feast days, 139, 163, 195
February 26 Incident (1936), 401
ferries, 216
festivals, 141-44, 274; Yoshiwara, 175-78
films, see movies
fire(s), 26, 33, 40, 51, 77-80, 293-94, 318, 414-15, 533-35; of 1872 (Ginza), 72-73; of 1881 (Kanda), 66, 77-78; of 1911 (Yoshiwara), 77, 177-78; after 1923 earthquake, 25-27, 41; during Taishō, 256, 260
fire baskets, 78
fire department, 78, 256
firefighting methods, 78-80, 256, 317
fireflies, 137, 273
First Higher School, 170, 237
First National Bank, 158, 189, 192
First National Industrial Exposition (1877), 123
fishing, 99
fish market, central, 94-95
fish market scandal of 1928, 370
Five Mouths (post-stations), 178-81
Flesh Gate (Tamura) (novella and film), 453, 459, 460
flood control, 216-18, 257
floods, 72; of 1910, 97, 216, 217, of Taishō, 257
flowers, 134-39, 273
“flowers of Edo” (fires), 33, 78, 140, 256, 295, 317, 533
food, 111-12
footwear, 122-23, see also shoes
foreigners (foreign population), 114-18, 250-51, 576, 595; in Edo, 31, 40; in Ginza, 202; in Tsukiji, 53-58; violence against, 113, 117; see also American Occupation
foreign legations and embassies, 53, 228-29
Forty-Seven Loyal Retainers, 64, 222
“Fox, The” (Kafū), 145-46
Free Theater (Jiyu Gekijō), 265-66
Free School (Shishi), 569
freeways, Olympic, 497-99
Fūgetsudō (confectioner), 200
Fuji, Mount, 143; miniature, 128-29
Fujiwara Yoshie, 168
Fukagawa Ward, 55-56, 212-14, 218-20, 376, 420, 530-31
Fukuchi Genichirō, 176-77
fukutoshin (subcenters), 482-92, 516, 561
Fukuzawa Yukichi, 49, 52-53, 76, 201
Funabashi Seiichi, 465
funayado (boat lodge or boating inn), 68-69, 184
Futabayama, 399, 469, 470, 471
Futen Zoku, 513-14
gakusha-machi (professorial neighborhood), 239
Gambler’s Meadow, see Mitsubishi Meadow
gambling, 412
gangs, 429-30, 556
garbage, 526, 573-74
gaslights, 92-93, 154
gebabō, 548
gebaruto, 548
geese, wild, 137
Geijutsuza (Art Theater), 266
geisha, 104, 172-75, 292, 325, 395-96, 411, 543-44 and illus.; decline of, 511-12, 591-93; definition of, 337; earthquake of 1923 and, 297; postwar period and, 458, 460; residences of, 592-93; theaters of, 396-97; “town”, 181-82
geisha districts, 181-85, 325, 411, 543-44; see also specific districts
General Mobilization Law, 409-10
General Staff Headquarters, 228
German embassy, 228-29
Gilbert, W. S., 44-45
Gimbura (“fooling around in Ginza”), 75, 198, 205, 258, 330
Ginza district, 28, 30, 60, 69, 123, 187, 190, 193-94, 197-205, 224-25, 227, 294, 324, 325, 330, 425, 433, 452, 494, 501, 516-17, 558-59, 593; Asakusa compared to, 390-92; as city center, 293, 324, 325, 355, 558-59; Bricktown in, 74-77 and illus., 198-99; cafés in, 200, 336, 338 and illus, 339-41, 344 396, 461; canals of, 197; department stores, 560; during Taishō, 258-60; educational institutions in, 202; fire of 1872 in, 72-73; following 1923 earthquake, 295-96, 309-10; foreign settlement in, 202; gaslights in, 92-93; growth of suburbs and, 329; in 1870, 73; land prices in, 595-96, 598-99; main street of, 197, 259-60; nankin (nouveau riche) of, 199; newspapers in, 203; rebuilding of (after 1872 fire), 73-76; theaters in, 204, 394-96; willows of, 76, 259 and illus
Ginza Printemps, 560
godowns (warehouses), 41, 71, 78, 146, 190, 194, 218
god performances (Kagura), 163-64
god-seat festivals, 142
god-seats (mikoshi), 139, 141, 144
Golden Block, 485, 533, 553
Golf, 591
Goten Hill, 136
Gotō Shimpei (mayor of Tokyo), 48, 49, 90, 254, 269, 297, 311
government, 48-49, 368; Beard’s views on, 268-69; earthquake of 1923 and, 298; offices of, 371-72 and illus; postwar period, 441-45; prewar instability, 368-69; reorganization of (1943), 408-09; scandals and, 369-71, 496, 525-56; wards and, 442-45; westward movement of, 291-92; see also city council; mayors
government buildings, 228-29
governors, 368, 571-75
Graf Zeppelin, 346-47
Grant, Julia, 114-15, 151
Grant, Gen. Ulysses S., 114-17, 143, 151
grasses, 135-36, 138, 273
gravel scandal (1920), 49
Green Years, The (Mishima), 479
Great Meiji Flood (1910), 72, 216, 217
Greater Tokyo, 541
Griffis, W. E.. 44, 51, 73, 89, 95, 113, 117, 165, 205-06, 264
grotesqueries, 342-43
hair styles, 103-04, 271
Hachikō, 400-01 and illus.
