[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.