299　Alcock, Rutherford, Sir　(1809-1897)
The capital of the Tycoon.1863. 2 vols.

THE CAPITAL OF THE TYCOON: A NARRATIVE OF A THREE YEARS' RESIDENCE IN JAPAN. BY SIR RUTHERFORD ALCOCK, K. C. B. HER MAJESTY'S ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY IN JAPAN. WITH MAPS AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS IN CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY AND ON WOOD. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I [-II].
LONDON: LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, ROBERTS, & GREEN. 1863.
VOL. I. xxxi, [1], 469, [2], [40] p., [8] leaves of plates. 24 cm.
VOL. II. x, 539 p., [12] leaves of plates. 24 cm.

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VOL. I.
CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
CHAPTER I. PREVISIONS AND PREPARATIONS—A GLANCE AT CANTON—HONGKONG AND MACAO, WITH THEIR CONTRASTED DESTINIES—SHANGHAE—THE YANGTZE AND THE CHINESE EMPIRE—THE PAST AND THE FUTURE.　1
CHAPTER II. VOYAGE TO NAGASAKI—JAPAN AS IT WAS, OR A GLANCE AT THE JAPANESE CHRONICLES, AND WHAT THEY TELL US.　44
CHAPTER III. FIRST IMPRESSIONS—NAGASAKI.　72
CHAPTER IV. NAGASAKI TO YEDDO—THE WORK OF TWO CENTURIES UNDONE IN AS MANY YEARS—EFFECT UPON THE JAPANESE MIND—HOW ITS RULERS FELT UNDER SUCH INNOVATIONS—THE TOUCHSTONE OF TRIAL—FIRST ARRIVAL OF THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN DIPLOMATIC AGENTS AT YEDDO TO TAKE UP A PERMANENT RESIDENCE.　88
CHAPTER V. THE CAPITAL AND ITS ENVIRONS—STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS OF TOWN AND COUNTRY.　108
CHAPTER VI. FIRST LESSONS IN JAPANESE DIPLOMACY.　136
CHAPTER VII. EXCHANGE OF RATIFICATIONS—NEWS OF THE REPULSE AT THE PEIHO—HERMIT LIFE IN YEDDO—CONDITIONS OF EXILE AND ISOLATION—LIFE IN A WILDERNESS OF MEN AND WOMEN.　152
CHAPTER VIII. THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE—FIRST LESSONS IN GRAMMAR AND SPEAKING.　166
CHAPTER IX. JAPANESE SAYINGS AND DOINGS.　182
CHAPTER X. A GLANCE AT JAPANESE POLITICS—HOW THE TWO AMERICAN TREATIES WERE MADE AND INAUGURATED—BY WHOM THE COUNTRY IS GOVERNED AND HOW.　202
CHAPTER XI. FIRST BLOODSHED—ARRIVAL OF COUNT MOURAVIEFF AMOORSKY WITH A RUSSLAN SQUADRON—AN OFFICER AND TWO OF THE SAILORS BUTCHERED IN THE STREETS OF YOKOHAMA—EUROPEAN DIPLOMACY AND EASTERN POLICY.　234
CHAPTER XII. IMPROVING PROSPECTS—AN OFFICIAL INTERVIEW WITH THE TWO MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS—RIDE HOME BY MOONLIGHT—HOW YEDDO APPEARS AFTER SUNSET.　246
CHAPTER XIII. A VISIT TO HAKODADI—THE LEAD MINES—GOVERNOR—PROSPECTS OF TRADE—POTATOES AND SALMON THE GREAT STAPLES.　266
CHAPTER XIV. MURDER OF FRENCH CONSUL'S SERVANT AT YOKOHAMA—THE GOLD CURRENCY QUESTION AGAIN—TYCOON'S PALACE BURNED DOWN—PROPOSITION OF JAPANESE MINISTERS TO STOP ALL OFFICIAL BUSINESS IN CONSEQUENCE.　280
CHAPTER XV. A COUNTRY WALK—AGRICULTURE, TREES AND FLORA OF JAPAN—PEASANT LIFE AND PRISON LIFE—NATURAL HISTORY—JAPANESE LACQUER WARE AND SKILFUL WORKMANSHIP—MONSTER BAZAAR.　292
CHAPTER XVI. THE NEW YEAR, 1860, AND WHAT IT BROUGHT—INCENDIARY FIRE AT YOKOHAMA—ASSASSINATION OF A LINGUIST AT THE GATE OF THE BRITISH LEGATION—GLOOMY PROSPECTS—FIRE AT THE FRENCH LEGATION THE SAME NIGHT.　326
