CONTENTS. 



4. Textile Industry 378 



Hemp, Linen and Muslin, 378. Banana Fabrics, 378. Cotton 

 Industry, 378. Principal Works, Places and Chief Notable 

 Products of Silk Weaving, 379. Auxiliaries thereto, 383. 

 Habutai, Crape ; Kanoko, Brocade, 383. Use of Gold and 

 Silver Paper in Brocade, 386. Velvet Weaving. Embroidery, 

 388. 



5. Paper Industry 389 



General Properties of Japanese Paper, 390. Materials for its Manu- 

 facture, and how obtained, 393. Making and Employment of 

 the Principal Kinds of Japanese Bast-Paper, 399. Couched 

 Board : Ita-me-gami and Hari-nuki, 407. Paper hangings. 

 Chirimen-gami, or Crape Paper, 408. Leather Paper, or Kami- 

 kawa, 411. Shi-fu, or Paper Fabric, 412. Oil Paper, Water- 

 proof Cloaks, Screens, Lanterns and Fans, 4.14. ; Appendix: 

 Sumi-ire, the Japanese Writing Box and its contents : Brush, 

 Indian Ink, and Ink Dish, 416. * 



6. Wood, Ivory and Bone Carving. Tortoise-shell, Horn and 



Mother-of-Pearl Work. Polishing of Stones . . . 419 



7. Metal Industry 426 



Prefatory Remarks, 426. The Working up of Iron into Swords, 

 Armour, and Objects of Art, 430. Embossing of Cast Iron, 

 434. The Use of Copper, 436. The most Important Alloys of 

 Copper, 439. Japanese Bronze, 440. Patina, 441. The Use 

 of Bronze in the Household and the Buddhist Religion, 443. 

 Magic Mirrors, 447. Gold and Silver in Japanese Industrial 

 Art, 449. Bronze Analysis, 449. 



8. Ceramics 452 



Prefatory Remarks, 452. Classification of Clay-wares with 

 special regard to the Japanese, 453. Historical Survey. — 

 Beginnings and Accomplishments of the Industry of Japan 

 till the Introduction of the Potter's Wheel, 456. Progress, 457. 

 Influence of Cha-no-yu, 458. The Invention and Manufacture 

 of Porcelain in China, 460. Introduction of the Manufacture 

 into Japan, 461. Its Centres also of the Stone-ware Industry : 

 Arita, 469 ; Amakusa, 473^; Nayeshirogawa, Kagoshima, 474 ; 

 Kioto, 476; Seto, 478; Ota, 480; Hongo, 481; Kaga, 481, 

 Stone-ware : Banko-yaki and Imbe-yaki, 483. 



9. Enamel Industry 488 



The Nature and Varieties of Enamel, 488. Historical Glance at 

 the Development of the Industry in different Countries, 490. 

 Character of the Chinese and Japanese Cloisonne, 493. Method 

 of Cellular Lacquer-work Manufacture in Japan on Copper, 

 Porcelain, and Stone-ware, 493. Free Enamel, 497. Com- 

 position and Preparation of Japanese Vitreous Colours, 498. 



TRADE AND COMMERCE. 



1. Money, Measures and Weights 503 



{a) Money, Kane or Kinsu ; Paper Money, Kinsatsu ; Bank Notes, 

 Satsu or Gin-ko-satsu, 503. {b) Measures and Weights, 507. 



2. Other Currency s*^^ 



