JAPAN

{Transcription note: in this text, long Japanese vowels are indicated by the circumflex rather than the macron as in the original typography, due to the limitations of the standard HTML character set. The circumflex vowels in transliterated Sanskrit terms are verbatim from the original. Page numbers for blank pages in the original are not inserted in the transcription, this explains page numbering gaps. Also note that Hearn uses ellipsis (...) throughout this text as a stylistic device: this does not indicate missing material.--JBH}