Hamachō geisha quarter, 191, 308
Hamachō Park, 308
Hamamatsuchō, 500, 551
Hamamoto Hiroshi, 354
Hama Palace, 83, 197-98, 414, 434
Hanai O-ume, see O-ume
Haneda, 99
Hanasono Block, 485
Hanasono tent, 583
“happening”, 508-09
Hara Takeshi, 48
Harada Kinu, see O-kinu
Harajuku, 508-11, 509, 561, 583
Hasegawa Shigure, see Shigure
hatamoto (lesser military orders), 234
Hashimoto Gahō, 124
Hatonomachi (Pigeon Town), 457-58, 531 and illus.
Hatoyama Ichirō, 369
Hattori Kintarō, 199
Hayama, Peggy, 453
Hayashi Fumiko, 569
Hearn, Lafcadio, 33
Heian Period, 36
Hepburn, J. C, 106
Hibiya, 408
Hibiya Hall, 395, 407
Hibiya Park, 130-31, 222
High City (Yamanote), 27, 49-50, 52, 97, 97-98, 231-46, 291-93; earthquake of 1923 and, 25, 30; grand estates of, 236; north-south differences in, 235-36; pleasure quarters of, 30; streets of, 232-34; see also specific districts and wards
“high-collar,” defined, 104-05
Higuchi Ichiyo, 98-99, 140, 176
Hikagechō, 225
hikitejaya (teahouses), 173, 174
hilly places, 530
Hirasawa, 479-82
hirokōji (broad alleys), 163, 568
Hirotsu Kazuo, 322-23, 479
Hitler, Adolf, 381, 399
Hōgetsu, 266-67
hokōsha tengoku (pedestrian paradise), 581-82
holidays, 46; see also feast days; festivals; seasons and seasonal observances
homeless, the, 417-18, 431
Home Ministry, 254, 257, 371, 372, 375, 409
Hommokutei, 451
homogenization, 602
homosexuality, 553
Honganji Temple, 407 and illus.
Hongō Ward, 235-36, 296, 299
Honjo Ward, 212-14, 216-18, 217, 296, 376, 420
horse-drawn transportation, 60
hospitals, 116
Hosokawa Morihiro, 599
Hoterukan (hotel), 54-55, 58, 76, 81, 187, 252
“Hostess’s Song”, 343
hotels, 437-38, 506-07, 550; see al
so inns; motels; and specific establishments
house numbers, 105-06
housing, 328, 433-34, 439-40, 539-40, 596-98, 603
Hula-Hoop, 463
Ichikawa Ennosuke, 446
Ichikawa Kon, 506
Ichimuraza theater, 152, 159, 164, 265
Iemochi (shogun), 42
Ikebukuro Ward, 315, 324, 376, 377, 489-90, 491, 512-13, 533, 565, 569
Imperial Bank robbery (1948), 479-82, 481
Imperial Hotel: first, 83, 229, 230 and illus, 256, 268; second, 230, 268, 384, 507, 577-78 and illus.
