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Mossman's New Japan, p. 442.

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C. Lanman, The Japanese in America, p. 14.

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The translation of the whole memorial is given in C. Lanman's Leading Men of Japan, p. 87.

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The Imperial decree of 1875.

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The translation given in C. Lanman, Leading Men of Japan. p. 47.

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See the Appendix of Griffis' The Mikado's Empire.