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Chosokabe family in Shikoku punished by Hideyoshi
—Motochika (1539-99), masters Tosa and all Shikoku; in Komaki war; in invasion of Kyushu
Christianity, Nestorian in China; Azuchi castle; invasion of Korea; in Japan; Imperial edict against; aid given by Nobunaga; Hideyoshi's attitude towards; his edict of 1587; Ieyasu's treatment and his edicts; Christians side with Hideyori; Hideteda's edict (1616), (1624); teaching in Osaka after edicts; and Buddhist and Shinto census; laws against (1635, 1665); Ieyasu distinguishes between commerce and; Dutch not propagandists; opposition in 1853
"Chronicles," Early Japanese, Nihongi, general; character; superior to Records; accuracy of chronology; contradicts Records; Chinese colour in; conquest of Korea; stories from Korean history
Chronology; inaccuracy; invasion of Korea; reign of Nintoku
Chrysanthemum, Imperial badge
Chu Chi-yu, Chinese scholar
—Hi, Hayashi follows
Chuai, 14th Emperor (192-200)
Chugoku, central Japan, invaded by Hideyoshi
Chukyo, 85th Emperor (1221)
Chusan, Mimasaka, Kami of
Chushin, Zen priest, pupil of Soseki
Choson-ji, monastery, with graves of the Fujiwara of the North
Chutsz (Shu-shi), Confucian commentaries of; rejected by Yamaga Soko; officially adopted; expounded by Japanese scholars; contrasted with Wang Yang-ming
Chu Yuan see Sogen
Chozan, ruler of Ryukyu (1373)
Cicada-shaped hair ornaments
City administration; municipal rulers; administrators; elders
Civil affairs and Civil Government, departments
Clan representation under Meiji government
Clay Effigies, haniwa, from neolithic sites; substituted for human sacrifice at tomb
Clepsyora, Chinese
Clocks
Cloistered monarchs; and set Camera
"Cloud chariot," war tower
Clove, English ship
Cock-fighting
Cocks, Richard, English factor, warns Yedo Court against Spain; apparent cause of edict of 1616; successor of Saris
Code, ryo, of Daiho (701 A.D.) and Yoro (718 A.D.); of 1742; of 1790
Coelho, Gaspard (d. 1590), vice-provincial of Jesuits, ordered (1587) from Japan
Coinage, Wado era (708-715); Nara epoch; of Heian epoch; Chinese; Hideyoshi's time; plan to debase (1673-80); Genroku debased coin; exports of metal from Nagasaki; attempt to restore (1710); again debased; foreign trade
Colours of Court costume, grades; indicating social status
Combs, ancient
Commerce, early; after Daika; Nara epoch; Heian; Muromachi; under Hideyoshi; Portuguese; motive for permission to preach; Dutch; trade rules; commercial spirit in Yedo; in Tokugawa period; exclusion; coinage and European trade
Commercial class
Conception, miraculous
Concubinage; classes at court
Conder, J., on armour
Confiscation of lands as punishment, or as expiation of offence; escheat at Daika; punishment under Tokugawa
Confucianism, Shotoku on; modifying Buddhism; in Tokugawa period; favoured by Ko-Komyo, and Tsunayoshi; Confucianists eligible for civil posts; Yamaga Soko; combined with Shinto; Japanese schools of; hold on educated class; vendetta
Conscription, first (689 A.D.) in Japan; partial abolition of (780, 792)
Constable, High, and lord high constable, in Yoritomo's land reform; city constables
Constitution, of Shotoku (604 A.D.), text and comment; after Restoration (1889)
Constitutionist party
Consular courts
Cooking in ancient Japan; in Muromachi epoch
Cooper, master, of Manhattan
Copper in Japan; use for images of Buddha, exhausts currency; Chinese coins; in 15th century trade, debased Japanese coin; exports of Nagasaki
