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hospitality,
208
.
See also
gifting
and
eating

houses,
194
–
216
; basins vs tubs,
214
; beds, bedding, bed-curtains and mosquito nets,
202
; ceiling,
197
; cleaning,
203
; clutter or lack there-of,
200
–
1
; closets,
200
; doors,
195
–
6
; entrance to the street,
212
; foundations,
195
;
hashira
,
195
; heating,
210
; height,
199
; interior,
196
–
7
; construction material,
195
; mobility,
195
; natural finish of wood,
197
; ornaments,
198
; partitions/screens,
198
–
9
; roofs,
196
; roofs for storage,
214
; screens,
198
–
9
;
Shoin
style,
194
; shutters,
253
;
sukiya
(tea-hut)
197
; and sunlight,
194
; tapestries,
198
–
9
;
tatami
,
199
–
200
; toilets,
203
–
4
; ventilation,
194
; windows or lack there-of,
197
; walls,
194
,
195
,
197
.
See also
carpentry
;
furniture

hugging,
262

humanism,

Rennaisance,
22

hunting,
258
–
9
,
265

Hyland, Ann,
163

Ieyasu, Tokugawa,
155
,
158

i
kebana
,
269

infanticide,
71
–
2

inheritance,
91

ink,
185
–
6
,
191
; inkwells,
186
.
See also
writing

intoxication.
See
alcohol consumption

Issa,
110
,
199
–
200

Japanese ambassadors to Europe,
16

Jesuits, attitude toward pagans,
22
; conversions in Japan,
2
; ethnography,
24
; Loyola, Ignatius,
9
; indigenous languages,
24
; missionary texts,
3
,
22
; missionary work,
9
,
25
; Spiritual Exercises,
9
; Thomism,
22
; “way of proceeding,”
24
,
25
.
See also
religion

jewelry,
62
–
3

João II, King,
205

João III, King,
8

justice, systems of,
251
–
2
.
See also
crime and punishment

kabuki
,
231

Kaempfer, Englebert,
103
,
121
,
172
,
176
,
197
,
205
,
206
,
215
,
220
,
222
,
224

Kagoshima Gulf,
237

Kaibara, Ekiken,
68

kanbun
,
193

Kano, Eitoku,
210

kaõ
,
187
.
See also
notary
;
writing

kappa
,
253

katana. See
swords

kemari
,
263

kendo
,
149
.
See also
martial arts

keys,
65
.
See also
home security;
locks

kiai
,
154
.
See also
shouting

killing.
See
crime and punishment

Kipling, Rudyard,
115
–
6

kiribi
,
244

Kobo Daishi,
183

Kochi Prefecture,
191

Korea,
237

koto
,
63
,
240

Kwan-wai So,
224

Kyoto (Miyako),
236
,
239

lathes,
150
–
1

Lebra, Takie Sugiyama,
89

Lee O-young,
207

letters (correspondence),
188
–
92
.
See also
writing

Levathes, Louise,
219

Libro de Buen Amor
,
101

lice,
61

Life of Lazarillo de Tormes
,
107

locks, on containers,
207
; houses,
65
,
206
.
See also
keys

Lowell, Percival,
207

Luis de Leon, Fray,
60

lying,
246

mago
,
173

makeup,
62
–
3
,
81
–
2
,
92
.
See also
gender, feminine

manners,
47
,
48
,
87

Manuel of Portugal, King,
218

Manyoshu
,
265

Marco Polo,
1
,
187

Marques, Antonio Henrique de Oliveira,
29
,
200
,
201

marriage,
67
–
70
.
See also
divorce
;
gender

martial arts,
96

mask,
232

Medici, Fernando de,
220

medicine.
See
health and medicine

men.
See
gender, masculine
;
clothing, men's

Meroavaeus,
126

messenger boy,
86
–
7

Miller, Roy Andrew,
184

mills,
263

mirror,
99

monkeys,
136
,
259
–
60

Montaigne, Michel de,
25
–
6

More, Thomas,
248
,
251

Morse, Edward,
189
,
194
,
195
,
196
,
201
,
205
–
6
,
222
,
226
,
237
,
245
,
248
,
271

moxibustion.
See
health and medicine

Mr. Ed,
168

Musashi, Miyamato,
148

mules,
170
,
172
,
173
.
See also
horses

music,
227
–
43
; ballads,
192
; instruments,
232
–
4
,
236
,
238
–
9
,
271
–
2
; polyphonic,
235
,
236
–
8
; singing,
101
,
233
,
236
–
8
.
See also
dance

