Unbeaten Tracks In Japan

Name: Unbeaten Tracks In Japan
ISBN: 9781315788715

doi:10.4324/9781315788715

ABSTRACT

The author's account of travelling through Japan in 1878. This is a narrative of travels in Japan communicated via letters. First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Canal-side at Niigata—Awful Loneliness—Courtesy—Dr. Palm’s Tandem —A Noisy Matsuri—A Jolting Journey— The Mountain Villages—Winter Dismalness—An Out-of-the-world Hamlet—Crowded Dwellings—Riding a Cow—“Drunk and Disorderly”—An Enforced Rest—Local Discouragements—Heavy Loads—Absence of Beggary—Slow Travelling.

chapter Letter XVIII|9 pages

Comely Kine—Japanese Criticism on a Foreign Usage—A Pleasant Halt— Renewed Courtesies—The Plain of Yonezawa—A Curious Mistake—The Mother’s Memorial—Arrival at Komatsu—Stately Accommodation—A Vicious Horse—An Asiatic Arcadia—A Fashionable Watering-place—A Belle—“Godowns.”

chapter Letter XIX|6 pages

Prosperity—Convict Labour—A New Bridge—Yainagata—Intoxicating Forgeries—The Government Buildings—Bad Manners—Snow Mountains —A Wretched Town

chapter Letter XX|3 pages

The Effect of a Chicken—Poor Fare—Slow Travelling—Objects of Interest— Kak’ké—The Fatal Close—A Great Fire—Secutity of the Kuras

chapter Letter XX.—Continued|6 pages

Lunch in Public—A Grotesque Accident—Police Inquiries—Man or Woman? —A Melancholy Stare—A Vicious Horse—An Ill-favoured Town—A Disappointment—A Torii

chapter Letter XX.—Concluded|3 pages

Casual Invitation—A Ludicrous Incident—Politeness of a Policeman—A Comfortless Sunday—An Outrageous Irruption—A Privileged Stare.

chapter Letter XXI|4 pages

The Necessity of Firmness—Perplexing Misrepresentations—Gliding with the Stream—Suburban Residences—The Kubota Hospital—A Formal Reception—The Normal School

chapter Letter XXII|2 pages

A Silk Factory—Employment for Women—A Police Escort—The Japanese Police Force

chapter Letter XXIII|4 pages

“A Plague of Immoderate Rain “—A Confidential Servant—Ito’s Diary—Ito’s Excellences—Ito’s Faults—A Prophecy of the Future of Japan—Curious Queries—Superfine English—Economical Travelling—The Japanese Pack-horse again.

chapter Letter XXIV|5 pages

The Symbolism of Seaweed—Afternoon Visitors—An Infant Prodigy—A Feat in Caligraphy—Child Worship—A Borrowed Dress—A Trousseau—House Furniture—The Marriage Ceremony.

chapter Letter XXV|5 pages

A Holiday Scene—A Matsurs—Attractions of the Revel—Matsuri Cars—Gods and Demons—A Possible Harbour—A Village Forge—Prosperity of Saké Brewers—A “Great Sight.”

chapter Letter XXVI|8 pages

The Fatigues of Travelling—Torrents and Mud—Ito's Surliness—The Blind Shampooers—A Supposed Monkey Theatre—A Suspended Ferry—A Difficult Transit—Perils on the Yonetsurugawa—A Boatman Drowned—Nocturnal Disturbances—A Noisy Yadoya—Storm-boundTravellers—Hai! Hai!—More Nocturnal Disturbances.

chapter Letter XXVII|4 pages

Good-tempered Intoxication—The Effect of Sunshine—A tedious Altercation—Evening Occupations—Noisy Talk—Social Gatherings—Unfair Comparisons.

chapter Letter XXVIII|6 pages

Torrents of Rain—An unpleasant Detention—Devastations produced by Floods—The Yadate Pass—The Force of Water—Difficulties thicken—A Primitive Yadaya—The Water rises.

chapter Letter XXVIII.—Continued|4 pages

Scanty Resources—Japanese Children—Children’s Games—A Sagacious Example—A Kite Competition—Personal Privations.

chapter Letter XXIX|3 pages

Hope deferred—Effects of the Flood Activity of the Police—A Ramble in Disguise—The Taxabata Festival—Mr. Satow’s Reputation.

chapter Letter XXX|3 pages

A Lady’s Toilet—Hair-dressing—Paint and Cosmetics—Afternoon Visitors—Christian Converts.

chapter Letter XXXI|3 pages

A Travelling Curiosity—Rude Dwellings—Primitive Simplicity—The Public Bath-house.

chapter Letter XXXII|6 pages

A Hard Day’s Journey—An Overturn—Nearing the Ocean—Joyful Excitement—Universal Greyness—Inopportune Policemen—A Stormy Voyage—A Wild Welcome—A Windy Landing—The Journeys End.

chapter Letter XXXIII|2 pages

Form and Colour—A Windy Capital—Eccentricities in House Roofs.

chapter Letter XXXIV|2 pages

Ito’s Delinquency—“Missionary Manners”—A Predicted Failure.

