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Bacon, Alice Mabel (1858-1918)
A Japanese interior. 1893.
A JAPANESE INTERIOR, BY ALICE MABEL BACON, AUTHOR OF
JAPANESE GIRLS AND WOMEN.
LONDON, GAY AND BIRD, King William St., West Strand, 1893. [All rights reserved].
[2], xix, 267 p. 19 cm.
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目 次
CONTENTS.
I. T
ky
, September 5 to 26.
Going to Housekeeping.—An Evening Walk.—Fireworks and Rochester Lamps.—A Foreign Restaurant.—Shopping at the Kwan-ko-ba.—Settling Accounts.—Introduction to the Peeresses.—School Routine.—Story of Boy and Crab.—Jinrikisha Riding.—The Climate.
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II. October 1 to 15.
A Sunday Visit.—
B
t' Chan.
—Preparations for a Horse.—The Peeresses' English Society.—T
ky
from a Horse's Back.—English as a Dead Language.—Dawn.—A Sunday-School Class.—Mr. Kozaki.—Difficulties with the Kana.—Bruce and the Bett
.—Lecture on Bandai San.—Prince Haru.—Difficulties in Church-Going.—A Japanese Meal.
19
III. October 21 to November 4.
Mr. Kozaki's Church.—Introduction to Bible Class.—Reception Days.—A Hibachi.—Two Old Ladies.—My Paper Dining-Room.—Funeral Fashions.—An Official Funeral.—Simplicity of Japanese Living.—Posthumous Titles.—The Emperor's Birthday.
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IV. November 12 to 14.
A N
Performance.—Death of Prince Aki.—Dango Zaka.
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V. November 25 to December 18.
A Ball at the Rokumei-kwan.—A T
ky
Story.—B
t' Chan's Studies in Physiognomy.—Thanksgiving and Turkey.—Christmas Carols.—Fuji-Yama.—The New Palace.—T
ky
Moats.—Bowing to Prince Haru.
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VI. December 27 to January 6.
Christmas Preparations.—Hanging Stockings.—English Service.—A Church Festival.—New Year's Decorations.—New Year's Eve on Ginza.—A Street Fight.—New Year's Day.—Street Performers.—An Earthquake.—Kurumayas in Cold Weather.
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VII. January 13 to 30.
Discharging a Groom.—The New Kurumaya.—The Emperor's Moving-Day.—A New Year's Lunch.—Buying a Kuruma.—A New Horse.—The Japanese Language.—The Promulgation of the Constitution.—Tombs of the Loyal R
nin.
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VIII. February 12 to 20.
The Promulgation Festival.—Morning Scenes on Kojimachi.—Exercises at the School.—Imperial Progress through T
ky
Streets.—Evening Rides and Street Sights.—Rice and Eels.—Mingling with the Holiday Crowd.—Murder of Viscount Mori.—Viscount Mori's Funeral.—Religious Liberty under the Constitution.—Another Earthquake.
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IX. March 1 to 9.
The Wily Bett
.—Yasaku's Domestic Affairs.—Marriage and Divorce.—Developments in Regard to the Mori Murder.—Letters from Nishino to his Family.—A Spring Jaunt.—Toy Collecting.
147
X. March 21 to 31.
A Sad Holiday.—Japanese Mourning Customs.—A Shint
Funeral.—An Earthquake.—Yasaku's Wedding.—Questions on John's Gospel.
161
XI. April 6 to 14.
A Country Walk.—Feast of Dolls at a Daimi
's Yashiki.—Picnic at Mito Yashiki.—A Day at the Theatre.—Japanese Acting.
174
XII. April 19 to May 2.
The Empress' Visit.—Presentation to the Empress.—A Buddhist Funeral.—A Garden Party.—Questions on John's Gospel.
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XIII. May 8 to June 22.
Summer Weather.—A Matsuri.—Early School.—Perry Expedition Reports.—Bible Class of School-Girls.—Fighting Fleas.—Japanese Servants.—The New School-Building.—The Peeresses' Literary Society.—A Speech by Mr. Knapp.—Scandal.
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XIV. June 29 to July 24.
School-Building Trouble settled.—A Japanese Baby.—Shopping.—Japanese Taste.—Facts and Theories.—Calls from Drs. Brooks and McVickar.—Packing in Wet Weather.—Farewell Presents.—Graduating Exercises.—Near View of the Empress.—Correcting Proof under Difficulties.
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XV. Hiy
i Zan, July 31, to Numadzu, August 28.
View from Hiy
i Zan.—The Mission Camp.—Last Days in T
ky
.—Voyage to Kob
.—From Kob
to Hiy
i.—Historical Interest of Hiy
i.—Pleasant Weather and Walks.—A Young Buddhist.—Some Effects of the Summer Camp.—Benkei's Relics.—The
Hiy
i Zan Hornet.
—Shopping in Ki
t
.—The River at Night.—Illumination of the Mountains.—A Snake Story.—Traveling in Japanese Style.—Start in a Typhoon.— Nagoya.—A Wayside Inn.—Okazaki.—Weak Kurumayas.—An Unpleasant Hotel. Okitsu.—End of the Journey.—Numadzu.—Children's Visits.—Slow Freight.—Plans for Home.
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記載書誌
WENCKSTERN I, p. 212.