Nagasaki,
251

nao. See
ships

natsu–yase
,
136

night crawling (
yobai
),
59
.
See also
sex, premarital

Nô
,
227
–
36

Nobunaga, Oda,
11
,
28
,
106
,
152
–
3
,
236

nodobotoke
,
121

nose picking,
267

notary,
187

nudity,
48
,
52
,
61

obedience,
94

obeisance,
50

odori
,
234
.
See also
dance

Õhuchi, Yoshitaka,
117

Okakura, Kakuzo,
228

opera,
231

origami
,
189

Organtino, Gnecchi-Soldo,
11
,
19
,
236

origami
,
269

Õtomo, Yoshishige,
10
,
162

outhouses,
204
.
See also
defecation
;
waste

oxen,
172
.
See also
plowing

pack animals,
158
.
See also
horses
;
weapons and warfare

paper,
184
–
91
; and wounds,
179

payment, for services rendered,
261

pederastry,
86

pelts,
264
,
268

Phillip Sparrow
,
265

plowing,
172
,
242
–
3
,
271

Phillip II, King,
105

Philippines,
198

physical features,
33
–
7
.
See also
hair
;
nudity

pilgrimage,
69
–
70
.
See also
walking
;
religion

poetry,
192

poverty,
94

powder flask,
153

precious objects,
198

printing,
185
,
187
.
See also
letters
;
paper
;
writing

pronunciation of R and L,
200

property, of spouses,
67
.
See also
marriage

prostitution,
74
; and veneral disease/syphilis,
181
–
2

quarreling,
87

raku
,
196

rape,
69
.
See also
gender, feminine

Reinoso, André,
83

relative heights of people and things,
112

religion, matters of,
93
–
124
,
234
,
237
,
247
,
259
; alms,
95
; apostasy,
97
,
122
; asceticism,
98
,
102
; baptism,
89
,
122
; catechism,
86
; celibacy,
97
; churches,
111
–
24
; confirmation,
89
; cult of the saints,
121
,
123
; demons,
115
,
116
; devil,
103
; ecclesiastical vestments,
105
,
107
;
Emma
,
103
;
Enryaku-ji
,
96
; fasting,
130
–
1
;
Fudômyô-ô
,
116
; hatred between religious orders,
108
; heaven,
102
; hell,
102
,
104
;
Ikkõ-shû
,
108
; images,
113
–
14
,
116
,
121
–
2
,
124
; immortality of the soul,
102
; incense,
270
; indulgences,
105
;
Jemma O
,
103
;
Jizo
(boddhisatva),
115
; Lotus Sutra,
97
; martyrdom,
251
; monks of Mount Hiei,
108
; monks of Mount Negoro,
96
; Nichiren,
97
,
108
; nuns,
73
–
74
; prayers,
110
; prayer beads,
110
,
119
–
120
,
150
; preaching,
105
; proselytizing,
65
; pulpits,
105
; Pure Land,
103
; relics,
121
,
181
; religious life,
93
; religious succession,
98
; religious undergarments,
106
; remuneration for priests,
99
; sacraments,
111
; scripture,
113
; shamanism,
108
; Shingon of Nogoro,
14
; Shinto,
253
; shrines,
106
; sorcery,
108
; statues,
114
,
115
; “Sutra on the Lotus of the Wonderful Law,”
106
; temples,
111
–
24
; temporal possessions of religious,
94
–
5
; Tendai,
11
,
14
,
97
,
108
; tonsuring,
100
; True Word,
96
; vows,
94
–
8
,
99
; “wheel of the law,”
99
;
Yama
,
103
; y
amabushi
,
108
; Zen,
93

Rennyo,
108

responsibility, collective,
247
,
249
–
50

Ribadeniera, Marcelo de,
177

Ricci, Mateo,
24

Rodrigues, João,
184
,
195
,
197
,
198
,
209
–
10
,
225

rosewater,
269

Russia,
237

Rutherford Alcock,
131
,
168
,
169
,
187
–
8
,
202
,
213
,
250

sacks, making of,
266

sake.
See
drinking

salt.
See
food

samurai,
233

sandals.
See
footwear

Sande, Duarte de,
24

santeros (of New Mexico),
151

Saris, John,
163
,
221

scars,
36
.
See also
fencing
;
smallpox

Schütte, Joseph Franz, S.J.,
6

Scidmore, Eliza,
107
,
200
–
1
,
213
,
221
–
2
,
229
,
253

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