142 Shadow! ngs 



O-Kono .... "This." 



O-Nao " Still More." 



O-Nari "Thunder-peal." 



O-Mbo " Palanquin'/ ' ( ?). 



O-Rai "Thunder." 



O-Rui " Sort," kind, species. 



.... " Little Bell." 



" Branch-of-Little-Bells." 



O-Tada .... " The Only." 



Tamaki .... " Armlet," bracelet. 



O-Tamt .... "Folk," common people. 



O-Tosbi .... "Arrowhead," or barb. 



O-Tsui "Pair," match. 



O-Tsuna . . . . " Rope," bond. 



O-Yumi .... "Bow," weapon. 



Before passing on to the subject of aristocratic 

 names, I must mention an old rule for Japanese 

 names, a curious rule that might help to ac 

 count for sundry puzzles in the preceding lists. 

 This rule formerly applied to all personal names, 

 masculine or feminine. It cannot be fully ex 

 plained in the present paper ; for a satisfactory 



young ladies with elaborate coiffure ; and it is also given to the old- 

 fashioned dolls representing courtly personages in full ceremonial cos 

 tume. The true doll doll-baby is called ningyd. 



1 Perhaps this name is given because of the sweet sound of the 

 su%u, a tiny metal ball, with a little stone or other hard object inside, 

 to make the ringing. It is a pretty Japanese custom to put one of these 

 little su%u in the silk charm-bag (mamori-bukero) which is attached to a 

 child's girdle. The sv^u rings with every motion that the child makes, 

 somewhat like one of those tiny bells which we attach to the neck of 

 a pet kitten. 