Coronation Oath of 1867
Cosmogony
Cost of living
Costume, prehistoric; in Inkyo's reign; Chinese and Buddhist influence; Nara epoch; Heian; Kamakura period; laws of Military Houses; Sadanobu's laws
Cotton first planted in Japan (799); cloth, tax; cloth as currency
Council, Administrative, of Man-dokoro
—of Twelve, at camera Court
Councillor, Sangi, establishment of office
Couplet Composing, ula awase; court amusement; at "winding-water fete" and other festivals; mania for; tournaments; in Heian epoch; Kamakura; Tokugawa
Court, costume, colours and kinds; ceremonial; for Imperial power see Crown
Court houses or families, kuge; come into power again at restoration; in Muromachi period; driven to provinces; Ieyasu's laws for; intermarriage with military; college for, established by Ninko; influenced by anti-foreign party; in Restoration; distinction between territorial and court nobles abolished (1871)
Court of justice, hyojo-sho; first, (1631)
Court, Northern and Southern; and see Dynasties
Crasset on Christian persecution of Buddhists
Creation, story of
Cremation, introduced
Crimes in ancient Japan; classified in Daiho code; see Penal Law
Crocodile myth
Crown, property of; shifts in power of; divine right; Ashikaga; in Sengoku period; Nobunaga; Ieyasu's Court Laws; Tokugawa; Chinese classics strengthen; Tsunayoshi; loyalty; American commercial treaty; rescript to shogun; turns against extremists; Restoration of 1867; growth of power; Cabinet dependent on
Crown Prince, in proto-historic period, above the law
Crucifixion, haritsuke
Currency in Ashikaga period; see Coinage
Customs tariff
Daian-ji temple
Dai-Dembo-In, monastery of Shingon sect in Kii
Daiei, year-period, 1521-8
Daigo, 60th Emperor (898-930)
Daigo, suburb of Kyoto
Daiho (Taiho), year-period, legislation of; revision
Daijo-uji of Hitachi, branch of Taira
Daika or Taikwa "Great Change," 645 A.D.; name of first nengo or year-period; reforms
Daikagu-ji family, afterwards Nan-cho, the Southern Court, descendants of Kameyama; passed over; treatment by Ashikaga
Daikwan, deputy or vice-deputy; tax assessor; judge
Daimyo, "great name," holder of large estate; holdings; Buddhism; 10,000 koku or more; powers
Dai Nihon-shi, "History of Great Japan,"; on military era
Dairies under Daiho laws
Dairo, 5 senior ministers; prime minister
Daiseiden College, or Shoheiko, founded by Tokugawa
Daitoku-ji, Zen temple in Kyoto
Dajo (Daijo) daijin, chancellor, prime minister, 671 A.D.; Privy Council Board; office abolished
Dajo Kwan, Privy Council
Dalny occupied by Japanese
Dance masks
Dancing at funerals; court; music, Korean influence; pantomimic, of monkey Sarume in myth; music and poetry; development in Heian epoch; white posture dance, shirabyoshi; mimetic dance, libretto for, develops into no; no and furyu
Dan-no-ura, defeat of Taira at
Date family of Yonezawa in 16th century wars
—Harumune
—Masamune (1566-1636); surrenders to Hideyoshi; favours Ieyasu; against Uesugi; loyal to Iemitsu
—Yasumune rebels (1413) in Mutsu
Dazai-fu, government station in Mimana (Kara, Korea) transferred to Kyushu
Debt, slavery for, cancellation of interest; legislation (tokusei) of 1297 in favour of military families, and under Ashikaga
Decoration, Interior
Defilement in Shinto code
Degradation in rank
Deluge myth
Demmacho, prison at
Demon's gate, N.E. entrance; guarded by Hieizan, and at Yedo by Toei-zan; belief in demons; dragon-headed devil
Dengaku mime
Dengyo Daishi, posthumous name of Saicho (q.v.)
