- Abdication of Shogun, 82
- Academies of Bakufu, 96
- Accumulation of specie, 291
- Ama-no-terasu, goddess, 11
- Ancient sword on Takachiho-miné, 203
- Ancient shrine in Hiuga, 203
- Adams, William, vi, 67, 68
- “Advance, Japan,” xv
- Adzuma ironclad, 302
- Aidzu clan, 25, 29, 84, 86
- Alcock, Sir Rutherford, xv, 16, 80
- Arisugawa, Prince Taruhito, 3, 4, 49
- Arisugawa, Prince Takehito, 4, 144
- “Ashigaru” rank, 66
- Ashikaga Shogunate, 55, 57
- Anglo-Japanese relations, 68, 80
- Attachment to throne, 6
- Attempt on Sir H. Parkes’ life, 32
- Awa bay, battle of, 30, 89, 300
- Awa, Count Katsu of, 29
- Awaji island, 11, 30
- Bakufu (Shogunate), 76, 77
- Bank of Japan established, 289
- Barons’ revenues, 61
- Barrosa, H.M.S., 122, 123
- Battle of Awa bay, 30, 89
- — Fushimi, 31
- — Shimonoseki, 123
- — Shinagawa, 90
- Biddle, Commodore, vii
- Biwa lake, 74
- Bizen men run amok, 32
- Bombardment of Kagoshima, 78
- Buddha (Daibutsu) at Kamakura, 55
- Buddhism, viii
- Cabinet, first, 140;
- changes, 45, 46
- “Charter oath,” 46
- Choshi, port, 97
- Choshiu clan, 16, 17, 69, 76, 79, 173, 175
- — defeated, 17
- — victorious, 174
- Clement, E. W., xv
- Cocks, Captain, 68
- Codes, civil and criminal, 44
- Columbus, 9
- Commodore Perry, 12
- Constitution promulgated, 135
- Coronation oath, 21
- Council, first, 28
- — of Local Governors, 45
- — Privy, 140
- Coup d’état at Kioto (1868), 28, 83
- Crown Prince, 49
- Dai-jo-dai-jin, 27
- Dakiu (polo), 94
- Decree on accession, imperial, 50
- Degrees of nobility, 139
- Deliberative assembly promised, 21
- Deshima, 68
- Diet, the, 45, 135
- Douglas, Admiral, 314
- Douglas, Sir R. K., xv
- Drill, foreign, 17
- Dual control, 19
- Dyer, Professor Henry, 133
- Early visitors to Japan, vi
- East India Company, 68
- Eclipse of Boston, vi
- Embassy under Prince Iwakura, 128, 131
- Emperor, personal name, 1;
- portrait (frontispiece);
- address to army and navy, 51;
- menage, 51;
- decree on accession, 50;
- grants Constitution, 44;
- at Hiroshima, 48;
- diligence, 51;
- sympathy, 52;
- Commander-in-chief, 52;
- education, 20;
- equestrianism, 20;
- poetry, 21, 52;
- coronation, 33;
- coif, 34, 36;
- first public appearance, 35;
- costume, 36;
- opens railway, 36;
- marriage, 34;
- magnanimity, 22, 25, 43;
- message to Diet, 47;
- reviews fleet, 311
- Emperor Komei, 1, 4, 75, 80
- — Ninko, 4, 103, 114
- Emperor yacht, 30, 89
- Empress Haruko, 1;
- marriage, 34;
- travels to Yedo, 34;
- first sees foreigners, 35;
- supports Red Cross Society, 48
- Enomoto, Admiral Viscount, 87;
- portrait, 299;
- aboard Kaiyo Maru, 300;
- Hakodate, 301;
- fight at Hakodate, 303;
- head of Colonisation Department, 304;
- makes treaty with Russia, 304;
- in Cabinet, 304
- “Eta,” 66
- Etajima naval college, 312
- Etiquette at Shogun’s Court, 95
- Expenditures reduced, 47