CHAPTER XVII. MURDER OF THE REGENT ON HIS WAY TO THE TYCOON'S PALACE—NARRATIVE OF WHAT TOOK PLACE—GENERAL ALARM AND SENSE OF INSECURITY—THE LEGATIONS SURROUNDED BY JAPANESE GUARDS FOR THEIR PROTECTION FROM ATTACK—THE TIMES OF THE GUELFS AND GHIBELINES RESUSCITATED—SUBSEQUENT ACTS OF THE CONSPIRATORS, AND HOW THEY DISPOSED OF THE REGENT'S HEAD—POPULAR STORIES AND LEGENDS—STORY OF THE FORTY-SEVEN LONINS—INFLUENCE OF SUCH LITERATURE AND HERO WORSHIP ON THE MORALITY AND ACTIONS OF THE PEOPLE.　347
CHAPTER XVIII. STRAY LEAVES FROM A JOURNAL—THOUGHTS DISCURSIVE AND RETROSPECTIVE ON JAPANESE RELATIONS—SPECULATIONS ON THE FUTURE—TRADE RETURNS AND GENERAL RESULTS—RETROSPECT OF THE FIRST TWELVE MONTHS AFTER THE OPENING OF THE PORTS BY TREATY—THE GAIN AND THE LOSS SUMMED UP.　360
CHAPTER XIX. AUDIENCE OF THE TYCOON—PRELIMINARY DIFFICULTIES—IMPORTANCE IN THE EAST OF SEEMING TRIFLES.　379
CHAPTER XX. CHANGE OF SCENE—A PILGRIMAGE TO FUSIYAMA, AND A VISIT TO THE SPAS OF ATAMI.　395
CHAPTER XXI. THE SULPHUR SPRINGS OF ATAMI—VILLAGE LIFE IN JAPAN—PAPER MANUFACTORY—THE MOXA.　429
CHAPTER XXII. THE HIGH ROAD TO THE CAPITAL, AND THOSE WHO TRAVEL ON IT.　455
VOL. II.
CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
CHAPTER I. INDICATIONS OF HOSTILE SPIRIT AMONG THE ARMED CLASSES—A SERVANT OF THE FRENCH MINISTER SEVERELY WOUNDED WHILE STANDING AT THE GATE OF THE LEGATION—EVIL AUGURIES FOR THE FUTURE—TRAITS OF NATIONAL CHARACTER FROM JAPANESE RECORDS—CODE OF HONOUR—HOW IT OPERATES TO CHECK THE VIOLENCE OF A TURBULENT CLASS OF FEUDAL RETAINERS—ITS NONAPPLICATION IN THE PROTECTION OF FOREIGNERS—FIRE AT THE BRITISH LEGATION—PROOFS OF GOOD-WILL AND FRIENDLY INTEREST—FIRST VISIT OF ENGLISH LADIES TO THE CAPITAL—DANGEROUS GROUND NOT THE LESS—A BRITISH SUBJECT IN COLLISION WITH JAPANESE POLICE AT KANAGAWA—A YACONIN SEVERELY WOUNDED.　1
CHAPTER II. NEW YEAR'S DAY 1861—THE GREENTING IT BROUGHT IN YEDDO—MENACE OF A GENERAL MASSACRE OF FOREIGNERS—VISIT AND PROMPT DEPARTURE OF A BRITISH SQUADRON—ASSASSINATION IN THE STREETS OF YEDDO OF MR. HEUSKIN, SECRETARY TO THE AMERICAN LEGATION—RENEWED MENACES DIRECTED AGAINST THE WHOLE OF THE LEGATIONS—PUBLIC FUNERAL OF THE MURDERED OFFICER—REPORTED SUICIDE OF HORI ORIBENO-NO-KAMI, ONE OF THE GOVERNORS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS—CONFERENCE OF THE FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES AT YEDDO.　30
CHAPTER III. SECOND PHASE OF THE CRISIS—FLAGS OF FOUR TREATY POWERS STRUCK—PROTEST AGAINST THE INADEQUACY OF MEANS TAKEN TO PROTECT LIFE—NEGOTIATIONS FOR RETURN OF BRITISH AND FRENCH MINISTERS TO THE CAPITAL—CONDITIONS STIPULATED ON THE PART OF FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES—FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF THESE ON THE PART OF THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT, AND THE RETURN OF THE FORMER UNDER A SALUTE TO THE NATIONAL FLAGS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE ON THEIR ENTRANCE.　56
CHAPTER IV. JOURNEY OVERLAND FROM NAGASAKI TO YEDDO ACROSS THE ISLAND OF KIUSIU—OBSERVATIONS ON JAPANESE LIFE IN TOWN AND COUNTRY—SOCIAL CONDITION—MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE JAPANESE—GLIMPSES OF FEUDALISM AND THE POLITICAL ORGANISATION OF THE COUNTRY.　64
CHAPTER V. SIMONOSEKI—THE INLAND SEA,' AND VOYAGE TO HIOGO.　88
CHAPTER VI. THE PORT AND THE CITY—HIOGO AND OSACA.　102
