[ [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.