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. uchikowashi, uchi-kowashi 打ちこわし / 打壊し riots about the rice price .

. uchiwa, Edo uchiwa 江戸団扇 handfan from Edo .
and Kyoo uchiwa 京団扇 Kyo Uchiwa, round fan from Kyoto

. Udagawachō 宇田川町 Udagawa district .
- - - - - and River Udagawa 宇田川

. Ueno 上野 Ueno district . - Taito

. ugachi うがち humour and Senryu .

. uguisubari うぐいす張 / 鴬張 / 鶯張り nightingale floor .

. Uguisudanichō 鶯谷町 Uguisudanicho, Uguisudani district . - Shibuya
- - - - - Uguisudani station 鶯谷駅 "Nightingale valley" station, Taito ward

. ukai 鵜飼 cormorant fishing .

. Ukita choo 宇喜田町 Ukita Cho district . - Edogawa
..... 宇田川喜兵衛 Utagawa Kihei

. ukiyo-e, ukiyoe　浮世絵　 "pictures of the floating world" Introduction .
- . Ukiyo-e and Hanga - reference .

. umakata 馬方 horse owner .
- - - - - mago 馬子 horse leader

. Umamichi cho 馬道町 Umamichi district, Asakusa .


. unagi うなぎ /　鰻 eel .
..... unagiya 鰻屋 eel vendor, eel restaurant

. uranai　占い fortune telling, divination in Edo .

urourobune, uro-uro-bune　うろうろ舟 small boat selling things to the bigger pleasure boats in summer on the Edo rivers


. urushi 漆　 laquer ware .
- - - - - Uzawa Shogetsu　 鵜沢松月, Shibata Zeshin 柴田是真
..... . Edo shikki 江戸漆器　Edo laquerware .

. Ushigafuchi, Ushigabuchi 牛ヶ淵 "riverpool of the bull" . - Chiyoda

. Ushigome 牛込 .
牛込城　remains of Ushigome Castle / Ushigome Katsushige 牛込勝重

. usu 臼 different types of usu mortars .
- usu no metate 臼の目立て repairing the mortar


. utsurobune, utsuro-bune 虚舟（うつろぶね）うつろ舟　"hollow ship" .
- an UFO of the Edo period ?!


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. wabi sabi 侘び　寂び . austere refinement .

. Wadakuramon 和田倉門 Wadakura Mon Gate　/ Wadakura Gomon 和田倉御門 . - Chiyoda

. Wakasa no Kuni 若狭国 Wakasa province .

. Wanobi, Wa no Bi 和の美 .
日本伝統文化の英語表現事典 Quick Guide to Traditional Japanese Arts and Handicrafts

wan uri　椀売り vendors of bowls - the most famous were from 紀伊国 Kii no Kuni, Wakayama

. Waradana Tei 藁店亭 / 和良店亭 Entertainment establishment in Ushigome .

. waribashi uri 割り箸 売り　selling disposable chopsticks .

. wasabi uri　山葵売り vendors of Japanese horseradish .

. wasai　和裁 Japanese dressmaking .

. wasan 和算 Japanese way to calculate .

. Waseda 早稲田 Waseda district . - Shinjuku
. . . . . 早稲田大学 Waseda Daigaku University

. - - washi 和紙 Japanese Paper - - 　 .
. . . . . Uchiumi Kiyoharu 内海清美 - Washi Paper Sculptor
. . . . . Echizen Washi 越前和紙 paper from Echizen
. . . . . Inshuu washi 因州和紙　paper Inshu /// Izumo Washi　出雲和紙 paper from Izumo


. wasoobon 和装本 Japanese book making .

