La Pérouse, Strait of, claimed as Russian boundary
Law, in time of Ojin; criminal, protohistoric period; of Daiho; code of 1232 A.D.; Kemmu code; Hideyoshi's legislation; Laws of Military Houses; Laws for Court Nobles; of Iemitsu and Ietsuna; real code; in Tokugawa period; codified after Restoration; Department, in Meiji administration
Leech, first offspring of Izanagi and Izanami
Left Minister of, Sa-daijin, office created by Daika
Legs, length, as racial mark
Lése Majesté under Daiho code
Liao River, Russians forced into valley of
Liaotung peninsula, Chinese forces in, (1592), defeated by Japanese; fighting in 1894 in; Russian lease of
Liaoyang, battle of
Liberal party, Jiyu-to organized (1878) by Itagaki; unites with
Progressists and forms Constitutionist party