Transcriber's Notes:
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Page xiii: "Ogasawara" was "Ogaswara".
Page 6: "straits between" was "straits beween".
Page 9: "Kashiwabara" was "Kashiwa-brara".
Page 15: "Soga-no-Umako" was "Soga-no-Mako".
Pages 17, 133, 141: "Shintō[ism]" was "Shinto[ism]".
Caption of illustration facing page 28: "AMONG THE AUTOCHTHONS (AINOS)" was "AMONG THE AUTOCHTONS (AINOS)".
Page 39: "Sakyō" was "Sakyo".
Page 47: "a son of the Emperor Nimmyō", was "Nimmyo".
Page 59: "its authors and promotors" was "it authors and promotors".
Page 66: "million warriors" was "million warrors".
Page 67: "sei-i-tai-shōgun" was "seii-taishogun".
Page 74: "thereafter directed" was "therafter".
Page 79: "Heike Monogatari" was "Heike Monogaturi".
Page 85: "1333" was "1133".
Page 113: "original name" was "orginal name".
Page 126: footnote, "shōgun" was "shogun".
Page 127: "a mausoleum of unexampled magnificence" was "a mausoleum of of unexampled magnificence".
Page 148: "bodyguard" was "body-guard".
Page 149: "Tōkyō" was "Tōkyo".
Page 162: "unpardonable in the eyes of the samurai" was "sumurai".
Page 162: "increasing body of samurai" was "sumurai".
Page 190: "no sooner were its provisions" was "it".
Page 222: "future of the parliamentary politics" was "parlimentary".
Page 231: "celebration of Yale University", was "Universisity".
Page 256: "that there existed no definite" was "exised".
Page 261: "steamed out of Asan in order" was "is order".
Page 328b: "Tie-ling" was "Tieling".
Page 328b: "Chinese telegraph buildings" was "Chine telegraph buildings".
Page 332: "superseded by newer ones" was "onces".
Page 337: "Anshan-chan" was "Anshan chan".
Page 339: "Hawaii: concludes treaty" was "treay".
Page 340: "Jingō" was "Jingo".
Page 341: "Kannuna-gawamimi: see Suisei" was "Kannuna-gau-amimi".
Page 341, 345: "Kōkyoku" was "Kokyoku".
Page 343: "Mōri Yoshichika, lord of Chōshū" was "Mori Yosichika".
Page 343: "made abbot of Enryaku-ji" was "Emyaku-ji".
Page 343: "Nimmyō, emperor of Japan, marriage of" was "Nimmyo".
Page 344: "Ōtomo-no-Yakamochi" was "Otomo-no-Yakamochi".
Page 344: "Rikken Seiyū Kwai: see Constitutional" was "Rikkeū Seiyū Kwai: see Constitutional".
Page 345: "Sanjō Sanetomi: accompanies Mōri Yoshichika" was "Sanjo Sanetomi: accompanies Mori Yoshichika".
Page 347: "Wake-no-Kiyomaro" was "Wake-no-Kyomaro".