
Hamada 71
Hamamatsu 71
hamaya (evil-destroying arrow)
195–196
hamon tempering 159–160
han (domains) 62, 120. See also
daimyo (domain lords)
gazeteer of place-names
81–83
hanaire (flower container) 305
Hana Sanjin 259, 260
Handa 71
hand scrolls (emakimono)
289–290
hanging scrolls (kakemono or
kakejiku or jiku) 290, 305
hanko (domain schools) 229
harae (purification rituals) 194
hara-kiri. See suicide, ritual (sep-
puku or hara-kiri)
haramaki armor 170, 171
hari (acupuncture) 235–236
harmony (wa) 231–232, 305
harquebus 164
Harris Treaty (United
States–Japan Treaty of Amity
and Commerce) 31, 129
Harumi (Shibukawa Shunkai)
43, 238
Harunobu (Suzuki Harunobu)
28, 296
Hasegawa Tohaku 28, 292
hatamoto (bannermen) 98, 100,
176
hatsumode 194
hatto (Dharma Hall or lecture
hall) 309
Hayano Hajin 24
Hayashi Razan 28, 229
Hayashi Shihei 28
Hayashizaki Jinsuke Shigenobu
161
headcoverings 352
head of household (koshu) 340,
342, 349
Heart Learning (Shingaku or
Sekimon Shingaku) (school of
philosophy) 226
heating 345
Heiankyo. See Kyoto
(Heiankyo)
Heian period
appearance in 147
architecture in 308
Classical Japanese writing
in 247–248
economy in 119
Hiraizumi and 71
kuge in 88
Kyoto and 75
marriage and sexuality in
148
warriors in 133
heiden (offering hall) 315
Heiji monogatari (Tale of the
Heiji Disturbance) 253
Heiji monogatari emaki (Tale of
Heiji scrolls) 290–291
Heike monogatari (Tale of the
Heike) 26, 253, 269, 270
heikyoku (Heike performance)
269
helmets (kabuto) 171–172, 180
hentai kambun (variant Chinese
writing) 248
herbs, medicinal (honzogaku)
22, 31, 235
hichiriki (reed instrument)
265–266
Hiei, Mt. 58, 193, 200
Hie Jinja (shrine) 193, 200, 313
hierarchy, social. See class sys-
tem, hierarchical
Hie-style (hiezukuri) shrines
313
Hie Taisha (shrine) 200
higaki kaisen (cargo ships) 336
Higashi Honganji (temple) 214
higashi mawari (eastern sea cir-
cuit) 335
High Court (Hikitsukeshu) 92,
93, 95
Higher Learning for Women
(Kaibara) 116–117
Hihon eitaigura (Saikaku) 257
Hikitsukeshu (High Court) 92,
93, 95
Hikone 71
Hikone domain 81–82
Hikuma 71
hikyaku (couriers) 328
Himeji 71
Himeji Castle
design of 316
Ho Gate 320
main tower 317, 318
wall and gate 319
warriors preparing for bat-
tle inside 150
weapon portals 321
hinin. See outcastes (eta and
hinin)
Hino Tomiko 23, 28
Hirado Island (Hiradoshima)
64
Hiraga Gennai 28, 258, 259,
295
hiragana syllabary 243
Hiraizumi 71
Hirata 71
Hirata Atsutane 28, 227
hirata bune (riverboats) 336
Hirosaki 71
Hiroshige. See Ando Hiroshige
Hiroshima 71
hishaku (water ladle) 306
Hishikawa Moronobu 29, 296
historical plays (jidaimono) 276,
280
History of Japan (Kaempfer) 33
Hita 71
Hitachi Ota 72
Hitoyoshi 72
Hiyoshi-style (hiyoshi-zukuri)
shrines 313
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