The First European Description of Japan, 1585 (72 page)

scissors,
51
,
151

screens, folding.
See
byôbu

secrecy,
246

self-control,
270

Sen Rikyu,
17
.
See also
chanoyu

servants,
47
,
49
,
67
,
272

sex, non-marital,
72
.
See also
night crawling
;
sodomy

sewer systems,
100
.
See also
waste

Shakespeare,
107

Shikibu, Murasaki,
74

Shimoda,
244

Shimbara Rebellion,
27

ships and seafaring,
217
–
26
; anchors,
220
; bills of lading,
225
; bows and sterns,
219
–
20
; Chinese junk,
219
; fire aboard,
223
; flags,
219
; hiring,
224
; masts,
223
; and nobles,
223
; oars,
222
; officers,
225
; prows and bowsprits,
220
; ribs and decks,
218
–
19
; rowing,
221
–
2
; sails and rigging,
220
–
6
; sea-worthiness,
223
–
4
; ship variety,
217
–
18
; superstitious belief,
225
–
6
; turtle-boats,
221
; waterproofing,
219

shishimai
,
234

shoes.
See
footwear

shôgi
,
265

Shoken, Empress,
151

shouting,
154
,
162
.
See also
kiai

Shozaemon,
102

sickness.
See
health and medicine

silk,
13
,
40
.
See also
clothing

Skelton, John,
265

smiling,
264
,
267

snakes, perceptions of,
253

sneezing,
253
–
4

socializing,
263
–
4
,
272

sodomy,
94
,
99
.
See also
non-marital sex

soroban
,
260

spitting,
48

stage,
230
–
1

stoicism,
244

stole,
104

street design,
212

strolling,
46
–
7
.
See also
walking
;
pilgrimage

sugoroku
,
265

suicide (
hari-kari
),
87
,
109
,
158

surrogacy,
89

swaddling,
83
.
See also
children and child-rearing

swords,
44
–
9
,
87
,
147
–
50
,
258
–
9
; baldrics,
148
; handles,
147
; handling,
150
; history of,
150
; gloves,
148
;
obi
,
148
; scabbards,
149
; swordplay,
147
–
9
; testing,
45
; tubular (
shinai
),
149
.
See also
weapons and warfare
;
gender, masculine

tabi
,
109
.
See also
footwear

taiko
,
233

tailors,
77

Tale of Genji
,
74

Tamba, Akira,
235

tarento
,
92

teeth.
See
dentistry

Tenchi, Emperor,
118

tengakari
,
166

time reckoning,
117
–
18
,
190
.
See also
clocks

Tokugawa era,
229
,
236

Tea ceremony.
See
chanoyu

Tintoretto,
209

theater,
88
.
See also
Nô

theft,
248
,
252
.
See also
crime and punishment

Tokyo,
248

torches,
51

Torres, Cosme de,
101

towels, use of,
267

transportation,
124
.
See also
horses

treason,
159
–
60

umbrellas,
71

Valignano, Alessandro, S.J.,
3
,
11
–
27
,
177
,
209
,
213

Vasco, Grão,
114

venereal disease (syphilis),
181
–
2

versification,
229
.
See also
poetry

vibrato
,
235
–
6
.
See also
music

Vicente, Gil,
227

vihuela
(smallpox),
238
.
See also
health and medicine

Vilela, Gaspar de,
10
,
70
,
109

Vivero y Velasco, Rodrigo de,
115

Vogel, Ezra,
84

waka
,
192
.
See also
poetry

water,
100

Way of Tea.
See
chanoyu

weighing, instruments for,
255
–
6

weapons and warfare,
13
,
96
,
147
–
62
;
adaga
,
148
; archery,
148
,
153
–
4
; armor,
154
–
6
; bombards,
152
; cannon,
152
; daggers,
148
; dueling,
147
; guns,
161
;
halberds,
152
; helmets,
155
–
6
; knife,
149
,
150
; long bow,
148
; lances,
151
;
naginata
,
152
; military divisions,
157
; military ranks,
156
–
7
; military salaries,
157
; military service,
87
; military, and musical instruments,
156
; shields,
154
;
shinge-to-shumi
,
153
;
tsukuridachi
,
149
;
wakizashi
,
148
; warfare and crops,
158
; warfare and pack animals,
158
; warfare on horseback,
157
;
wari–kôgai
,
150
;
yari
,
151
.
See also
swords

waste,
205
–
6
.
See also
defecation

Watsuji, Tetsurō,
212
,
213

witch craze,
108

whittling,
151

women.
See
gender, feminine
;
clothing, women's

writing,
183
–
93
; between the lines,
188
; instruments,
185
–
6
,
191
–
3
.
See also
letters

Xavier, Francis, xxi,
97
,
99
,
104
,
117
,
184
,
248

Yi Sun, Admiral,
221

Zeami,
229
,
230
.
See also
Nô

Zebras,
170
.
See also
horses