Fu-So Mimi Bukuro
C. Pfoundes, 1875
Hardbound Version

Pfoundes, C.:
Fu-So Mimi Bukuro. A Budget of Japanese Notes, Reprinted from the 'Japan Mail', Yokohama, Yokohama, Printed and Published at the "Japan Mail" Office, 1875, 12mo (5 3/8~5 1/2 x 7 1/2 in - 14 x 19.2 cm), brown cloth with leather spine and leather tipped corners, 184 pp. Reprints of 30+ articles previously published in the Japan Weekly Mail. Topics cover a wide range of subjects including superstitions, music, theatre, dress, swords and hara kiri. Found in hardbound and stiff wrap versions.

In the preface, Pfoundes characterizes this collection of articles as "...a portion of the fruits of the compiler's research and studying during a residence in this country already extending more than a decade." It appears from this comment that Pfoundes actually wrote these articles which were previously published in the Japan Weekly Mail.

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Articles are (those numbered below are listed in table of contents):

1. Superstitions (Fu So Mimi Bukuro)
2. Charms
   Witchcraft (not listed in table of contents)
3. Household Altars and Gods
4. Musical Instruments
   Odori (not listed in table of contents)
5. Native Literature
6. Poetry
7. Names
8. Street Signs
9. Dress
10. Beggars, Strollers and Vagabonds
11. Conveyances
12. Mons, or Crests
13. Children's Schools
14. Sports
15. Female Accomplishments
16. Manly Accomplishments
17. Theatres
18. Pastimes
19. Music Teachers
20. Cosmogony
21. Religion
22. Buddhism
    Nunneries and Convents (not listed in table of contents)
23. Buddhist Obsequies
24. Future State of Buddhist
25. Hakama and Kamishimo
26. Suicide
27. Swords
28. Celebrated Swords and Makers
29. Names of Japan
30. Mythological and Legendary