Dening, W. Life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi; on Confucian philosophy
Departments, under Daika; under Daiho
Deputy
De Ryp, Dutch ship, cannonades Kara castle
"Descent" upon Kyushu
Descent, Law of in Daiho legislation
Deshima, island, Dutch factory on
Dewa, Yemishi in; Go-Sannen campaign; (U-shu) part of O-U; 16th century wars; silk growing
De Witte, Serge Julievitch, Count (b. 1849), Russian peace commissioner at Portsmouth
Diana, Russian ship, sent to survey Yezo; Russian protected cruiser at Port Arthur
Dickins, F. V., translation of Taketori Monogatari
Diet, Coronation oath promising; reform leaders differ about; development of; Constitution promulgated; bi-cameral system
Dirges at funerals
District, gun or kori (originally agata), Daika subdivision, smaller than province; classification under Daiho; chief of, guncho; governors, gunshi; district governors and title to uplands; in Meiji administration, cho, or son
Divination
Doctors, national
Doen, Buddhist priest, envoy to China
Dogo, Iyo, thermal spring
Dogs as pets; dog fights; Tsunayoshi's mania for
Doi support Southern Court in Nankai-do
Sanehira (d. 1220), Yoritomo's lieutenant; military governor
Michiharu (d. 1337), defender of Go-Daigo
Toshikatsu (1573-1644), enforces feudal laws
Doin Kinkata (1291-1360), minister of Go-Daigo
Kinsada (1340-99), scholar
Doji, Sanron Buddhist, abbot of Daian-ji
Dojima, in Osaka, rice-exchange
Dojo, exercise halls
Doki (Toki) family favour Takauji; beaten by Saito
Yorito (d. 1342), insults Kogon
Dokyo see Yuge Dokyo
Dolmen in Yamato sepulture; compared with Chinese and Korean; precious metals in
Dominicans, Ayala and other marytrs
Doryo (Tao Lung) Chinese priest, teacher of Fujiwara Tokimune
Dosho, Buddhist priest, introduces cremation
Double entendre
Drafts, game, prehistoric
Dragon, early superstition
Dragon-Fly Island, old name of Japan
Drama; yokyoku, mimetic dance; no; kyogen; time of Tsunayoshi; theatre in Yedo; illustrations
Drums
Dualism of Shinto
Dug-outs, maruki-bune
Duke, kimi; mahito
Dukes of the Presence, early official organization
Dutch, trade in Japan, beginning 1600, Spanish intrigues against; Dutch and English intrigues against Portuguese and Spaniards; aid in reduction of Christian revolt in Shimabara; trade at Nagasaki restricted; Western learning; refuse grant in Yedo; choose Hirado as headquarters; the Brack; at Deshima; literature; in 19th century; teachers of military science; give steamship; at Shimonoseki
Dwarf trees and miniature gardens
Dwelling-Houses, primitive; abandoned on death of owner; general character in Nara epoch; in Heian epoch; Kamakura; Muromachii
Dyeing
Dynasties, War of the (1337-92); table
Ears of enemy as spoil
Earthquake, 416 A.D.; 599 A.D. drives people to appeal to Earthquake Kami; in Kyoto (1185), and (1596); of 1662 charged to Emperor's lack of virtue; of 1703
Eastern Army, Hosokawa Onin War
Eastern Tsin dynasty (317-420) Chinese migration
East India Company
Eben, Buddhist priest
Ebisu, variant of Yemishi
Echigo, barrier settlement (645) against Yemishi; and Matsudaira
—Chuta, suicide
Echizen, paper money in
Education, in ancient Japan; in Nara epoch, in Heian; temple schools; military foundations; at Yedo; in Meiji epoch; see Academies
Egawa Tarozaemon advocates foreign intercourse
Eight Generals of Kwanto
Eigwa Monogatari, "Tales of Splendour," story of the Fujiwara, by Akazome Emon
Eiraku, or Yunglo, Chinese year-period, 1403-22, E. tsuho, Chinese coins
Eisai (1141-1215), priest
Eitai, bridge in Yedo
Ekei (d. 1600), priest, of Aki
Elder Statesmen
Elder, official over five households, under Daika
Elephant, fossil
Elixir, Hsa Fuh's quest
Emishi see Soga Emishi
Emperors, long reigns of early; see also Crown Court, Posthumous Names, Camera government
Empo, period, 1673-80
Empress, Koken first, to receive Crown except in trust
Empress Dowager, Kwo-taiko, title given only to Kwobetsu until Shomu's reign
Encyclopedia Britannica, quoted
Endo Morito see Mongaku
Engaku-ji, temple
Engen, period, 1336-9
Engi, period; revision of Rules and Regulations; overthrow of Sugawara Michizane
English intrigue against Spanish and Portuguese; refuse grant in Yedo; go to Hirado rather than Uraga; early trade; end of trade; fleet expected (1858); Namamugi incident and bombardment of Kagoshima; the Hyogo demonstration; employed in railway, telegraph and navy; treaty of 1894 abolishes consular jurisdiction after 1899; Anglo-Japanese alliance, (text)
Enkyo, period, 1069-74
En no Ubasoku (Shokaku; Gyoja, the anchorite), founder of Yamabushi priests
Enomoto see Yenomoto
Enryaku-ji, Tandai monastery on Hiei-zan; its armed men, yuma-hoshi; jealous of Onjo-ji monks; in Yorimasa conspiracy; in Kyoto conspiracy; quarrel with Takauji; feud with Hongwan-ji; destroyed by Nobunaga; rebuilt; named from year-period
Envoys, Three, in early myth
Enya Takasada (d. 1338), Ko Moronao abducts wife of
Enyu, 64th Emperor (970-84)
Eshi, Yamato no, painters, descendants of Shinki
Esoteric and Exoteric Buddhism
Etchu, province
"Eternal Land"
Ethnologists, Japanese, on origins
Etorop raided by Russians (1806)
Eto Shimpei (1835-74), minister, revolts
Euhemerist interpretation of myths
Exoteric Buddhism
Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
Eye, obliquity, fold, etc.