CHAPTER VII. OSACA TO YEDDO.　125
CHAPTER VIII. RETURN TO YEDDO—ATTACK ON THE LEGATION IN THE NIGHT, AND DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT A GENERAL MASSACRE.　151
CHAPTER IX. THE LULL AFTER THE STORM—IMMEDIATE PROSPECTS AND POLICY.　171
CHAPTER X. MR. OLIPHANT, THE SECRETARY OF LEGATION, SENT HOME FOR THE CURE OF HIS WOUNDS—BEARER OF THE TYCOON'S AUTOGRAPH LETTER TO THE QUEEN, URGING THE NON-OPENING OF MORE PORTS FOR A TERM OF YEARS—CONFIDENTIAL INTERVIEW WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS—RESUME OF FOREIGN RELATIONS IN JAPAN.　187
CHAPTER XI. REVIEW OF FOREIGN RELATIONS WITH JAPAN—IN THE JAPANESE TERRITORIES THE PRESENT IS HEIR TO THE PAST IN A PECULIAR SENSE—INFLUENCE OF EXISTING RELATIONS—HOW THEY MAY BE DEALT WITH, AND WHAT THE ALTERNATIVES OFFERED.　199
CHAPTER XII. THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN AND ITS ADMINISTRATIVE MACHINERY—RELATIONS OF LIFE: OF RULERS AND SUBJECTS—HUSBAND AND WIFE—THE RELATION OF THE SEXES—THE POSITION OF WOMAN IN THE SOCIAL SCALE—INFLUENCE OF ART AND CULTURE—RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS.　232
CHAPTER XIII. THE CIVILISATION OF JAPAN—SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONDITION—DURABILITY OF THEIR INSTITUTIONS—HOW SECURED HITHERTO, AND ON WHAT DEPENDING—DREAD OF INNOVATION AMONGST THE RULING CLASSES A PRIMARY CAUSE OF THEIR HOSTILITY TO FOREIGNERS—THEIR PROGRESS IN ART—ILLUSTRATIONS OF POPULAR SUBJECTS—MANNERS AND CUSTOMS—THEIR LOVE OF THE HUMOROUS AND GROTESQUE.　261
CHAPTER XIV. TEMPLES, RELIGION, AND AMUSEMENTS OF JAPANESE—STRANGE COMBINATION OF THE TWO—DESCRIPTION OF ASAXA UNDER BOTH ASPECTS—JUGGLERS—STORY-TELLERS—TOP SPINNERS—VARIOUS GAMES—GAME OF THROWING THE BALL ON HORSEBACK—PIC-NICS IN THE COUNTRY MUCH IN VOGUE AT SPRING FESTIVALS—THEATRES—WRESTLERS— MATSURIS AND FEASTS—JAPANESE CEMETERIES.　302
CHAPTER XV. WESTERN DIPLOMACY AND EASTERN POLICY.　329
CHAPTER XVI. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DEPARTURE OF THE JAPANESE MISSION TO THE COURTS OF THE SEVERAL TREATY POWERS IN EUROPE—EMBARKATION ON BOARD H.M.S. ODIN'—CLOSE OF 1861 TRADE OF THE YEAR AND COMMERCIAL PROSPECTS FOR THE INCOMING YEAR OF 1862.　377
CHAPTER XVII. THE YEAR 1862—PROGRESS OF EVENTS IN JAPAN—ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF THE SECOND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS—MY DEPARTURE FOR ENGLAND—ARRIVAL OF THE JAPANESE MISSION IN EUROPE—RESULTS—THE MONETARY SYSTEM OF JAPAN AND QUESTIONS OF CURRENCY—ASSASSINATION OF TWO OF THE GUARDS AT THE BRITISH LEGATION—ATTACK ON A PARTY OF BRITISH SUBJECTS ON THE HIGH ROAD, WITH LOSS OF LIFE—SUMMARY OF THE YEAR, AND REFLECTIONS ON THE PRESENT SITUATION.　394
APPENDICES:
A TRADE OF CHINA.　441
B MINUTES OF A MEETING OF BRITISH RESIDENTS AT YOKOHAMA.　443
C LETTER FROM MR. MEDHURST.　457
D LIST OF DAIMIOS AND THEIR REVENUES.　461
E MR. VEITCH'S NOTES ON THE AGRICULTURE, TREES, AND FLORA OF JAPAN.　475
F TITLES IN JAPAN.　491
G A FEW REMARKS ON AN OPEN LETTER TO THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE WESTERN NATIONS AT YEDDO.'　496
INDEX.　501

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記載書誌
WENCKSTERN I, p. 43. CORDIER, col. 556. UCHIDA, 9. TOYO BUNKO, p. 18. NIPPONALIA I, 1980. BLUM I, 51.