Japan and the Japanese illustrated . ION OF COURTEZANS AT THE FETE OF THE TEMPLE OF SANN06 3-24 A CHILD WITH A FOX- MASK . ., .. .. 32« NEW YEARS AISITS ... ... ... ?• ?? •• ??? ??? ?? ?? ^531 ACROBATS • 333 RESTAURANT, WITH A VIEW OF FoL^SI-YAMA . ... .. .. 339 CARICATURE OF A ... ... ... ... ... ... ? ? ?-. 342 THE RAT RICE MERCHANTS ... ... .. ... •. ? . ? 313 THE HARE AND THE WILD liOAIt .. 344 A DAIMIOS TRAIN (CARICATURE) ... ... ... .. .• •• ?. ?? ??• ?• PROCESSION OF TALISMANIC RAKES 34fi THE GAME OF THE FOX ?? 34!) KITSNE 350 FESTIVAL OF THE FOXES ... ... ... ... ... ... •.
Japan and the Japanese illustrated . ION OF COURTEZANS AT THE FETE OF THE TEMPLE OF SANN06 3-24 A CHILD WITH A FOX- MASK . ., .. .. 32« NEW YEARS AISITS ... ... ... ?• ?? •• ??? ??? ?? ?? ^531 ACROBATS • 333 RESTAURANT, WITH A VIEW OF FoL^SI-YAMA . ... .. .. 339 CARICATURE OF A ... ... ... ... ... ... ? ? ?-. 342 THE RAT RICE MERCHANTS ... ... .. ... •. ? . ? 313 THE HARE AND THE WILD liOAIt .. 344 A DAIMIOS TRAIN (CARICATURE) ... ... ... .. .• •• ?. ?? ??• ?• PROCESSION OF TALISMANIC RAKES 34fi THE GAME OF THE FOX ?? 34!) KITSNE 350 FESTIVAL OF THE FOXES ... ... ... ... ... ... •. ?. ••• 352 A SCENE OF SORCERY ... ... ... .. . .• •• •• 353 A RURAL TEA-HOUSE THE FAN-DANCE THE GANKIRO ,9 A MOUSNEE 3(!2 A MOUSNEE AND HER ClUl,!) 3iii; SLEEPING MOUSNEES ?? 3i;.s BLACK SQUIRREL AND MARTKX FKRKET 3(i:) RETURN OF THE SIOGOUN .. 371 JAPANESE IDEA OF A RAILWAY TKAIN • 371 35535H TAP AN AND THE JAPANESE BOOK IBENTEN. ^tJNVCi^ A OF THE FRAXK QUAllTEli AT YOKOHAMA. CHAPTER I. THE INLAND SEA EXTENT AND WEALTH OF THE EMPIRE OF JAPAN.—SCENERY AND FEATURES OF THE INLAND SEA. Ihe Empire of Japan extends over more than twenty-six degrees of latitude (from24° 16 to 50° north latitude). It comprises 3,850 islands, or islets, representing a super-ficies of 7,521 square miles, of fifteen to the degi-ee. Tills little insular world, whose population is supposed to amount to betweenthirty-two and thirty-four millions, is divided into six chief groups, or largest is Japan, properly so called, comprehending 3,511 islands, with a superficiesof 5,30G square miles. Then come Yeso, the great Kouriles, Krafto, the Bonin group,and the Flow Kiow Archipelago. The Ldand Sea of Japan is bounded by the southern coasts of Niphon, and thenorthern coasts of Kiousiou, and Sikoff. It is, however, more like a canal than a real B 2 4 LIFE IN JAPAN. mediterranean sea, being a communication established
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