Europeanising of Japan, 230 Evergreens, Japanese, 24 Exports and Imports, 81, 83 Expulsion of foreigners from Japan, 3 F Fascination of Japan, 295, 296 Fauna of Japan, 27 Feast of Dolls, 71 of Flags, 70 Festivals and feasts, 69 Feudal system in Japan, 50 _Financial and Economical Annual_, 91 Fish, 24 Flora of Japan, 24 Flowers, 73 Food, 66 Foreigners in Japan, 231 Foreign community, 235, 239 Foreign market, manufacture of articles for, 146 Foreign troops in Japan, 234 Forests, 22, 86 Formosa, 17, 292 France, 293 Fruit, Japanese, 23 Fuji-yama, 18, 138 Furniture, household, 65 Future of Japan, 274 Political, 279, 288, 290 National, 288 G Gardens, Japanese, 75 Geisha, the, 213 Generals, Japanese, 122 Germany, 225, 293 German Emperor, 222 Girls, schools for, 106, 114 Gold, 157 Gordon, General, 228 Government, constitution of, 52 Great Britain, 207, 293 Gregory XIII., mission from Japan to, 3 Griffis, 155 Grotesque in Japanese art, 135, 145 H Hair, Mr. Thomas, 55 Hakodate, 18, 254, 256 Battle of, 125 Hara-kiri, 154, 265 Harbours, 21 Harvest festival, 70 Hawes, Lieut. A. G. S., R.M.L.I., 126 Health of the people, 20 Hearn, Lafcadio, 152, 258, 267, 296 Heian period, 195 Hill, Dr. G. Birnie, R.N., 128 History, Japanese, 1 Hizen ware, 145 Holidays in Japan, 69 Hong-Kong, 292 Honshiu, 17 Horses, 26, 121 Houses, Japanese, 64, 170 I Images, carving of, 158 Imari ware, 140, 142 Industries, 80 Influence of Japan, 279, 288 Inland Sea, 21 Intellectual advancement, 279, 285 Iron, 157 Irrigation, 23 Ise ware, 140 Ito, Marquis, 81 Ivory, carvings in, 149 Iwasaki, Mr., 129 J Japan, Constitution of, 49, 58, 59 Development of, 289 English newspapers in, 207 Europeans in, 230 Europeanising of, 230 Expulsion of foreigners from, 3 Fascination of, 295, 296 Fauna of, 27 Feudal system in, 50 Flora of, 24 for the Japanese, 242 Foreigners in, 231 Foreign troops in, 234 Future of, 274, 279, 288, 290 Holidays in, 69 Missionaries in, 46, 47, 239, 256 Naval Officer's description of, 11 Occidentilation of, 269 Portuguese visits to, 2 Present position of, 263 Press, "Yellow," in, 206 Religions of, 39 Tourists in, 26, 241 Trade of China, capture by, 227, 294 Transition of, 274 Vice in, 212, 217 Young, 270, 287 _Japan Times_, the, 202