INDEX
- Sōkei, master of tea cult, ii. 256, 259.
- Soseki, priest, on landscape gardening, ii. 232.
- Sōshi, or stalwarts, origin and use, iv. 87–90; prototypes, 145–148.
- Sono, court family, hereditary accomplishment, iv. 6.
- Spaniards in Japan, iii. 117.
- Spear, form and use, ii. 156.
- Spies, Shōgun's, iv. 44.
- Spiritualism, v. 234.
- Suffrage, for local assemblies, iv. 227, v. 97; national, under the Constitution, iv. 238, 240, 241.
- Suicide, method and motives, ii. 184, 185, 225, 284; forbidden, 226; and Shintō, v. 129–131.
- Suiko, empress, zeal for Buddhism, i. 92; on official etiquette, 144.
- Suinin, emperor, edict against "associated death," i. 105.
- Sujun, emperor, assassinated, i. 95, ii. 284.
- Sukegoro, organises fishmongers' guild, vi. 183; called Yamatoya, 238.
- Sumptuary laws, on dwellings, i. 138, 205; on costumes, 140–144, ii. 98, 99; of Tokugawa epoch, iii. 140, 143, iv. 157–162, 166; abolished, 163.
- Suneyemon, Torii, story of his loyalty, ii. 193.
- Superstitions, early, i. 87, 173–180; food, 214, ii. 112; in Military epoch, 46; dog, 47, v. 203; fox, ii. 47, v. 197–200; sword, ii. 148; basis of military regulations, 172; flowers, iii. 12; animals, v. 190–192, 243; nightmare, 196; badger, 200; demons, 201–203, 207–212; cat, 204; trees, 205; tombstones, 207; divine punishments and miracles, 212; ghosts, 213–215; wild-men and ogres, 215; mountain genii, 216–218; ignis fatuus, 218–220; demon's gate, 227; spiritualism, 234; unlucky years, 235; presages of good and evil, 236; dressmaking, 236; children, 236; charm cures, 238; exorcism, 239; love messages and charms, 241; dreams, 242; bringing desirable events, 244; professional demon propitiators, 245; spells, 245; extent of belief, 246; and festivals, vi. 31; invisible birds of ill omen, 45, 48. See also Divination.
- Susun. See Sujun.
- Sutoku, Prince, and origin of Taira–Minamoto strife, i. 259.
- Swords, right to carry, i. 110, 161, ii. 153; distinctive Japanese, 136; art of fencing, 137, 141, 142; influence, 142; famous smiths, 143, 282; identification, 143; construction, 144–147; value, 147; vocabulary, 148; superstitions, 148–151; origin, 151–153; customs in wearing and use, 153; size, 154; mountings, 155; famous, 283.
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- Tadanobu, Sato, loyal sacrifice, ii. 187–189.
- Tadahira, Fujiwara noble, effeminacy, i. 187.
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