- Expulsion of foreigners, 19, 65, 69, 77
- Fillmore, President, 12
- Fire at palace, 38
- Foreign drill, 17
- Formosa expedition, 39, 40
- French graves at Moji, 123, 172
- Fudai rank, 62
- Fujita Toko, 97, 99, 100
- Fujiyama steamer, 30
- Fuki-age gardens, 34
- Fushimi, battle, 3, 31, 62, 86, 87
- Fukusawa, Yukichi, portrait, 268;
- founds Jiji Shimpo, 268;
- at Teppodzu, 269;
- teaches Dutch, learns English, 269;
- sails for America, 270;
- for Britain, 270;
- influence, 271;
- establishes his famous college, 271
- Gates, nine, of Kioto, 25
- Geisha, origin of, 55
- Geishiu province, 26
- Gen-ro-in Assembly, 45
- Gessho, priest, 205
- Giyobukiyo, Prince Keiki as, 82
- Glover & Company, 120
- Golownin visits Japan, vi
- Go-ro-ju Assembly, 94
- Goto, Shojiro, Count, 28, 32, 195;
- consulted by Shogun, 195;
- carries prince’s letter to him, 196;
- adviser to new Government, 197;
- defends Sir Harry Parkes, 198;
- sword from Queen Victoria, 200;
- active in field, 200;
- Cabinet with Sanjo, 200;
- visits Europe with Itagaki, 201;
- portrait, 195
- Graves of French sailors, 123, 172
- Gregorian calendar adopted, 36
- Hachiman temple, 54
- Hagi, 16, 120
- Hakodate, 13, 26
- Hama-go-ten palace, 35, 37
- “Hans’” liabilities, 285
- Harris, Mr Townsend, 13
- Haruko, Empress, 1, 34, 35, 48
- Hatamoto and Hatamochi, 66
- Hayashi, Jussai, 102
- Hayashi, Viscount Tadasu, xiv, 81, 125, 131, 187, 272
- Hearn, Lafcadio, xv
- Heiki, Tatewaki, 32
- Hemi village, 68
- Hibiya parade ground, 38
- Hidetada, Shogun, 58, 64, 67
- Hideyoshi, Shogun, 15, 58, 64
- Higashi Fushimi-no-miya, 86
- Higashi Kuze, Baron, 91
- Hikoné, 74
- “Hi-nin,” 66
- Hiogo, 14
- Hirado, 65, 67, 68
- Hirosé, Commander, 311
- Hiroshima, 2
- Hitotsubashi, Shogun (see under S)
- Hiuga, old shrine in, 203
- Hizen, 25, 69
- Hokkaido, 15
- Hostility to strangers, 19, 71
- Hotoké-Iwa, 64
- Ibaraki Ken, 97
- Idzu promontory, 13
- Ii-dani in Totomi, 74
- Ii Kamon-no-Kami, 63, 70-74, 98, 189, 204
- Imai, S., xv
- Imperial decree, 24
- “Imperial message,” the, 51
- Imperial oath, 146
- Industrial progress, 43
- Inland Sea, 9
- Inouye, Count Kaoru, ix, 28, 70, 121;
- military service, 170;
- on Barrosa, 171;
- at Shimonoseki, 173;
- arranges loan, 175;
- finance, 176, 178;
- foreign minister, 179;
- treaty revision, 179, 180;
- lord-in-waiting, 181;
- influence, 183;
- portrait, 170
- Interpreters, vii
- Inuboye, Cape, 97
- Itagaki, Count Taisuke, 28;
- portrait, 279;
- commands division, 279;
- Sangi, 280;
- organises Jiyuto, 281;
- urges grant Constitution, 281;
- wounded, 282;
- in Europe, 282;
- joins Okuma, 282
- Ito, Marquis Hirobumi, 28, 32, 45, 119, 121, 125, 129, 144, 147, 148, 150, 151, 153;
- portrait, 119
- Iwakura, Prince, 21, 28, 35, 128, 131, 152-162;
- portrait, 152
- Iwami province, 9
- Iwasaki, Baron, 139
- Iyemochi, Shogun, 15, 16, 18, 53, 71, 79
