[73] See “Scribner’s Monthly” for January, 1895.
[74] Chamberlain’s English version is found in Transactions Asiatic Society of Japan, vol. x., Supplement.
[75] Aston’s English version is found in Transactions Japan Society, London, Supplement.
[76] See Transactions Asiatic Society of Japan, vol. xvi. pp. 39-75.
[77] There are, indeed, many striking resemblances between “things Japanese” of various kinds and the corresponding “things Græco-Roman.” See “Japanesque Elements in ‘The Last Days of Pompeii’” in the “Arena” for October, 1896.
[78] See Appendix, where will also be found a list of the year-periods, or eras.
[79] His younger brother, Yoshitsune, was a popular hero.
[80] See “The Religions of Japan” (Griffis), chap. xi.
[81] Previously Portuguese, English, and others had enjoyed the privilege.
[82] For lists of eras and emperors, see Appendix.