ion, 65;
to y[=o]shi, 104;
trousseau, 61, 436.

Marumage, a style of arranging the hair of married ladies, 119.

Matsuri, a festival, usually in honor of some god, 274-278, 366-370.

Matsuri, Shobu, feast of flags, 363, 364.

Meiji (Enlightened Rule), the name of the era that began with the
accession of the present Emperor in 1868, 149.

Mekake, a concubine, 111-114.

Men, old, dependence of, 133;
amusements of, 136.

Merchants, 262-269, 469.

Military service of women, 188-190, 208, 223.

Missionary schools, 56.

Miya mairi, the presentation of the child at the temple when it is a
month old. The term is also used to describe the visits to the temple at
the ages of three, five, and seven, 3-6, 425-427.

Mochi, a kind of rice dumpling, 4, 24, 25, 65, 352, 353.

Momotaro, 33.

Mon, a family crest, 366.

Montsuki, a kimono bearing the crest of the wearer, 457.

Morality, standards of, 76.

Mother, her relation to her children, 99-102.

Mother-in-law, 84, 87;
O Kiku's, 74.

Moving, 335-337.

Muk[=o]jima, 191, 295.

Music, 41, 42, 430-432.

Names, 3, 423.

Nara, 247.

Ne San. _See_ Ane San.

New Year, preparation for, 349-356;
festival of, 25-27, 356-358.

Nikk[=o], 231, 245.

No, a pantomimic dance, 292, 293.

Norimono, a palanquin, 30.

Noshi, a bit of dried fish, usually folded in colored paper, given with
a present for good luck, 2.

Nurses, trained, 398.

Nursing the sick, 101.

O, an honorific used before many nouns, and before most names of women,
20.

O B[=a] San, grandmother, 124.

O B[)a] San, aunt, 124.

Obi, a girdle or sash, 60, 435.

O Bon, the feast of the dead, 358-362.

Occupations, of the blind, 42;
of the court, 143-150;
of the daimi[=o]s' ladies, 175-180;
of the Empress, 156-160;
of old people, 120-122, 124-128, 136;
of samurai women, 223, 224;
of servants, 299, 304, 306, 308-315, 318;
of women, 85-103, 108-110, 242-256, 279-292, 306, 307, 310-318,
397-402;
of young girls, 21-34, 38-47.

O Haru, 211-213.

Oishi, 198, 214.

Oji, 296.

O J[=o] Sama, young lady, 20.

O kaeri, "Honorable return," a greeting shouted by the attendant upon
the master's or mistress's return to the house, 100, 315.

O Kaio, 324-326.

O Kiku's marriage and divorce, 73, 74.

Okuma, Count, 203;
his speech on education, 382.

Old age, privileges of, 120, 122, 123;
provision for, 134.

Old men, 133, 136.

O miyage, a prese