- Iyesada, Shogun, 15, 53, 69, 71
- Iyeyasu, Shogun, 12, 16, 58, 63, 67, 95
- Iyeyoshi, Shogun, 70
- Izanagi and Izanami myth, 11
- Jamisen, 56
- Jardine Matheson & Company, 120
- Jimmu Tenno, 9, 10, 202-203
- Jiyuto party, ix, 69, 71
- Jo-I party, ix, 69, 71
- Junks sail far, 68
- Kagoshima, xi, 15, 31, 23, 42, 43, 78
- Kai-koku, 69
- Kaiyo Maru frigate, 30, 31, 89, 299
- Kamakura, 54
- Kanagawa, 108
- Kanin, 3, 48
- Kasumi-ga-ura, 97
- Kato Takaaki, Mr., 144
- Katsu, Awa-no-kami, Count, 29
- Katsura, General, 3, 144
- Kawaguchi, 87
- Kawamura, Admiral, 43
- Kazu, Princess, 75
- Keiki, Prince Tokugawa, 18, 23, 53, 81, 85
- Kiang-Su, 30
- Kido, Marquis Koin, 28, 99, 273-278
- Kioto, 10, 14, 31, 43
- Kiri-shima-yama, 203
- Kishiu, 59
- Kita Shirakawa, Prince, 7, 49
- Knighthood of Japan, 66
- Kobé, 14, 78, 125
- Komatsu of Satsuma, 28
- Komatsu, Prince, 49
- Komei, Emperor, 1, 4, 14, 16, 19, 75, 80
- “Ko-mon,” 62
- Konoye, Emperor, 54
- Kublai Khan invades Japan, 55
- Korea, 41
- Kowshing, 307
- Kubota Sentaro, 80
- Kuge, Court nobles, 21
- Kujo, Prince, 1
- Kumagé, in Choshiu, 119
- Kunozan, Mount, 63
- Kuper, Admiral, 23, 78
- Kuroda family, 59
- — Count, 141
- Lancashire Fusiliers, 81
- Liao-tung, convention, 142
- — evacuation, 143
- Lighthouses, 133
- Li Hung Chang, 142
- London police, 87
- Loo-Choo isles, 56
- Lotus steamer, 30
- Maizuru, 308
- Manchuria, 2
- Marco Polo, 3, 8
- Massacre at Sakai, 31, 32
- — of Christians, 65
- Matsudaira, 58, 59
- Matsukata, Count, xv, 284-297
- Matsushiro, 101
- Matsushita, 114
- Mexico, junks sail to, 68
- Mendez, Pinto, 9, 58
- Mikado, title explained, 2
- Mikawa, 58
- Minamoto, 54, 58
- Mint established, 285
- Mitford (Lord Redesdale), 16, 80
- Mito clan, Mito town, 53, 59, 60, 71, 81, 97
- Mori, Baron, xii, 16, 17, 75, 114, 122, 173, 275
- Mutsuhito, Emperor, xiii, 1, 18, 22, 24, 25, 33, 34, 92
- Nafa, 56
- Nagasaki, 13
- Nakai Kozo, 32
- Naosuke, Ii Kamon-no-kami, 70
- Nariaki, Prince of Mito, 71, 81, 98
- National Assembly decreed, 45
- Nijo Castle, Kioto, 28, 95
- Nikko shrines, 58, 63, 95
- Ninko, Emperor, 4, 103, 114
- Ninnaji-no-miya, 86, 92
- Oiso, 151
- Okubo, Viscount, 28, 75, 184-194
- Okuma, Count, xiv, 28, 246-254
- Oriental Banking Corporation, 175
- Osaka, 24
- Osaka Mainichi Shimbun, xv
- Otori Keisuke, Baron, 27, 33
- Owari, 59
- Oyama, Marquis, 255-267
- Parkes, Sir Harry, 16, 22, 31, 80, 87, 91
- Peace treaties, 142
- Personal name of Emperor, 1
- Phaeton cruiser, vi
- Pinto, Mendez, 9, 58
- Polo (dakiu), 20, 94
- Port Arthur, 143, 309-311
- Ports closed, 65
- Portuguese, arrival of, 57, 67
- Prince Higashi Fushimi, 48, 86
- — Komatsu, 49
- — Kita Shirakawa, 7, 49
- — Kujo, 1
- — Sanjo Sanetomi, 21, 28, 163-169
- — Shimadzu Saburo, 15, 22, 28
- — Yoshi-hito, 1, 49
- Princess Sadako, 1
- — Kazu, 75
- Privy Council, 141
- Public Works Department, 133
