Irregularity, the aesthetie value of, 8.
Ise, shrines of, 122.123-124; every Japanese expected to visit, 123-124; worship at shrines of, 138-139.
Ishijima, suicide of wife of, 290.
Isolation, causes for policy of, 329.
Ito, Marquis, policy of, 390.
Iyemochi, Shogun, 374.
Iyeyasu, Tokugawa, apotheosis of, 127; enactment of, concerning rudeness, 175; powers of daimyo restricted by, 242; Will Adams created a samurai by, 254; sketch of career of, 277-278; decree of, concerning suicide, 285; decree concerning code of vengeance, 293; persecution of Christians by, 307, 308, 320-321; interviews with Will Adams, 314-315; castle of Osaka stormed and burnt by, 322; Legacy of, 68, 319, 345-351, 360.
Izanagi, the legend concerning, 40, 112-117.
Izumo, farming forbidden to samurai in, 244-245.
Izumo temple, the, 122; worship at, 138, 139, 142-143.