Eyebrows shaved
Ezo, Buddhist mission to
Face-painting
Families, uji, rank in prehistoric times; basis of empire before Daika; family qualification for highest Court offices before Heiji tumult; names sold in Yoshimune's time
Famine of 621 A.D., turns people against Buddhism; of 1180-1; of 1462; of 1673-80; of 1783-6; of 1836
Fans; (ill.); lotteries; verses on; trade
Farmers; taxes; representatives
Fenshuiling, Russians defeated at
Fernandez, Joao (d. 1566), Portuguese Jesuit, companion of Xavier
Festivals, ancient; Buddhist; flower; Heian epoch; Ashikaga; Hideyoshi; Sanno (ill.); dolls (ill.)
Feudal system, beginnings; Sujin; land-holding; proto-historic; land grants; Daiho laws; 11th century wars; territorial names; Constables and land-stewards; Joei code; war of dynasties; 15th century; Hideyoshi's land system; fiefs (1600); hereditary vassals; laws of 1635 and 1651; under Tokugawa; sankin kotai; taxes; intermarriage with court nobles; government; tozama oppose Yedo; in Restoration; abolition, of
Filial piety
Finance and administration, ancient; in protohistoric tunes; in Nara epoch; in Muromachi epoch; under early Tokugawa; policy of Arai Hakuseki; "accommodation" system of 1786; under Tokugawa; in early Meiji period
Finance or Treasury Department; in 19th century
Financial administrator
Firearms, first use; commissioners
Fish as food
Fishermen, revolt of
Fishing in early times; laws regulating nets in reign of Temmu; keeping cormorants forbidden; equipment
Five Regent Houses, see Go-Sekke
Flesh-eating forbidden; defilement
Flores, Luis, Flemish Dominican, burned (1622)
Flowers, at funerals; festivals; in Heian pastimes; arrangement of; pots
Flutes (ill.)
Fo, dogs of
Folding paletot
Food and drink, ancient; in Nara-epoch; in Kamakura period; Sadanobu's sumptuary laws
Football, prehistoric; in proto-historic period; in Heian epoch
Forced labour
Foreign Affairs, Department of; earliest foreign intercourse; Ashikaga; Muromachi epoch; foreign learning; Tokugawa; military science; Meiji era, 678; foreigners in making new Japan, 686-7; consular jurisdiction abolished; Anglo-Japanese alliance; and see Christianity, and names of countries
Forests of early Japan
Formosa, expedition against (1874); ceded by China (1895)
Fortification, development; feudal castles built only by permission of Tokugawa; coast defence
Fossil remains
Franchise, extension of
Franciscans, Spanish, enter Japan "-as ambassadors"; intrigue against Portuguese Jesuits; punished by Hideyoshi; favoured to offset Jesuit influence
Freemen and bondmen
French in Ryuku (1846); Harris plays off English and French to get his commercial treaty; at Shimonoseki; in work on criminal law and army training; in Manchuria note (1895)
Froez, Luis (d. 1597), Portuguese Jesuit
Fudoki, Local Records
Fuhi, Eight Trigrams of
Fuhito see Fujiwara Fuhito
Fuhkieri, Kublai at
Fuji river, battle on
Fuji, Mt., eruption of, (1707); (ill.)
