55. Pron. yah-shwee moh-noh, the name by which the Roman Catholics were known.
57. Pron. Ty Coon. This is really a Chinese word and means Great Prince.
59. Pron. nar-rah foo-doh! which may be translated by; Is that so?--You don’t say so! and similar expressions.
64. Pron. sep′ poo-koo, suicide by disemboweling, commonly called hara-kiri. Pron. hah-rah′ kee-ree′.
66. Pron. Mee-toh. Of the three great Tokugawa families, Mito, Kii, and Owari, Mito, by a secret clause in Iyeyasu’s will was debarred from succeeding as Shogun.
67. Pron. Koong-ay, court nobles, descendants from former emperors, who held the same position at the court as did the councillors in the clan.
70. Saru-me (pron. sah roo may), an approbrious term used to express contempt and indignation.
73. A kuge was of much higher rank than a daimiyo, and even of the Shogun. They did not mention the daimiyo by their estate, but by their family name.
74. Pron. Mee-yah, families accounted as Princes of the Blood. Most of them were nurtured like the daimiyo, and wholly unable to think for themselves.
75. Pron. Nee-joh, one of the leading Kuge families.
76. Pron. kah-kay-moh-noh, hanging scroll.
77. Pron. Shee-mad-zoo, family name of the lord of Satsuma.
79. This document is quoted in F. O. Adams’ History of Japan.
81. Pron. Ee-chee-joe, Nee-joe, Hee-gash-ee Koo-zay.
82. Nijo refers to the repulse of the Tartars in A. D. 1281.
85. Pron. ty-foo, our typhoon; lit. great storm.
86. A member of the Imperial family, addressing one of inferior rank of the same, uses the given name. Iwakura’s given name was Tomomi.
87. There is a street of that name in Kyoto.
89. Pron. Cho-tay-kee, _i. e._, rebel against Tenshi Sama.
92. Pron. Oh-dah-wah-rah, a town at the foot of the Hakome range.
[A] It was the American fleet, under Commodore Perry, who was sent by President Millard Fillmore to make a treaty with Japan.
[B] In the month of September, 1854, a series of earthquakes began which lasted almost without interruption until the end of December. Twenty thousand houses and sixteen thousand fire-proof warehouses were destroyed in Yedo alone. Over 100,000 people were reported killed. Osaka and Hyozo were destroyed, and Kyoto suffered considerable damage.