Imperial Theater, 82, 121, 158, 159, 184, 230, 231, 261, 354, 410
Imperial University, 236-39
individualism, as new outlook, 244, 245
industrial zones, 212-15, 220; see also factories
industry, 328-29, 558
inflation, 547-48
information industry, 558
inns, 437-38
Inoue Kaoru, 108-09
insects, 137, 273
insularity, 576
insurance companies, 515, 557
intelligentsia, 194, 271, 272, 334, 393
internationalization, 469, 575, 576
International Theater (Kokusai Gekijō), 390, 524, 566
In the Realm of the Senses (film), 403
irises, 137
Iriya district, 137
Ishihara Shintarō, 494, 544
Ishikawajima Shipyards, 218
“It,” 323-24, 343
Itabashi district, 175, 180, 376, 444
Itō, Prince, 113, 158
ltō Hirobumi, 31, 108, 109
Iwaitabashi, 492
Iwasaki estate, 219, 239
Iwasaki family, 235, 239
Iwo Islands, 47
Izu Islands, 47, 99, 320
Jackson, Michael, 589
Japanese-American Security Treaty, 473, 520, 536
Japanese language, see language
Jiyū Gekijō (Free Theater), 265
judo, 171, 469, 504-505, 506
Jōtō Ward, 375, 376, 419, 420
jujitsu, 171
Kabuki, 37, 38, 39, 93, 97, 116-17, 151-60, 292, 346, 394-96, 566; censorship and, 447-48; crimes as material for, 165-67; dance and, 447; during Taishō, 260, 264-65; in Ginza, 204; in postwar period, 446-49; lighting for, 152, 155; Low City and, 486; modernization of, 469; movement for improvement of, 155-56; Tokyo vs. Osaka, 396; World War II and, 410-11
Kabuki actors, 57, 118, 150, 156, 271
Kabukichō district, 485-88, 553-58, 555, 560
Kabukiza, 157-59, 265, 395, 397, 406 and illus., 410, 417, 446, 448, 448
Kachitokibashi, 314, 382
Kafū (Nagai Kafū), 30, 34, 69, 75, 80, 114, 135, 161, 172, 184, 201, 211, 222, 233, 238, 242, 244, 251, 264, 275, 300-02, 323, 325, 394, 408, 415, 454, 520, 527-28, 531, 569, 570, 603; death of, 535; on Akihabara, 472; on Asakusa, 392; on cafés, 357; on changes after 1923 earthquake, 309-10; on death of Taishō emperor, 304-05; on Fukagawa, 61-62, 213, 218-19; on Honjo, 213; on Negishi, 210; on postwar pleasure quarters, 458; on riots of 1918, 256; on Western style architecture, 405; Tamanoi quarter and, 335-36; “The Fox,” 145-46; The River Sumida, 72, 136, 159, 174, 213, 215; “A Song in Fukagawa” (Fukagawa no Uta), 61; World War II and, 385-89, 410; see also specific works
Kaga estate, 53
Kaga Yashiki, see Maeda estate
kagemajaya (shady teahouses), 238
kagikko (key child), 539
Kagura (god performances), 164-65
Kagurazaka district, 182, 241, 325
Kairakuen restaurant, 112
Kameido district, 136, 336
Kamikaze cabdrivers, 493
kamishihai (paper show), 397
Kanagaki Robun, see Robun
Kanagawa Prefecture, 47
Kanda, 28, 95, 123, 194, 221, 232, 238, 241; Akihabara district of, 211; fire of 1881 in, 77-79; produce market of, 211; universities of, 212; used-book district of, 212
Kanda River, 137, 314
Kanda Shrine and festival, 141
Kanda wholesale produce market, 440
Kan-eiji temple, 45, 125
Kaneyasu, 33
Kannon Temple, Asakusa, 28, 38, 138, 205, 312, 352, 416, 435, 571
Kantō earthquake, see earthquake of 1923
Kanya (impresario), 151-59 passim, 265
karizashiki (“rooms for rent”), 174-75
Kashiwara Shrine, 383
Kasumigaseki Building, 551
Kata Kōji, 394 and illus., 456
Kataoka Nizaemon, 478
katsugiya (runners), 428
Katsushika Romance (Kafū), 385-87, 408
Kawabata Yasunari, 208, 378, 392, 397, 535, 570; on Akutagawa suicide, 321-23; Asakusa reviews and, 354-60; on earthquake of 1923, 297, 299-300, 312-13; Kabukichō and, 487-88; see also Scarlet Gang of Asakusa; and other works
kawanote complex, 603
Kawarazaki Gonjuro, 57
Keiki (Yoshinobu) (last shogun), 42, 125
Keiō Plaza Hotel, 553
Keiō University, 53, 76, 83, 112, 201, 204
Keisei Railway scandal (1928), 369
kengeki (swordplay), 365, 454
key child (kagikko), 539
Kichiemon, 265, 446, 448, 473
kidnapping, 586
