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INDEX

  • Nasu no Munetaka, famous archer, ii. 131.
  • National characteristics. See Civilisation, Customs.
  • Navy, naval school organised, iii. 173; Tokugawa, iv. 174; strength and efficiency of modern, v. 13, 250, vi. 224.
  • New Year's observances, vi. 34–52, 232; preparation, 123.
  • Newspapers, prototypes, iv. 116, v. 84; first, 85; censorship, 86–88; freedom, 88; character of writing, 89; success, 90, 253; slander in, 90.
  • Nichiren, founder of a Buddhist sect, v. 149.
  • Nijō, noble family, hereditary privileges, iv. 5.
  • Nintoku, emperor, libertine, i. 85; capital, 132.
  • Nishino Buntaro, assassin of Mori, iv. 234; worshipped, vi. 13–15.
  • Nobility, the new, iv. 233, 266; divine ancestry, v. 139. See also Aristocracy, Classes.
  • Nobumasa, Okudaira, and Suneyemon, ii. 193.
  • Nobunaga, Oda, Tōkaidō chieftain, character, ii. 31; conquests, 33; and Christianity, 33, iii. 110–113; reforms, ii. 34, vi. 157; death, ii. 34, 213; patron of art, 78; immorality, 217, 285; patron of Tea Ceremonial, 254; patron of wrestling, iii. 68, 72; political aim, 109.
  • Nobuyuki, Sanada, and his father, ii. 212.
  • Nomi no Sukane, wrestler, iii. 66.
  • Oath, form of, iv. 78.
  • Observances, Shintō Court ceremonials, v. 178–185; New Year's, vi. 34–51, 123; various, of second month, 52; doll's festival, 61–63; washing of Buddha, 63; boy's fête, 71; dispersal of evil influences, 73; marriage of the stars, 73; Bon fête, 74–77, 83; various, of last month, 122–124. See also Festivals.
  • Ogura Sansho, philosopher, iv, 129.
  • Ogyu Sorai, ethical teachings, iii. 143, iv. 131.
  • Oi-no-mikado, noble family, hereditary privileges, iv. 5.
  • Ojin, emperor, i. 126.
  • Okubo Toshimitsu, Satsuma reformer, iii. 235; leader in the Revolution of 1867, iv. 204; effect of his assassination, 226.
  • Okuma Shigenobu, leader in the Revolution of 1867, iv. 204; resigns from ministry, 229; organises Progressist party, 229; ministry, 248.
  • O-Kuni, temple dancer, and origin of the theatre, vi. 107.
  • Okusa, cooking academy, ii. 111.
  • Ono no O-tsu, originates variety of musical recitative, iii. 19.
  • Ono Riushihei, book against isolation, iii. 159; punished, 159.
  • Onoye Kikugoro, famous actor, vi. 122.
  • Ooka Tadasuke, judge, iii. 146.
  • Oozutsu Manyemon, champion wrestler, iii. 71.
  • Organisation, faculty of, i. 21, 50, vi. 192.

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