Kakemono

About this eBook

Author

Edwards, A. Herbage

Title

Kakemono : Japanese sketches

Original Publication

Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1906.

Credits

Richard Illner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia

Subject

Japan -- Social life and customs

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 76241

Release Date

June 8, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.K A K E M O N O
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.THE FAITH OF JAPAN — I DAI BUTSU (GREAT BUDDHA) — II THE SHRINES OF ISÉ — III THE TEMPLE OF NIKKŌ — IV KANNON, LADY OF MERCY — V RINZAKI’S ALTAR — VI TWO CREEDS — VII THE LEGEND OF THE NOSELESS JIZŌ — VIII THE TEMPLES OF SHIBA — IX AMIDA BUTSU — X SAINT NICHIREN — XI BETWEEN EARTH AND HEAVEN — XII INARI, THE FOX-GOD — XIII THE ALTAR OF FIRE — XIV FORGOTTEN GODS
7. 7.LORD FUJI — I PROLOGUE — II THE ASCENT — III EPILOGUE
8. 8.THE ART OF THE NATION — I GRACE BEFORE MEAT — II IN A CLOISONNÉ FACTORY — III FLOWER ARRANGEMENT — IV GOD’S MESSENGER — V THE ART OF THE PEOPLE
9. 9.SCENES IN RAIN AND SUNSHINE — I THE MOAT — II A RAINY DAY — III MMÉ (PLUM-BLOSSOMS) — IV WET LEAVES — V ASAMAYAMA — VI CAMELLIAS — VII RAIN — VIII THE BLACK CANAL — IX THE INLAND SEA
10. 10.THE LAND OF THE GODS — I ACROSS THE LAGOON — II TO KIZUKI — III IZUMO’S GREAT TEMPLE — IV KIZUKI’S BAY — V IN MATSUÉ — VI THE TWO SPIRITS
11. 11.THE HEART OF THE PEOPLE — I TOKYO — II EAST AND WEST — EAST — WEST — III YONÉ’S BABY — IV THE GRAVES OF THE RŌNIN — V THE DOLLS’ FESTIVAL — VI WITH DEATH BESIDE HER — VII KYOTO’S SOIRÉE — VIII NŌ — IX A JAPANESE BANK-HOLIDAY — X THE PALACE OF THE SON OF HEAVEN — XI AND SHE WAS A WIDOW — GLOSSARY — Books on Japanese Subjects — TRANSCRIBERS’ NOTES

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