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IN KASUGA PARK, NARA—AN OLD CRYPTOMERIA | Frontispiece |
DEDICATION | vii |
CHERRY-BLOSSOM BADGE, YOSHINO | 2 |
IN THE INLAND SEA | 4 |
HILLS NEAR KŌBE, FROM SUWA-YAMA | 5 |
EARLY PLUM BLOSSOMS, OKAMOTO, NEAR KŌBE | 7 |
THE TORII OF KASUGA TEMPLE, NARA | 11 |
OLD WISTARIA IN KASUGA PARK, NARA | 13 |
THE PAGODA OF KOBŪKUJI, NARA | 14 |
CHERRY-TREE AND LANTERNS, NI-GWATSU-DŌ, NARA | 15 |
THE WELL OF SANKATCHU, NARA | 17 |
CHERRY BLOSSOMS IN THE RAIN, NARA | 19 |
SARA-HIKI-SAKA, NEAR YOSHINO—LATER CHERRIES | 21 |
CHERRY AND LATE PLUM, TEMA-CHO, NEAR NARA | 23 |
A BUDDHIST TEMPLE AT YOSHINO—DOUBLE-FLOWERED CHERRY AND MAGNOLIA | 27 |
CROSSING THE FERRY AT MUDA, ON THE YOSHINO-GAWA | 30 |
MI KOMORI JINJA, A SHINTO TEMPLE NEAR YOSHINO | 31 |
THE STREET, HASE | 34 |
ANDROMEDA BUSHES IN KASUGA PARK, NARA | 35 |
WHITE WISTARIA, HASE-DERA | 37 |
A TALL WISTARIA, KASUGA PARK, NARA | 39 |
NOTES AT MUDA | 41 |
BADGE OF THE KIKU-SUI-YA | 42 |
IRIS JAPONICA | 44 |
CARRYING HOME TEA LEAVES, NEAR UJI | 46 |
A PLANTATION COVERED WITH MATTING NEAR UJI | 47 |
POND IN THE GARDEN OF RAKU-RAKU-TEI, HIKONE | 49 |
THE CASTLE AT HIKONE | 51 |
THE CASTLE AT NAGOYA, FIELD OF IRIS IN THE FOREGROUND | 52 |
AN OLD CASTLE MOAT, AKASHI, NEAR KŌBE | 53 |
FIELDS NEAR LAKE BIWA | 55 |
O KAZU SAN | 57 |
PREPARING THE RICE-FIELDS | 59 |
MY ROOMS AT TENNENJI | 60 |
BUDDHA AND HIS DISCIPLES, TENNENJI | 61 |
HIKONE AND LAKE BIWA, FROM THE HILLS BEHIND TENNENJI | 64 |
AZALEAS ON THE ROCKS, TENNENJI | 65 |
THE POEM | 67 |
WHITE AZALEA BUSH, RAKU-RAKU-TEI, HIKONE | 69 |
THE BAMBOO GROVE, TENNENJI | 71 |
SUNSET OVER LAKE BIWA, FROM TENNENJI | 75 |
PLANTING RICE | 77 |
A SPRING FLOWER—JIRO-BO | 78 |
PLATYCODON GRANDIFLORUM, “KIKYO” | 80 |
AURATUM LILIES AND BOCCONIA ON THE HILLS NEAR NIKKO | 82 |
A FIELD OF LILIES, OFUNA, NEAR KAMAKURA | 83 |
SEVEN BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS OF LATE SUMMER | 85 |
HYDRANGEA BUSH, TOTSUKA, NEAR YOKOHAMA | 87 |
UNDER THE CRYPTOMERIAS AT NIKKO | 89 |
A LITTLE TEMPLE AT NIKKO | 91 |
KIRIFURI, NEAR NIKKO | 93 |
THE MOOR NEAR YUMOTO | 94 |
A WET DAY AT CHŪZENJI | 95 |
THE FOOT OF NANTAI-ZAN | 97 |
THE MOAT OF BENTEN-SHIBA | 99 |
SPECTATORS | 104 |
THE LAST TEA LEAVES—COTTAGE NEAR YOKOHAMA | 105 |
LOTUS-PONDS AT KAMAKURA | 107 |
LOTUS-PATCH AMONG THE RICE-FIELDS, KAWASAKI, TŌKYŌ | 109 |