Kikugorō (Kabuki actor), 57, 117, 154, 167, 265, 410, 448
Kim Dae-jung, 586
kimono, 107
Kinshichō, 393, 567, 568
Kinoshita Mokutarō, 58
Kinoshita O-tsuya, see O-tsuya
Kishida Ryūsei, see Ryūsei
kissaten (tea shops), 344, 461
Kitahara Hakushu, 58
Kita Ward, 579
Kiyochika (artist), 63, 65-67
Kiyosumi Park, 219
Kobayashi Hideo, 570
Kobayashi Kiyochika, see Kiyochika
Kobikichō, 202, 425, 528
Kodaira, 479, 519, 523
Kōdan, 450, 451
Koestler, Arthur, 495
Koishikawa Ward, 137, 241
Kōjimachi Ward, 148, 149, 227, 229, 231, 234, 235, 254
Kōjunsha and illus, 201
Kokugikan, 169, 347
Kokusai Gekujō, 390, 394, 566
kokutai meichō (clarification of the fundamental concept of national polity), 404
Koma Stadium, 487, 558, 593
Konoe, Prince, 384
Kōrakuen Stadium, 398, 464, 465, 466
Korea, 568, 587
Koreans, 27, 429
Korean War, 424, 430, 435, 436, 482, 493, 495, 496, 500, 547, 593
Koshiji Fubuki, 457
Kotobuki affair (1947), 479
Kōtō Ward, 573-74
Kotsukappara execution grounds, 35 and illus, 165
Kōyōkan restaurant, 224
Kubota Mantarō, 80, 84, 129, 172, 207, 216, 245, 456
Kudan Hill, 132
Kudan shōkonsha (shrine), 133
kumitoriya (carters of night soil), 502
Kuroda family, 203, 204
Kyōbashi, 28, 30, 69, 74, 91, 98, 186, 187, 197-205, 240, 310; see also Ginza district
Kyoto, 46, 48, 134, 233; and establishment of Tokyo as capital, 44, 46
Kyoto University, 601, 602
labor, 378, 476-78
landfills, 530, 542; see also canals
language: manga magazines and, 594-95; neologisms, 269-70, 271, 323, 403, 453
laver seaweed, 99, 134
law schools, 212
lef
tists (1930s), 378; see also communists; Socialist Party
legations and embassies, 53, 228
Lévi-Strauss, Claude, 603
libraries, 419
licensed quarters, 171-81, 335-36, 457-58, 530-31; see also geisha districts; pleasure centers; and individual quarters
lighting: for Kabuki theater, 152, 154-55; street, 92-94
Lion café, 201
Li Po, 172
Literary Society (Bungei Kyōkai), 266
literature, 393-94, 459, 568-70; traditional vs. modern 245; see also specific authors and works
Lloyd, Harold, 267
Local Autonomy Law, 526
Londontown, 90-91, 228, 332, 371, 405, 422, 436, 514-15
Loodensteijn, Jan Joosten, 333
Loti, Pierre, 74, 83, 107, 114, 252
lotuses, 137-38
Love Consummated in Heaven (film), 320
Love Letter (Niwa), 569
Low City (Shitamachi), 24, 28-30, 28, 97-98, 188-89, 232, 233, 244-45, 277; air raids and, 414-15, 420; areas comprising, 28; baseball and, 348-49; boundaries of, 205, 243-44; cultural developments in, 566; decline of, 292-93; earthquake of 1923 and, 24, 25, 28, 293; fires in, 78; in Kubota’s writings, 80; Kabuki and, 486; pleasure quarters of, 30; population of, 49; street life of, 570-71; suburban growth and, 327; see also specific wards and districts
lumberyards, 213 and illus., 219, 295
Lytton Report, 320
MacArthur, Gen. Douglas, 421, 445, 446, 474, 476, 496, 550
machiai, 174, 183, 402, 512
machiai politics, 512
machiaijaya (rendezvous teahouse), 181
Madonna, 589
Maeda estate, 126, 137, 236, 237
Magic Flute, The, 262
Mainichi (newspaper), 203
Makioka Sisters, The (Tanizaki), 134, 383, 396, 408, 410, 550
“mama”, use of term, 269-70
Manchuria, 302, 316, 320, 378, 382, 420, 482, 535
manga magazines, 594-95
“mannequin girl”, 323-24
“mansions”, 539-40, 597
Manzai comic monologues, 345
Maria Luz affair (1872), 174
Marine Insurance building, 34, 254, 550
Marunouchi Building, 34, 254, 423, 432, 435, 436, 515, 550
Marunouchi district, 89-91, 227, 254, 329, 514, 515, 577, 602; as city center, 292, 294; growth of, 435; Londontown, 332, 405, 422-23, 436, 514-15; in postwar period, 422-23; real estate and, 600
Masakado (tenth-century general), 141
masher (chikan). 597
Mason, W. B., 106, 162, 258
Matsui Sumako, see Sumako
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