Matsuo Basho (1644-94), verse writer
Matsushita Yukitsuna, soldier under whom Hideyoshi served
Matsuura, in Hizen, Toi attack unsuccessfully; branch of Minamoto; support Southern Court; attitude toward Xavier
Mayor of the palace, kwampaku
Ma Yuan, painter
Mayuwa kills Anko
Measures, early; standard (senshi-mashu) of Go-Sanjo; in Hideyoshi's laws
Medicine
Medicine-hunting, early court amusement
Meiji, "Enlightened Government" year-period 1868-1912; posthumous name of Mutsuhito