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Acknowledgments Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION SPREAD 1: Map withlocations and images of exteriors of the homes studied Chapter 2HOMES INSIDE OUT Gates, fences and walls 'We would rather have a niceEnglish garden' 'Everyone needs a garage' Between the window and thehallway Red buckets and neighbourhood cooperation Local communities oflimited liability Conclusion: The inside out SPREAD 2: Street gardens;green fences and terracotta walls SPREAD 3: Wifely duties and neighbourhoodsurveillance Chapter 3 FEELING AT HOME 'The pleasures of a happyhome' From tatami to chair-based living The postwar 'LDK home': 1. Thesofa and dining table 2. Double beds 'Bathing is my way to relax' Tatamimats 'A space to relax' Conclusion: Affectionate ties SPREAD 4: Thechoreography of domestic slippers Chapter 4 TATAMI TASTES Maledomestic taste and sophistication Full-time and part-time housewives Anational domestic taste? Eclectic alcoves 'New is better': traditionaland modern aesthetics Male minimal design The exception: a modernaesthetic scheme 'We have "a son in a box" ' Male domestic stereotypes:'Japanese fathers have no holidays' Do-it-Yourself Conclusion: Genderstereotypes SPREAD 5: Alcoves half full or half empty? Chapter 5STUFF AND STORAGE The ideology of tidiness Storehouse living:circulation and accumulation Storage strategies: 1. Expanding the home 2.'Living among one's furniture' Furniture walls Dowries and provisioningThe contemporary starter home Life cycle rupture points: 'if I had ahouse like a castle, I would take everything' Conclusion: Conduits andcontainers SPREAD 6: Women and their kimono SPREAD 7: Destroying andrebuilding the family home Chapter 6 TROUBLESOME THINGS Domesticdisarray? Souvenir Cabinets: objects frozen in time and space TroublesomeThings Commemorative gifts and unique relationships Ephemeral gifts andthe renewal of relationships Surplus, divestment and informal socialityConclusion: pressures and constraints of gift culture SPREAD 8: The DollsFestival SPREAD 9: Bazaars and flea markets Chapter 7 THE LOCUS OFSPIRITUAL IN THE DOMESTIC The house-building ceremony The domesticcycle of 'annual events' God shelves and auspiciousness The temporalityof luck Affective and material bonds with the ancestors A son's duty ofcare? Inter-generational tensions New family models Conclusion:Causality and self-determination SPREAD 10: Religion as actionChapter 8 CONCLUSION Notes Bibliography Index