[32] Legend in Japanese Art, pp. 354–6. [↑]

[33] Ancestor of the Mikado. [↑]

[34] Goddess of the Sun. [↑]

[35] Legend in Japanese Art, pp. 350–1. [↑]

[36] The Maga-tama and the Kuda-tama. [↑]

[37] Jade, pp. 353–4. [↑]

[38] Ise is the name of a province, and the nearest town to the “Mecca” is Yamada. [↑]

[39] Shinto (1905), pp. 231–2. [↑]

[40] See Index under [Artemis]. [↑]

[41] The temple of the sun-goddess is called Naiku, and that of the food-goddess Geku. These temples are of wood, with thatched roofs. Every twenty years the buildings are renewed. [↑]