A TEA-HOUSE AT KAMAKURA | 110 |
YORITOMO’S WILLOWS AND HIS SHRINE | 111 |
JAPANESE WRESTLERS | 113 |
LESPEDEZA “HAGI” | 115 |
THE HEART-LEAVED LILY | 116 |
CAMPANULAS ON FUJI | 118 |
GOING UP IN THE MIST | 121 |
A CLOUDY EVENING, FROM THE SANDS OF TAGO-NO-URA | 123 |
FUJI FROM THE ABEKAWA, AND THE TOKAIDO BRIDGE | 124 |
ON THE NORTHERN SLOPE OF FUJI—GRASS-CUTTERS RETURNING | 126 |
THE SECOND SHELTER IN THE GOTAMBA PATH | 128 |
FUJI WITH ITS CAP ON | 130 |
FUJI FROM THE KAWAGUCHI LAKE | 131 |
FROM THE TOP OF FUJI, LOOKING NORTH | 133 |
THE GREAT PALM AT RYUGEJI, FUJI IN THE DISTANCE | 135 |
THE CRATER OF FUJI | 136 |
AN OLD RED PINE AT YOSHIDA | 139 |
NAKA-NO-CHAYA, ON THE NORTHERN SLOPE | 143 |
THE RED-PINE GROVE AT YOSHIDA | 145 |
FUJI OVER THE RICE-FIELDS OF SUZUKAWA | 146 |
THE FLOWERY MOORLAND | 147 |
TAIL-PIECE | 150 |
TRICYRTIS HIRTA, ATAMI | 152 |
TAGO-NO-URA | 155 |
COTTAGES AT NEMBA | 156 |
LAKE SUWA AND THE NAKASENDO MOUNTAINS, FROM KAMI-NO-SUWA | 159 |
TOURISTS AT A WATERFALL | 163 |
NIEGAWA, ON THE NAKASENDO | 165 |
A LITTLE SHINTO SHRINE, NEAR THE NAKASENDO | 166 |
A BOAT-MENDER BY THE TENRYUGAWA | 167 |
BANANA-TREES AT ATAMI | 171 |
THE FERRY AT TOKIMATA | 173 |
ON THE TENRYUGAWA | 174 |
THE VILLAGE STREET, ATAMI—VRIES ISLAND IN THE DISTANCE | 175 |
ON THE TENRYUGAWA, NEAR KAJIMA | 177 |
AUTUMN-GRASS (SUZUKI) | 179 |
A RUSTIC BRIDGE AT DOGASHIMA, NEAR MIYA-NO-SHITA | 183 |
AVENUES OF TORII IN FRONT OF AN INARI TEMPLE, NEAR SHIMIZU | 185 |
JIZŌ SAMA, NEAR HAKONE | 187 |
TAIL-PIECE | 190 |
THE AUTUMN LILY | 192 |
FIELDS NEAR HAMAMATSU | 194 |
THE EDGE OF THE TOKAIDO, NEAR HAMAMATSU | 195 |
THE ISLAND OF AWAJI, FROM MAIKO | 198 |
ON THE SHORE NEAR MAIKO, THE STRAIT OF AKASHI TO THE RIGHT | 199 |
LILIES BY THE SHORE, SUMA | 200 |
A GRAVEYARD AT SUMA | 201 |
HILLS BEHIND KŌBE | 202 |
A BAMBOO-YARD AT MAIBARA | 203 |
BLUE WATER-WEED | 204 |
THE TRAVELLING THEATRE AT MAIBARA | 205 |
LAUNCHING A BOAT | 208 |
LAKE BIWA WITH FLOODED RICE-FIELDS, NEAR MAIBARA | 209 |
ONE OF THE “YAMA” AT THE NAGAHAMA MATSURI | 213 |
SOME HATS AT THE NAGAHAMA MATSURI | 214 |
THE TEMPLE GARDEN, SEIGWANJI | 215 |
MINIATURE PAGODA IN THE TEMPLE GARDEN, SEIGWANJI | 217 |
A CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW AT YOKOHAMA | 219 |
THE ARSENAL GARDEN, KOISHIKAWA, TŌKYŌ | 223 |
TAIL-PIECE | 225 |
LYCHNIS GRANDIFLORA, MISAKA-TOGE | 226 |