Fujinami in Ise worship
Fujita Toko (1806-55), adviser of Nariaki
Fujitsuna see Aota Fujitsuna
Fujiwara, in Yamato, capital moved to, by Jito
Fujiwara, Shimbetsu family, influence after 670 A.D.; Imperial consorts; legislation; historiography; Asuka made Empress; oppose Makibi and Gembo; Buddhism; abdication; family tree; choose Emperors; academy of; increase of power; policy of abdication; depose Yozei; oppose Tachibana; plot against Michizane; interregnum; war of Taira and Minamoto; influence on Court; oppose Tamehira; family quarrels; literature; Minamoto, "claws" of; provincial branches; Mutsu; power wanes; Imperial consorts; anti-military; power weakened by Kiyomon; Yoritomo's followers get their estates; conspiracy of 1252; loyal to Throne (1331); Hideyoshi adopted by
—Fuhito, son of Kamatari, Daiho and Yoro codes; builds Buddhist temple; death
—Fujifusa, aids Go-Daigo (1326); retires
—Fusazaki (682-736), son of Fuhito, founds northern family
—Fuyutsugu (775-826); Konin revision of Rules and Regulations; minister founds academy
—Hidehira (1096-1187), son of Motohira; aids Yoshitsune; provincial governor (1182); death
—Hidesato (called Tawara Toda), sides with Taira; founder of provincial branches of Fujiwara
—Hirotsugu (715-741), governor, impeaches Gembo
—Ietaka (1158-1237), poet
—Joye, Buddhist student in China (653-65)
—Kamatari, muraji of Nakatomi, chief Shinto official, plots against Soga Iruka (645); Daika; in China; origin of uji name; Kasuga shrine; (ill.)
—Kaneiye (929-99), rivalry with Kanemichi; plot against Kwazan; regent for Ichijo
—Kanehira (1228-94), founds house of Takatsukasa
—Kanemichi (925-77), father of Enyu's Empress
—Kanezane (1147-1207), son of Tadamichi, minister of the Right; nairan and kwampaku; descendants called Kujo
—Kinsuye (958-1029), son of Morosuke
—Kinto (966-1041) poet, one of Shinagon
—Kiyohira (d. 1126), founds Mutsu branch
—Kiyotada opposes advice of Masashige
—Korechika (974-1010), son of Michitaka
—Korekata induces Nobuyori to join Heiji plot
—Korekimi
—Koretada (942-72), son of Morosuke, regent
—Kunimutsu, avenges his father Suketomo
—Maro (695-736), founder of Kyo-ke branch
—Masatada, governor
—Matate (716-67), second councillor under Koken
—Michiiye (1192-1252), ancestor of Nijo and Ichijo families
—Michikane (955-95), gets Kwazan to become monk; regent
—Michinaga (966-1027), regent, his daughter Empress; power
—Michinori (d. 1159), called Shinzei, Go-Shirakawa's adviser; killed
—Michitaka (953-95), regent
—Momokawa (722-79), privy councillor; favours succession of Shirakabe and Yamabe
—Morokata aids Go-Daigo (1331)
—Moronaga (1137-92), chancellor, banished by Taira Kiyomori
—Morosuke (908-60), minister of Right; sons
—Morotada, 257; accuses Takaaki of treason
—Morozane (1042-1101)
—Motofusa (1144-1230), regent; sides with Go-hirakawa, is banished; his daughter
—Motohira (d. 1157), son and successor of Kiyohira
—Motokata, father of Murakami's consort
—Motomichi (1160-1233), advanced by Taira Kiyomori; kwampaku; ancestor of Konoe
—Motomitsu, founder of Tosa academy of painters
—Mototsune (836-91); sessho under Yozei, first kwampaku (882) under Uda
—Motozane (1143-66), regent
