Japanese Names and How to Read Them A Manual for Art Collectors and Students

INTRODUCTION-Method of using the work. Arrangement of the Dictionary: Characters, Readings, Illustrative Examples, Orthography, Hyphe-nation, Pronunciation CHAPTER I.-How to count the strokes of a character. Variant Forms: Minor Script Variations CHAPTER 11.-The Kana. Analysis of Japanese Sounds; the Iroha-uta and Gojuon-dzu, Uses of the Kana.: Kalla Combinations, Tables of Katakana and Hiragana, Synoptical Tables of Katakana and Hiragana CHAPTER III.-The Nigori. Consonants and Vowel changes CHAPTER IV.-The Numerals: Cardinals, Ordinals: Numeral Suffixes. Numerals as used in Dates and Statements of Age, How to read Dates: Years, Nengo, Cycles, Months, Leap-years, Days, Seasons, Hours, Lists of the Emperors and Nengo, chronological, alphabetical, etc. Table of the Cycle Combinations, Japanese Weights and Measures CHAPTER V.-Personal Names and Titles: Clan and Family Names, Art and Semi-religious Names Zokumio: various Types and their Formation, Nanori: their Formation and Connotations, Women's Names and their Meanings Official Titles (Imperial Government) with Table or Officers CHAPTER Vl.-Typical Signatures, how to analyse~ and interpret them CHAPTER VlI.--Numerical Categories: Lists CHAPTER VIlI.-Words expressing Family Relationships CHAPTER IX.-List of the Radicals CHAPTER X.-Beginner's List of Common Characters used in Names, etc., with their usual Readings

Biography

H. Inada OF KIOTO, A. J. Koop OF THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, HONORARY EDITOR, JAPAN SOCIETY, LONDON