. wata 綿 cotton - wata uchi yumi 綿打弓 bow to hit the cotton .
- - - wataya, wata uchi 綿屋　綿打ち "hitting cotton" (tbA)

watabooshi uri　綿帽子売り vendor of cotton caps (tbA)

. Watanabe Kazan 渡辺崋山 (1793 - 1841) .
. . . . . painter, scholar and statesman

. watashi, Edo no watashi 江戸の渡し river crossings in Edo .
- - - watashi mori　渡し守り guardian of a river crossing (tbA)
- watashibune わたし舟 / 渡し舟　/ 渉舟 ferry boat

. Waterways in Edo - canals, rives .

. wazao, Edo wazao 江戸和竿 fishing rods from Edo .


. West meets East - East "out-Wests the West" .
- - - - - a history of misunderstandings and mis-interpretations


. woodwork in Edo .
Edo Moku-Chokoku (Wood Sculptures) 江戸木彫刻
Edo Moku-Hanga (Woodblock Prints) 江戸木版画
Edo Sashimono (Wood Joinery) 江戸指物


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. yabitsu ヤビツ / 矢櫃 quiver for arrows .

. Yabo Tenmangu 谷保天満宮 . Yaho district 谷保 （やほ）/ （やぼ Yabo)

. Yabukooji, Yabukōji 藪小路 Yabukoji alley district, "bamboo thicket" . - Minato

. yabusame 流鏑馬 archery on horseback .


. yadofuda, shukusatsu 宿札 - visitor sign of a lodging .
sekifuda 関札

. Yagenbori 薬研堀 "Yagen Canal".

. Yagiri no watashi 矢切の渡し, the river crossing of Yagiri . - Katsushika
..... Yagiri negi 矢切葱 / 矢切ねぎ leek from Yagiri

. Yaguchi no watashi 矢ノ口渡 river crossing at Yaguchi village .
and the death of Nitta Yoshioki 新田義興 (? - 1358)
- Yaguchi 矢口 / 東矢口

yakata 館　estate with mansion

. yakatabune 屋形船 "palace boat", river cruise boat .
..... gozabune 御座船 boat with goza mat flooring


. yakimono 焼物, setomono 瀬戸物　pottery, crockery .

. yakitsugiya, yakitsugi-ya 焼継屋 repairing broken pottery .
yakitsugishi, yakitsugi-shi　焼継師

. yaku harai, yakuharai　厄払い / 厄はらい　exorcism, driving out bad luck .
- during the Setsubun rituals at the beginning of spring

. Yamabushicho 市谷山伏町 Yamabushi district, Ichigaya.

. Yamashita Ueno 上野山下 - Taito ward .

. Yamazumi Jinja 山住神社 Shrine in Hamamatsu .


. Yanagihara dote 柳原土手 / tsutsumi 柳原堤 Yanagihara embankment .

. Yanagishima 柳島 Yanagishima district . - Meguro

. Yanaka Shichifukujin 谷中七福神 Seven Gods of Good Luck - Pilgrimage Yanaka .

. yaneya 屋根屋 roof maker - craftsman .

. Yanesen 谷根千 - Yanaka, Nezu, Sendagi 谷中・根津・千駄木 .

. yaozen 八百善 Yaozen restaurant in Asakusa .

yari 槍 spear / sojutsu 槍術 art of the spear
yari bugyoo 槍奉行 - magistrate of spears
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. yasai uri 野菜売り vegetable vendor .


. yatai 屋台 food stalls, pushcart stalls .
for sushi, tenpura and soba noodles. "fast food in Edo"

. Yatsumibashi 八ツ見橋 Yatsumi bridge .

. Yayoi 弥生 Yayoi district / Bunkyo .
and - Yayoichō 弥生町 Yayoimachi, Yayoicho district / Nakano


. yobanashi だるま夜話 Story for a Spooky Night .

. Yochoomachi 余丁町 Yochomachi district . - Ushigome, Shinjuku

. yoigoshi no zeni 宵越しの銭 "don't keep money over night .
- spending habits of the Edokko

. Yokoami 横網 Yokoami district . - Sumida

. Yokoyamachoo 日本橋 横山町 Nihonbashi Yokoyama-chō district .
Bakuro-Yokoyama is a now district in Tokyo Shitamachi.