—Muchimaro (680-736), founds the southern (Nanke) family; Buddhist temples
—Nagate (714-71), minister of the Left; favours accession of Konin
—Nagazane, father of one of Toba's consorts
—Nakamaro (710-64), grand councillor
—Nakanari (d. 810), in conspiracy of Kusu
—Narichika (1138-78), in Shishi-ga-tani plot
—Naritoki, father of Sanjo's Empress
—Nobuyori (1133-59), in Heiji tumult
—Norimichi (996-1075), quarrels with Go-Sanjo
—Noritane, compiler of Teiokeizu
—Otsuga (773-843)
—Sadaiye (1162-1241), or Teika, poet and anthologist
—Sadakuni, father-in-law of Daigo
—Sanetaka, minister
—Saneyori (900-70), father of Murakami's consort; regent
—Sari, scribe
—Seigwa, or Seikwa, (1561-1619), Confucianist
—Shinzei see Fujiwara Michinori
—Sukeyo, scholar
—Suketomo (d. 1325). Go-Daigo's minister, exile
—Sumitomo (d. 941) turns pirate
—Tadahira (880-949), regent; revision of Rules and Regulations
—Tadakiyo, commands against Yoritomo
—Tadamichi (1097-1164), regent for Konoe, in Hogen insurrection; saves his father; estates
—Tadazane (1078-1162), father of Toba's consort; in Hogen tumult; saved by his son
—Takaiye (979-1044), repels Toi invaders
—Tameiye (1197-1275)
—Tamemitsu
—Tamesuke
—Tameuji, artist
—Tanetsugu (737-85); Kwammu's minister, assassinated; father of consort of Heijo
—Tokihira (871-909), minister plots against Sugawara Michizane; death
—Tomiko, wife of Ashikaga Yoshimasa
—Toshimoto (d. 1330)
—Toshinari (1114-1204), poet, called Shunzei
—Toyonari (704-65), minister of Koken
—Tsugunawa (727-96); sent against Yemishi
—Tsunemune
—Tsunetaka
—Ujimune, Jokwan revision of Rules and Regulations
—Umakai (694-736), founder of the Shiki-ki branch; against Yemishi (724)
—Uwona (721-83), privy councillor of Koken
—Yasuhira, (d. 1189)
—Yorimichi (992-1074), son, of Michinaga, regent; in succession of Takahito; estates; father of Shirakawa's consort
—Yorinaga (1120-56) in Hogen tumult
—Yoritada (924-89), son of Saneyori, kwampaku
—Yoritsugu (1239-56), shogun (1244)
—Yoritsune (1218-56), head of Minamoto (1219) shogun (1226); resigns (1244); against Hojo and Adachi (1247)
—Yoshifusa (804-72), minister; marries Kiyo; regent for Seiwa, (866); makes Taka Seiwa'a Empress
—Yoshinobu, in Takahito's succession
—Yoshitsugu (716-77), privy councillor under Koken; favours Konin
Fujiwara, wistaria, origin of uji name
Fuki-ayezu, Jimmu's father
Fukuchi-yama, castle
Fukuhara, now Kobe, villa of Taira Kiyomori in; capital (1180)
Fukuri, Chinese saddler
Fukushima Masanori (1561-1624), plot against Ishida
Funabashi Hidekata (1555-1614), scholar
Funada Yoshimasa, officer of Nitta Yoshisada
Funai, in Bungo, Jesuit church and hospital
Funanoe, mount in Hoki
Furniture, house
Furs
Furubito, Prince, son of Jomei, candidate to succeed Kogyoku; death
Furyu, dance
Fusa-Kum-Kazusa
Fusan, Korea, Japanese restricted to, (1572); captured (1592); landing-place for Japanese attack (1904); Kamimura wins battle near
Fushimi, 92d Emperor (1287-98)
Fushimi, princely house
Fushimi, Hideyoshi's Momo-Yaina palace
Futodama and Imibe
Gaku-in, academies
Gambling
Gamo Katahide (1534-84) favours Nobukatsu
—Ujisato (1557-96), vassal of Hideyoshi
Garden bridge (ill.)
gate (ill.)
Gate guards, in capital; in kebiishi; origin
Gates, (ill.)
