[ [316] Compare the story of Gideon's fleece in Judges vi. 37. See also Nihongi, I. 237, and Ch. K. 194.

[ [317] 'Sociology,' i. 154.

[ [318] See Mr. P. Lowell's 'Occult Japan,' p. 36.

[ [319] Kannushi.

[ [320] Saniha (pure court) is explained as the official who examines the utterances prompted by the Deity.

[ [321] At the battle of Dannoüra, in 1184.

[ [322] In-musubi, a Chinese practice.

[ [323] A Buddhist religious implement.

[ [324] A Buddhist deity. The incense is also Buddhist.

[ [325] See above, [p. 332.]