Year-period (Nengo), adoption of Chinese 645 A.D.; under two dynasties
Yedo, fort built (1456); capital of Kwanto; Franciscan mission; Hidetada; Bakufu; castle; nobles must reside in; rebuilt after fire; art centre; vendetta forbidden; tree planting in; Kwanno Chokuyo's school; fires; degeneration, 18th century; vagabonds; prison; land offered to foreign traders; called Tokyo
Yellow Sea, Japanese victory over Chinese (1894)
Yemishi, early name of Ainu; Hirafu's expedition; description; Yamato-dake's expedition; captives called Saekibe; revolt in Kazusa; language, Siberian origin; migration; revolts
Yen, Pechili
Yengi-shiki, book of ceremonial law (927 A.D.)
Yen Hui, Chinese painter
Yenisei, Russian mining-transport, sunk by mine at Port Arthur
Yenomoto Takeaki, Viscount (1839-1909), admiral to the shogun, tries to set up republic in Yezo
Yezo, pit-dwellers' remains in; name related to Yoso; Yemishi in;
Russians and Japanese clash in; Yenomoto's republic in