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 * Middle size. For prints about 13×9 inches.


 * Play-bill. Most of those used for the present plays were crudely illustrated.


 * Small shore-birds similar to sanderlings.


 * A feudal lord whose annual income from his fiefs amounted to at least 50,000 bushels of rice.


 * The older name for the present Tokyo.


 * A trained female entertainer.


 * A title of respect. Approximately, His or Her Excellency. As used for the plays treated here, applied only to women.


 * Drew. Used with the signature of an artist. The equivalent of “Pinxit.”


 * Wide pleated trousers or divided skirts used by men for formal wear.


 * A short coat-like garment.


 * Literally “fire-box.” A brazier or charcoal-burner.


 * Narrow picture. For prints about 13×6 inches.


 * Literally “first.” Technically the first part of a performance.


 * A narrative song originally used for the puppet stage and taken over by the kabuki for particular episodes.


 * The popular theater.


 * Literally “upper and lower.” A formal garment, the upper part of which has stiff wing-like shoulders.


 * A garment. Literally “thing worn.” In particular the long dress worn by both men and women.


 * A swastika.


 * A crest. A personal or family mark of identification.


 * A style of music sometimes used in the theater as an accompaniment.


 * Literally “second” or “secondly.” Technically the “second part” of a performance. See discussion under No. 1-a.


 * A formal, highly stylized dance-drama of religious or ethical import.


 * Large size. For prints about 15×10 inches.


 * A sash or girdle. Obi used by women usually were much wider than those used by men.


 * Rice wine.


 * A member of the military caste.