. yomiuri 読売 "reading and selling" the news .

. yoojiten, yooji ten 楊枝店 Yoji, toothpick shop . - Asakusa

yooji kezuri 楊枝削り making toothpicks
. naishoku 内職　home worker, side business .

. yookyuuba 楊弓場 arrow shooting stall .


. yoriki 与力 police inspectors .

. yoroi 鎧 suit of armour /gusoku 具足 - kogusoku 小具足.

. Yoroi no watashi Koami-chō 鎧の渡し小網町 Yoroi Ferry .

. yose engei 寄席演芸 vaudeville theater, variety theater .

. Yoshichoo 芳町 Yoshicho district, now Ningyocho . - Chuo

. Yoshimune, Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune　徳川吉宗将軍 . (1684 - 1751)


. Yoshiwara 吉原 the Pleasure Quarters of Edo .
花魁, Oiran, high-class courtesans
- - - - - . Yoshiwara no yozakura 吉原の夜桜 Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Night in Yoshiwara .

. Yotsuya 四谷 / 四ッ谷 "four valleys" . - Shinjuku


. Yotsumeya　四つ目屋 / 四ツ目屋 .
- - - - - hiyakuseiguya, hiyaku seigu ya 　秘薬性具屋　selling medicine and sex tools
- - - - - otona no omocha-ya 大人の玩具屋 toy store for grown-ups


. yubune 湯船 "bath boat" .
small boats with a bath for rent in Edo
- - - - - - yuya　湯屋　bath house, bathhouse
- - - . yuna 湯女 woman working in a bathhouse .


. yukata 江戸浴衣 Edo Yukata light summer robes　.
and - - Tokyo Honzome Yukata 東京本染ゆかた Indigo-Dyed Summer Kimono


. yukimi 雪見　the culture of Snow Viewing .

. Yumicho / Yumi machi 本郷弓町 Hongo Yumi district "Arrow district" .

. yumi ya　弓矢 bow and arrow - the art of Archery　弓道　Kyudo .

. Yushima 湯島 - Yushima Tenjin Shrine .

. yuukaku, yūkaku 遊廓、遊郭 Yukaku pleasure district, red-light district .

. Yuureizaka, Yūreizaka 幽霊坂 Yureizaka "Ghost slope" . - Mita

. Yuutenji, Yūtenji 祐天寺 Yutenji district . - Meguro

. yuuzen 東京手描友禅 handpainted Yuzen kimono from Edo .


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. za 座 trade guilds, industrial guilds, artisan guilds .
kabunakama, kabu nakama 株仲間 merchant guild, merchant coalition

. zabuton 座布団 sitting cushion .

. zaimoku 材木 wood for construction work, lumber, timber .
本材木町 Honzaimokucho, Honzaimoku-cho district

. zashiki 座敷 guest room, drawing room, sitting room .
..... kura zashiki 蔵座敷
..... okuzashiki　奥座敷
..... zashiki karakuri 座敷からくり mechanical dolls
..... zashiki warashi 座敷童子 / ざしきわらし　girl spooks


. zen 膳, o-zen　御膳　dinner tray .
hakozen 箱膳, honzen　本膳　


. zeni, kozeni 銭、小銭 coins and money .
- - - - - senryoo 千両 1000 ryoo of gold pieces 　
- - - - - shimonya 四文屋 "Four Mon Shop"


zenigoza uri 　銭蓙売り selling straw mats
. Doing Business in Edo　- 江戸の商売 .


. zenisashi uri 銭緡売り / sashi-uri 繦売り vendor of money strings .
- - - - - - zenisashi, zeni-sashi 銭さし / 銭差／銭緡 string to keep the small coins


zenzai uri 善哉売り selling zenzai


. “Zipangu,” the Land of Gold .


. zoo 象 elephant, der Elefant .

. zooge 江戸象牙 Edo Ivory Carvings . $


. zooriya　草履屋 vendors of straw sandals .


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