532　Crow, Arthur H.
Highways and byeways in Japan.1883.

HIGHWAYS AND BYEWAYS IN JAPAN. THE EXPERIENCES OF TWO PEDESTRIAN TOURISTS. BY ARTHUR H. CROW, F. R. G. S.
London: SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, AND RIVINGTON, CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET. 1883. [All rights reserved.]
xvi, 307, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates. 20 cm.

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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. CAPE CHICHAKOFF TO YOKOHAMA.
The Kuro Siwo—Entrance to Kagoshima Gulf—Tide rip—Junks—Picturesque coasts —Vries Island—Anchored.　1
CHAPTER II. YOKOHAMA AND TOKIO.
First impressions of Yokohama—A sampan—Comparison between Chinese and Japps—Japp dress—A jinricksha—Exchange and coinage—Rail to Tokio—Mr. Satow's house—National exhibition—Art department—Asakusa Temple—Interviewing interpreter—Visit to Mrs Black—Tea-firing go-down—Start for Kobe.　8
CHAPTER III. KOBE AND OSAKA TO KIOTO.
Baggage and dress for journey—Appearance of Kobe—Kobe waterfall—Straw rain-coats—Trade, &c., of Osaka—Fish-market—Imperial Mint—Osaka castle—Slovenly soldiers—A human menagerie—Interiors of Buddhist and Shinto Temples—Osaka to Kioto by rail—Ya-ami's Hotel—Pilgrims' pleasure-booths—A public bath-house—Tea-house, tea, sake, &c.—Mikado's palace—Temple of the thousand-armed Kwan-non—Wood figure of Buddha—Yasaka pagoda.　33
CHAPTER IV. KIOYO TO HIKONE.
Rail from Kioto to Otsu—A Japp student—Our passports—Lake Biwa—Japp smokers—Steamboat officialdom—Hikone.　62
CHAPTER V. THE NAKASENDO—HIKONE TO MAGOME.
Long villages—People at work in rice-fields—Hard-worked women—Silkworm raising—Flowers—Tea cultivation—Chin dogs—Description of an inn—Qualified pleasures of bathing—Silk weaving—An amma—Gifu—A fisherman—Sake breweries—Use of kerosine oil—Poisonous compounds—Politeness—The Kiso-gawa—A scissor grinder—Oi—A noble 'ricksha coolie.　73
CHAPTER VI. THE NAKASENDO (CONTINUED)—MAGOME TO SHIMA-NO-SUWA.
Sunday in the interior—Troubles with extra coolies—Pretty valley of Kiso-gawa—A police requisition—Vicious pack-horses—An ancient fowl—Japanese bantams—Ascent of On-take—Torii-toge—Pilgrims—Sakurazawa—Shiwojiri Pass—Shima-no-Suwa Lake.　106
CHAPTER VII. THE NAKASENDO (CONCLUDED)—SHIMA-NO-SUWA TO TAKASAKI.
The Wada-toge—An even balance—Rice husking by water-power—A valuable snake—Rain and mires—Difficult progress—A volcano slope—Poor cottagers and wasted land—A native coach—Sweetmeat shops—Unsuccessful start for Asama-yama—Mushrooms—Rein's description of Asama-yama—The Usui-toge—Chequered experiences at Annaka—Chop-sticks—Salted pears—Notes on fruit—Cocoon-drying and silk-reeling—Takasaki.　135
CHAPTER VIII. TAKASAKI TO NIKKO —THE REI-HEI-SHI-KAIDO.
Shiba Machi—Inquisitive travellers—A wretched village—Native telegraphy—Ominous swallows—Tochigi—The inn bath—Kanuma—Magnificent avenue—Death of a snake—Nikko at last—Expenses of inland travel—Itinerary of our 328 miles' walk.　165
CHAPTER IX. NIKKO.
The sacred bridge—The mausoleum of Iye-yasu—Troublesome curio-venders—Satow's description of Iye-yasu's shrines.　180
CHAPTER X. NIKKO TO YOKOHAMA.
An aristocratic coolie—Awful roads—The effects of sake—Utsu-no-miya—Turned away—A river steamer to Tokio—Doubts about the safety-valve—Sloppy Tokio—Once more in a civilized hotel.　190
CHAPTER XI. IDLE NOTES IN YOKOHAMA.
Population and society—Loss of the United States frigate Oneida—An early bird on the Bund—Amphibious grooms—Athletics—The Bluff—China-town—Curio-shops and bargaining—French National fete—Fireworks at Tokio—Shiba temples.　197
CHAPTER XII. TRIP TO ENOSHIMA, MIYA-NO-SHITA, AND HAKONE.
Kanazawa—A fete—Kamakura temples—Dai-butsu—A tight little island—The Tokaido—A kago—Miya-no-shita hotels—Hakone pass, village, and lake—Ashino-yu and its odours Volcanic hills—The Little Hell at last—Kiga—The way home.　213
CHAPTER XIII. KOBE, KIOTO, AND THE KATSURA-GAWA RAPIDS.
A heavy Pacific swell—Typhoon at Kobe—Picnic to the Moon temple—A Kioto theatre—Gaiety on the river at Kioto—The rapids—A courageous coolie—Kobe clubs—Mermen rampant—The Pacific once more.　236
CHAPTER XIV. THE ASCENT OF FUJI-SAN.
The arm of the law—Darkness on the Tokaido—Village life—Tonosawa by moonlight—A fractious coolie—The O-tomi toge—A pack-horse—Subashiri—The start—Straw sandals—The true ascent—Shelter-huts—Awful night on summit—Sunrise—The gorgeous prospect—The crater and its descent—Speedy descent of mountain—A snake's mesmerism—The Big Hell solfataras—Return to luxury.　250
CHAPTER XV. HAKODATE (YEZO).
The Tamaura-Maru—Hakodate and Harbour—Missed the mail!—An attempt at sport—Producing fish manure—The seaweed and salmon industries—Northern adventurers—A native feast—A Yezo pony—Preparations for the Mikado.　274
CHAPTER XVI. HAKODATE (CONTINUED).
Missionary labour—Arrival of the Mikado—His retinue dissected—Cormorant-shooting—Arrival of British squadron—A short cut —Nanai Farm—The last glimpse of Japan.　297


記載書誌
WENCKSTERN I, p. 44. TOYO BUNKO, p. 31. NIPPONALIA I, 2007. BLUM I, 491.