- Railway, first opened, 47
- Ranks of Samurai, 66
- Rebellion in Satsuma, 42
- Redesdale, Lord, 16, 80
- Reed, Sir E., xvi
- Regent (Tairo), 70
- Religions, 57
- Resanoff, vi
- Revenues of barons, 60, 61
- Rice, State trade in, 290
- Richardson killed, ix, x
- Roches, M., 31
- Rome, Church of, 58
- “Ro-nins,” 70
- Russia and Liao-tung, 143
- Sa-dai-jin, 28, 39
- Sadako, Crown Princess, 1
- Saga insurrection, 41
- Saigo, Marshal Takamori, 25, 28, 42, 66, 75, 86, 99, 202-217
- — Marquis, 39
- Sa-in, 44
- Saitama Ken, 316
- Sakai massacre, 31, 32
- Sakuma Shozan, v, 12, 101-115
- Sakurada gate, 70
- Samurai principles, 66
- Sanjo Sanetomi, Prince, 21, 35, 163-169
- Saris, Captain John, vi, 67
- Sato Issai, 102
- Satow, Sir Ernest, 16, 31, 80
- Satsuma, clansmen, 22, 39, 41, 69
- — rebellion, 42, 66, 78, 79
- — allied with Choshiu, 69
- Scotland sunk, 30
- Sei-yu-kai, 145, 283
- Sekku festivals, 73
- Senate, 44
- Shantung, 2
- Shibusawa, Baron, 315-324
- Shidzuoka, 24, 67, 92, 93
- Shikishima, 5
- Shimabara, 65
- Shimadzu Saburo, Prince, 15, 22, 28, 39, 75, 207
- Shimidzu, 64
- Shimoda, 13, 108
- Shimonoseki, x, 76, 123
- Shin-Cho-gumi, 90
- Shinnō, 3
- Shintoism, viii, 6, 7
- Shogun, Tokugawa Keiki, 12, 18, 22, 25, 28, 31, 54, 71, 75, 82, 85, 88, 90, 93, 94, 95
- Shogunate Embassy, 78
- — troops, 81
- Sho-in, 44
- Shrines, 8
- Siebold, Von, vi
- Silk culture, 316
- Suruga, 24, 92, 93
- Suyematsu, Baron, xv, 144
- Tairo (Regent), 70
- Takachiho peak, sword on, 202
- Takanawa Legation, 70
- Takasugi, 119
- Tayasu house, 93
- Telegraphs established, 38
- Temmacho prison, 118
- Tempo-san, 30, 87
- Tenno, 1, 5
- — Jimmu, 9
- Ten-shi, 1
- Throne, attachment to, 6
- Togo, Admiral Heihachi, 306-314
- Tokugawa, Prince Keiki, vi, 16, 18, 53, 60, 76, 77
- — Prince Iyesato, 24, 93
- Toné river, 97
- Tosa, 25, 69, 82, 110
- To-sama, 62
- Treaty, British, 14
- — Elgin, 14
- — first, 13
- Treaties disliked, 19
- Tsu deserters, 63, 87
- Tsuboi Shindo, 102
- Tsugaru straits, 25
- Tsukiji, 35
- Tsurumi murder, x, 77
- “Tycoon,” 24, 53, 92, 95, 103
- U-dai-jin, 28
- Uraga, 11, 70, 116
- Utsunomiya, 33
- Uyeno, 43, 92
- Victoria, Queen, decorates Goto and Nakai, 32
- Wakamatsu, 26
- Wakayama, 60
- Watanabe Kazan, 102
- “What will Japan do?” xv
- Willis, Dr., 31, 88
- Worcester, H.M.S., Togo in, 307
- Xavier, Francisco, 9
- Yamagata, Marshal Marquis, 18, 29, 76, 219-245
- Yamamoto, Admiral, 144
- Yamao Yozo, Viscount, 119
- Yamato, 9
- Yanagawa Seigan, 102
- Yashikis, 54, 59, 79
- Yedo, 14, 29, 69, 80, 94
- Yeddo steamer explodes, 37
- Yenomoto, Admiral. See Enomoto
- Yeso, 15, 27
- Yeto Shimpei, 41
- Yodo, Prince of Tosa, 83
- — river, 86
- Yokohama, 14
- Yoritomo, Shogun, 54
- Yoshida Torajiro, v, 12, 114, 117
- Yoshi-hito, Crown Prince, 1
- Yoshinobu Hitotsubashi. See Shogun
- “Zipangu,” 67
- Zozoji temple, 64