chapter Letter XXXV|15 pages

A Lovely Sunset—An Official Letter—A “Front Horse”—Japanese Courtesy —The Steam Ferry—Coolies Abscond—A Team of Savages—A Drove of Horses—Floral Beauties—An Unbeaten Track—A Ghostly Dwelling—Solitude and Eeriness. 1

chapter Letter XXXV.—Continued|3 pages

The Harmonies of Nature—A Good Horse—A Single Discord—A Forest—Aino Ferrymen—“Les Puces! Les Puces!”—Baffled Explorers—Ito’s Contempt for Ainos—An Aino Introduction.

chapter Letter XXXVI|10 pages

Savage Life—A Forest Track—Cleanly Villages—A Hospitable Reception—The Chief’s Mother—The Evening Meal—A Savage Séance—Libations to the Gods—Nocturnal Silence—Aino Courtesy—The Chief’s Wife.

chapter Letter XXXVI.—Continued|10 pages

A Supposed Act of Worship—Parental Tenderness—Morning Visits—Wretched Cultivation—Honesty and Generosity—A “Dug-out”—Female Occupations—The Ancient Fate—A New Arrival—A Perilous Prescription—The Shrine of Yoshitsuné—The Chief’s Return.

chapter Letter XXXVII|8 pages

Barrenness of Savage Life—Irreclaimable Savages—The Aino Physique— Female Comeliness—Torture and Ornament—Child Life—Docility and Obedience.

chapter Letter XXXVII.—Continued|11 pages

Aino Clothing—Holiday Dress—Domestic Architecture—Household Gods—Japanese Curios—The Necessaries of Life—Clay Soup—Arrow Poison—Arrow-Traps—Female Occupations—Bark Cloth—The Art of Weaving.

chapter Letter XXXVIL—Continued|12 pages

A Simple Nature-Worship—Aino Gods—A Festival Song—Religious Intoxication—Bear-Worship—The Annual Saturnalia—The Future State—Marriage and Divorce—Musical Instruments—Etiquette—The Chieftainship—Death and Burial—Old Age—Moral Qualities.

chapter Letter XXXVIII|4 pages

A Parting Gift—A Delicacy—Generosity—A Seaside Village—Pipichari’s Advice—A Drunken Revel—Ito’s Prophecies—The Kôchô’s Illness—Patent Medicines.

chapter Letter XXXIX|7 pages

A Welcome Gift—Recent Changes—Volcanic Phenomena—Interesting Tufa Cones—Semi-strangulation—A Fall into a Bear-trap—The Shiraôi Ainos —Horsebreaking and Cruelty

chapter Letter XXXIX.—Continued|3 pages

The Universal Language—The Yezo Corrals—A “Typhoon Rain “—Difficult Tracks—An Unenviable Ride—Drying Clothes—A Woman’s Remorse

chapter Letter XL|7 pages

“More than Peace”—Geographical Difficulties—Usu-taki—Swimming the Osharu—A Dream of Beauty—A Sunset Effect—A Nocturnal Alarm— The Coast Ainos

chapter Letter XL—Continued|6 pages

The Sea-shore—A “Hairy Aino”—A Horse Fight—The Horses of Yezo— “Bad Mountains” — A Slight Accident — Magnificent Scenery — A Bleached Halting-Place—A Musty Room—Aino “Good-breeding.”

chapter Letter XLI|8 pages

A Group of Fathers—The Lebungé Ainos—The Salisburia adiantifolia—A Family Group—The Missing Link—Oshamambé—Disorderly Horses— The River Yurapu—The Seaside—Aino Canoes—The Last Morning— Dodging Europeans

chapter Letter XLII|2 pages

Pleasant Last Impressions—The Japanese Junk—Ito Disappears—My Letter of Thanks

chapter Letter XLIII|3 pages

Pleasant Prospects—A Miserable Disappointment—Caught in a Typhoon—A Dense Fog—Alarmist Rumours—A Welcome at Tôkiyô—The Last of the Mutineers.

chapter Letter XLIV|4 pages

Fine Weather—Cremation in Japan—The Governor of Tôkiyô—An Awkward Question—An Insignificant Building—Economy in Funeral Expenses—Simplicity of the Cremation Process—The Last of Japan.

Unbeaten Tracks In Japan

ABSTRACT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter Letter I|7 pages

chapter Letter II|2 pages

chapter Letter III|5 pages

chapter Letter IV|6 pages

chapter Letter V|11 pages

chapter Letter VI|11 pages

chapter Letter VI—Continued|8 pages

chapter Letter VII|3 pages

chapter Letter VIII|8 pages

chapter Letter IX|4 pages

chapter Letter X|7 pages

chapter Letter X.—Continued|4 pages

chapter Letter X.—Completed|3 pages

chapter Letter XI|12 pages

chapter Letter XII|4 pages

chapter Letter XII.—Concluded|3 pages

chapter Letter XIII|7 pages

chapter Letter XIV|3 pages

chapter Letter XV|5 pages

chapter Letter XVI|6 pages

chapter Letter XVII|8 pages