Gazan, priest
Gei-ami, artist
Geisha
Gembo, Buddhist of Hosso sect; opposes Fujiwara
Gemmyo, 43d Empress (708-15); historiography; monument
Gems
Genbun, year-period, 1736-40, coins of
Gen-e (1269-1352), priest, author
Genealogical bureau
Genji Monogatari "narrative of Minamoto," work of Murasaki Shikibu
Genji or Gen, Chinese pronunciation of Minamoto; divisions of family; epoch of Gen and Hei
Genku see Honen
Genna, period
Genpei (Gempei) Minamoto and Taira; epoch; Genpei Seisuiki, Records of Minamoto and Taira
Genre pictures, Ukiyoe, 600
Genroku, year period, 1688-1703
Gensho, (44th) Empress (715-23); inaugurates lectures (721) on Nihon Shoki
Genso, priest, interpreter to Korean embassy
Gentile names
Geology and fossil remains
Germans employed by Government
Germany joins France and Russia in note on Manchuria (1895); seizes part of Shantung
Gido, scholar, adviser of Yoshimitsu
Gien see Ashikaga Yoshinori
Gifu, Nobunaga's headquarters in Mino
Gijin see Ashikaga Yoshimi
Gion, temple in Kyoto
Glazed pottery
Glynn, J., Commander, U.S.N., in Nagasaki (1847)
Go, game
Go, prefix, "second," with Emperor's name
Goa, Jesuits at
Go-Daigo, 96th Emperor (1318-39); against Hojo; dethroned; escapes from Oki; re-enters Kyoto; his rescripts; after restoration; tricked by Ashikaga Takauji; death; scholarship
Go-Enyu, Northern Emperor (1371-82)
Go-Fukakusa, 89th Emperor (1246-59)
Go-Fushimi, 93d Emperor (1298-1301), son of Fushimi; opposes Go-Daigo
Go-Hanazono, 102nd Emperor (1428-65)
Gohei, paper strips
Go-Horikawa, 86th Emperor (1221-32)
Go-Ichijo, 68th Emperor (1017-36)
Goji-in, temple in Yedo
Go-Kameyama, 99th Emperor (1372-92); abdicates
Go-Kashiwabara, 104th Emperor, (1500-26)
Go-Kogon, Northern Emperor (1352-71)
Go-Komatsu, 100th Emperor (1392-1412), in Northern dynasty (1382-92)
Go-Komyo, 110th Emperor (1643-54)
Gokuki-ji or To-ji, Shingon temple in Kyoto; temple in Yedo
Gokyogoku Yoshitsune, work on landscape gardening
Gold in Japan; discovery in Mutsu, and used in great image of Buddha; exported; coins
Gold lacquer
Golden Pavilion (1397)
Golden Tatars in China
Go-Mizu-no-o, 108th Emperor (1611-29)
Go-Momozono, 118th Emperor (1770-80)
Go-Murakami, 97th Emperor (1339-68); escapes to Kanao; asked to return after Suko's removal; death
Go-Nara, 105th Emperor (1526-57)
Gongen see Tokugawa Ieyasu
Go-Nijo, 94th Emperor (1301-7), son of Go-Uda
Go-Reizei, 70th Emperor (1046-68)
Goro see Tokimune
Go-Saga, 88th Emperor (1243-46)
Go-Saien, 111th Emperor (1654-63)
Go-Sakuramachi, (117th) Empress (1762-70)
Go-Sanjo, 71st Emperor (1069-72), Prince Takahito
Go-Sannen, "After Three-Years War" (1089-91)
Goseibai-shikimoku, criminal laws of Yasutoki
Go-Sekke, "Five Regent Houses"
Gosen-shu, anthology
Go-Shirakawa, 77th Emperor (1156-8); camera government (1158-92); life threatened; confined in palace; sent to Rokuhara; under Yoshinaka's protection; opposes Yoshinaka; calls Yoritomo to Kyoto; sends Yoshitsune to front; relations with Yoritomo; death
Go-Shu jaku, 69th Emperor (1037-45), Prince Atsunaga
Go-Toba, 82nd Emperor (1184-98), refuses to appoint Imperial prince shogun; called "original recluse"; quarrels with Yoshitoki; exiled; Japanese verse
Goto Matabei, defies Ieyasu; defends Osaka castle
—Yujo (1435-1512), metal-worker
Go-Tsuchimikado, 103d Emperor (1465-1500)
Go-Uda, 91st Emperor (1274-87), son of Kameyama
Government, primitive administration; connexion with worship; early finance; reign of Suinin; two-fold classification; uji; feudal and prefectural; under Daika; under Daiho; of Ashikaga; Hideyoshi's scheme; early Tokugawa; Tokugawa Bakufu; centralized after Restoration; local, in Meiji era
