See also:

• KIOTO (Kyoto)

KIOTO (Kyoto)  , the former See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of See also:

• JAPAN

Japan, in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of Yamashiro, in 350 01' N., 135° 46' E . Pop . (1903), 379,404 . The Kamo-gawa, upon which it stands, is a See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere rivulet in See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary times, trickling through a wide See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed of pebbles; but the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city is traversed by several aqueducts, and was connected with See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake See also:

• BIWA

Biwa in 1890 by a See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal 6i m. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, which carries an abundance of See also:

• WATER

water for manufacturing purposes, brings the See also:

• GREAT

great lake and the city into navigable communication, and forms with the Kamogawa canal and the Kamo-gawa itself a through route to See also:

• OSAKA

Osaka, from which See also:

• KIOTO (Kyoto)

Kioto is 25 M. distant by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Founded in the See also:

• YEAR

year 793, Kioto remained the capital of the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire during nearly eleven centuries . The See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor Kwammu, when he selected this remarkably picturesque spot for the See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of his See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court, caused the city to be laid out with mathematical accuracy, after the See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model of the Tang See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty's capital in See also:

• CHINA

China . Its See also:

• AREA

area, 3 M. by 31, was intersected by 18 See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal thoroughfares, 9 See also:

• RUNNING

running due See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north and See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south, and 9 due See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east and See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west, the two systems being connected at intervals by See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor streets . At the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face stood the See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace, its enclosure covering three-quarters of a square mile, and from it to the centre of the south face ran an See also:

• AVENUE (the past participle feminine of Fr. avenir, to come to)

avenue 283 ft. wide and 32 M. long . Conflagrations and subsequent reconstructions modified the regularity of this See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan, but much of it still remains, and its See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story is perpetuated in the nomenclature of the streets . In its days of greatest prosperity Kioto contained only See also:

• HALF

half a million inhabitants, thus never even approximating to the See also:

• SIZE

size of the See also:

• TOKUGAWA

Tokugawa See also:

• METROPOLIS (Gr. piir17Pi mother, srGXis, city)

metropolis, Yedo, or the Hojo capital Kamakura . The emperor Kwammu called it Heian-jo, or the " city of See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace, " when he made it the seat of See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government; but the See also:

• PEOPLE

people knew it as Miyako, or Kyoto, terms both of which signify " capital," and in See also:

• MODERN

modern times it is often spoken of as Saikyo, or western capital, in opposition to See also:

• TOKYO (or TOKIO, formerly called Yedo)

Tokyo, or eastern capital . Having been so long the iniperial, intellectual, See also:

• POLITICAL

political and See also:

• ARTISTIC

artistic metropolis of the See also:

• REALM

realm, the city abounds with evidences of its unique career .

Magnificent temples and shrines, See also:

• GRAND

grand monuments of architectural and artistic skill, beautiful gardens, gorgeous festivals, and numerous ateliers where the traditions of See also:

• JAPANESE

Japanese See also:

• ART

art are obeyed with attractive results, offer to the See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign visitor a fund of See also:

• INTEREST

interest . Clear water ripples everywhere through the city, and to this water Kioto owes something of its importance, for nowhere else in Japan can fabrics be bleached so See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white or dyed in such brilliant See also:

• COLOURS, MILITARY

colours . The people, like their neighbours of Osaka, are full of manufacturing See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy . Not only do they preserve, amid all the progress of the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, their old-See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time See also:

• EMINENCE (Lat. eminentia)

eminence a, producers of the finest See also:

• PORCELAIN

porcelain, See also:

• FAIENCE

faience, See also:

• EMBROIDERY (M.E. embrouderie, from O. Fr. embroder, Mod. Fr. broder)

embroidery, brocades, See also:

• BRONZE

bronze, cloisonne See also:

• ENAMEL (formerly " amel," derived through the Fr. amail, emmll, esmail, from a Latin word smaltum, first found in a 9th-century life of Leo IV.)

enamel, fans, toys and See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal-See also:

• WORK

work of all kinds, but they havealso adapted themselves to the foreign See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market, and weave and dye quantities of See also:

• SILK

silk fabrics, for which a large and constantly growing demand is found in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe and See also:

• AMERICA

America . Nowhere else can be traced with equal clearness the See also:

• PART

part played in Japanese See also:

• CIVILIZATION

civilization by See also:

• BUDDHISM

Buddhism, with its magnificent See also:

• PARAPHERNALIA (Lat. paraphernalia, sc. bona, from Gr. aapaq5epva; impel, beside, and (*vii, dower)

paraphernalia and imposing ceremonial See also:

• SPECTACLES

spectacles; nowhere else, See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side by side with this luxurious See also:

• FACTOR (from Lat. facere, to make or do)

factor, can be witnessed in more striking juxtaposition the austere purity and severe simplicity of the Shinto cult; and nowhere else can be more intelligently observed the See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• FACULTY (through the French, from the Lat. facultas, ability to do anything, from facilis, easy, facere, to do; another form of the word in Lat. facilitas, facility, ease, keeps the original meaning)

faculty of the Japanese for utilizing, emphasizing and enhancing the beauties of nature . The citizens' dwellings and the shops, on the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, are insignificant and even sombre in See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance, their exterior conveying no See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of the See also:

• PRETTY

pretty See also:

• CHAMBERS (the Fr. chambre, from Lat. camera, a room)
• CHAMBERS, EPHRAIM (d. 1740)
• CHAMBERS, GEORGE (1803-1840)
• CHAMBERS, ROBERT (18oz-1871)
• CHAMBERS, SIR WILLIAM (1726-1796)

chambers within or of the tastefully laid-out grounds upon which they open . behind . Kioto is celebrated equally for its See also:

• CHERRY

cherry and See also:

• AZALEA

azalea blossoms in the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring, and for the colours of its autumn foliage .