; parlour; the sitting-room of a house. For much of the information contained in these notes I am indebted to the works of Prof. B. H. Chamberlain. Printed by BALLANTYNE & CO. LIMITED Tavistock Street, London Books on Japanese Subjects =A Handbook of Modern Japan.= By Ernest W. Clement. With two maps and over sixty illustrations from photographs. _Fourth Edition._ Cloth, 12mo, $1.40 net. =Japan As It Was and Is.= A Handbook of Old Japan. By Richard Hildreth. Edited by Ernest W. Clement, with an Introduction by William Elliot Griffis. With maps and numerous rare illustrations. In two vols., cloth, 12mo, $3.00 net. =Arts and Crafts of Old Japan.= By Stewart Dick. With thirty illustrations. Gray boards, 8vo, $1.20 net. =Far Eastern Impressions.= Japan, Corea, and China. By Ernest F. G. Hatch, M. P. With three maps and eighty-eight illustrations from photographs. Cloth, 12mo, $1.40 net.