[14] The child-name of Iyémitsŭ.
[15] The child-name of the brother of Iyémitsŭ.
[16] Saburo was the eldest son of Iyéyasŭ.
[17] Honthuynia cordata
[18] May be described as a form of the game of checkers.
[19] Masashige (first half of fourteenth century), the type of unswerving loyalty to the throne. It is interesting to note Iyéyasŭ's estimate of a hero who died defeated, and whose whole energy had been devoted to preventing the control of the Empire by the shoguns, of whom Iyéyasŭ is the most complete type.
[20] Takeda, son of Takeda Shingen, prince of Kai, committed suicide at Tenmokuzan. The story of his father's eccentric life is too long to be given here. He was at times an ally, at times an enemy of Iyéyasŭ.
[21] Nobunaga, Iyéyasŭ's former leader.
[22] Hideyoshi, his other general and partner.