nt given on returning from a journey or pleasure
excursion, 274.

Oni, a devil or goblin, 33, 466.

Onoye, 210, 213.

Palace, new, 151-153.

Parents, duties to, 134;
respect for, 133;
disadvantages in Japanese system, 445.

Parents-in-law, 84, 87.

Peasant women, 108, 240-261.

Peasantry, 228-240.

Philanthropic efforts, 415-417, 418-421.

Physical culture in schools, 433, 453-456.

Physicians' fees, 204.

Pilgrims, 241, 242.

Pillow, 89.

Pleasure excursions, 99.

"Poems of a hundred poets," 26.

Poetry, 26, 148-150.

Presents, 96;
after a wedding, 65;
at betrothal, 60, 435;
at miya mairi, 4;
at New Year's, 353-355;
at O Bon, 358;
at weddings, 62;
how wrapped, 2;
in honor of a birth, 1;
of eggs, 2, 5;
of money, 204, 205;
on returning from a journey, 274;
to servants, 311, 315.

Prisoners' Home in T[=o]ky[=o], 413.

Prostitutes. _See_ J[=o]r[=o].

Prostitution, houses of. _See_ J[=o]roya.

Purity of Japanese women, 216-219.

Reading of women, 385-387.

Red Cross Society, 398, 416.

Religion of peasantry, 464-466.

Retirement from business, 133.

Retirement of Emperors, 134.

Revenge, 198, 210-214.

Revolution of 1868, 76, 221.

Rice, red bean, 3, 5, 65.

Rin, one tenth of a sen, or about one half mill, 240.

R[=o]nin, a samurai who had lost his master and owed no allegiance to any
daimi[=o], 198, 213.

Sada, Princess, 449-453.

Sakaki, the Cleyera Japonica, 98.

Sake, wine made from rice, 22, 63, 136, 296;
white, 29.

Salvation Army's attack on j[=o]roya, 408-411.

Sama, or San, an honorific placed after names, equivalent to Mr., Mrs.,
or Miss, 20, 73, 124, 136, 232, 283, 284, 304.

Samisen, a musical instrument, 42, 127, 277, 286.

Samurai, the military class, 42, 75, 76, 105, 169, 174, 175, 180,
196-227, 232, 263, 302, 303, 307, 319;
character of, 197-207.

Samurai girls in school, 226.

Samurai women, character of, 207-223, 458-460;
present work, 223-327.

Satsuma rebellion, 222.

School system, 50, 378-381;
object of, 379;
statistics of, 380.

School, Girls', for Higher English, 383-385;
Mr. Naruse's Female University, 381-383.

Schools, missionary, 56.

Self-possession of Japanese girls, 47.

Self-sacrifice, 214-219.

Sen, one hundredth part of a yen, value about five mills, 240, 273, 298.

Servants, characteristics of, 209-302;
duties of, 302-315;
in employ of foreigners, 299-302;