CONTENTS.

I. FESTIVALS AND HOLIDAYS

II. FIRES AND FIRE-BRIGADES

III. DOMESTIC LIFE

IV. THE TYCOON, DAIMIOS, AND ARISTOCRACY

V. THE COURT OF THE MIKADO

VI. THE 'HARA KIRU'

VII. NATIONAL GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS

VIII. CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS

IX. SUPERSTITIONS AND RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES

X. ON THE TOKAIDO AND IN THE TEA-HOUSES

XI. THE SPY SYSTEM--THE BATH-HOUSE

XII. LOVE OF FLOWERS