[1] The usual etymology of Torii is bird-perch; from Torĭ, a bird.
[2] Rain-doors, outer wooden screens, which close the house at night, and roll in a groove.
[3] The Samurai, the entire warrior class of the feudal days; therefore, also, the gentry.
[4] Prémare's "Notitia Linguæ Sinicæ," "4um exemplum. Sic inducit Tchouang-tsee umbram loquentem: Ego quidem existo, sed nescio qua ratione. Ego sum veluti cicadarum tunicæ et Serpentis spolia," etc. If what I have written is ever seen by H. B. M.'s consul at Tamsui, he will perceive my present indebtedness to his most admirable translations.
[5] Carved button used for suspending the tobacco-pouch to the belt.
[6] A nest of small boxes carried suspended from the belt.
[7] "Pariahs. Their occupations were to slaughter animals, tan leather, attend at executions, etc. The class, as such, is now abolished, but remnants of its peculiar dress may still occasionally be seen in the persons of young girls with broad hats who go about the streets playing and singing." (Satow).
[8] All of Yokohama given to foreign settlement was laid out by numbering, and retains it, apart from any other designation.
[9] The gentry, the old Samurai, however, still constitute the governing class to-day apparently, and the aristocratic spirit stands in the way of indiscriminate rise of the plebeians.
[10] Three hundred and eighty-nine feet long.
[11] Omi-no-hakkei.
[12] Sliding screens, which take the place of our windows.
[13] You may pronounce kang'go.
[14] The child-name of Iyémitsŭ.
[15] The child-name of the brother of Iyémitsŭ.
[16] Saburo was the eldest son of Iyéyasŭ.
[17] Honthuynia cordata
[18] May be described as a form of the game of checkers.
[19] Masashige (first half of fourteenth century), the type of unswerving loyalty to the throne. It is interesting to note Iyéyasŭ's estimate of a hero who died defeated, and whose whole energy had been devoted to preventing the control of the Empire by the shoguns, of whom Iyéyasŭ is the most complete type.
[20] Takeda, son of Takeda Shingen, prince of Kai, committed suicide at Tenmokuzan. The story of his father's eccentric life is too long to be given here. He was at times an ally, at times an enemy of Iyéyasŭ.
[21] Nobunaga, Iyéyasŭ's former leader.
[22] Hideyoshi, his other general and partner.
Transcriber's Notes:
Obvious typographical errors were repaired, as listed below. Other apparent inconsistencies or errors have been retained, such as archaic spellings, inconsistent hyphenation and application of accents.
Missing page numbers are attributed to blank or unnumbered pages in the original text or moved illustrations.
Page 13: corrected "Orienal" to "Oriental".
Page 133: retained original spelling of "scorcerers".
Page 204: replaced "not" for "no"; in typo: "tone which could no be matched".