Governor-general of 10 provinces, kwanryo; of 4, kubo
Go Yoshihiro, swordsmith
Go-Yozei, 107th Emperor (1586-1611)
Gozu Tenno, "Emperor Ox-head," name of Susanoo
Granaries, Imperial, miyake; in Korea; in reign of Ankan; of Senkwa
Grant, U. S., suggests compromise over Ryukyu
"Great Name Possessor" myth
Great-Producing Kami
Gromovoi, Russian cruiser at Vladivostok
Guards, criticized by Miyoshi Kiyotsura; duties transferred to kebiishi
Guilds, be, 71-2, 94; heads of kumi-gashira, in village rule
Gunkan Kyojujo, naval college at Tsukiji
Gwangyo-ji, temple where Kwazan took tonsure
Gyogi, Korean Buddhist priest, propaganda and reconciliation of Buddhism and Shinto
Gyokushitsu, priest, Emperor gives purple robes to
Hachijoshima, island
Hachiman, War God, at Usa, oracle of; tutelary of Minamoto; shrine of, in Kamakura on Tsurugaoka hill; revenue of temple; patron of pirates; shrine of Iwashimizu; shrine at Atsuta
Hachiman Taro see Minamoto Yoshiiye
Hachioka, temple of
Hachisuka Iemasa (1558-1638)
Hades, myth of
Hae, mother of emperors Kenso and Ninken
Hagiwara Shigehide, chief of Treasury, debases coinage; his report; impeached
Haicheng in fighting of 1894
Hair, racial mark
Hair-dressing and hair-cutting, ancient; dividing the hair (mizura) goes out when official caps come in; tied up in time of Temmu; girl's hair bound up by lover; in Heian epoch; in Kamakura period; in Sadanobu's laws
Hair pins, as insignia; cicada-shaped, marks of grade after Daika
Hai-ryong, Korea
Hakamadare Yasusake, bandit
Hakata, in Chikuzen, defended against Toi; port in Heian epoch; Mongol envoys executed at; China trade; American vessels allowed in port
Hakodate, Americans in
Hakone, tolls, at barrier; guarded by Okubo
Hakozaki Gulf, Chikuzen, Mongol landing at; bay fortified (1280); base of second Mongol invasion
Haku-chi, "White Pheasant," second nengo or year-period (650-4 A.D.)
Hakuseki see Arai Hakuseki
Hall, Consul-General J. C., translation of Joei code; Kemmu code; Laws of Military Houses
Han, Chinese dynasty, later (25-220 A.D.); disorder after fall of
Han, Land of, see Korea
Hanawa Naotsugu in defence of Osaka castle
Hanazono, 95th Emperor (1307-18)
Hand Bay near Kinchou; Russian gunboats in
Hanishi, potters
Haniwa, clay effigies, buried instead of human sacrifices
Haniyasu, half-brother of Sujin, rebels against him
Hansho, 18th Emperor (406-11); loyal brother of Richu
Hara, castle in Shimabara, occupied by Christians, captured
Haranobu see Takeda Shingen
Harbin, Russian railway
Hare in myth
Harem
Harima, province, fortifications in, (1280); transferred from Akamatsu to Yamana (1441)
Harris, Townsend (1803-78), U.S. consul-general, concludes commercial treaty (1857)
Harumoto see Hosokawa Harumoto
Harunari see Hitotsubashi Harunari
Harvest Festival
Hasegawa receive fief of Arima
—Heizo in charge of Ishikawa house of correction
Hashiba see Toyotomi Hideyoshi
—Hidekatsu (1567-93), son of Nobunaga, adopted by Hideyoshi
—Hidenaga (1540-91), brother of Hideyoshi
—Hideyasu, Ogimaru, son of Ieyasu
Hashimoto Sanae favours foreign trade; leader in Imperial movement
—Tsunatsune, Viscount (d. 1909)
Hatahi, sister of Okusaka, marries Ohatsuse
Hatakeyama family, estates; Muromachi kwanryo; one of Five Regent Houses; in Onin disturbance; join Eastern Army (1472); "province holders"
—Kunikiyo (d. 1364), general under Motouji, removed from office of shitsuji
—Masanaga (d. 1493), succeeds Mochikuni; displaced, driven from capital; death
—Mitsuiye (d. 1433) captures Sakai (1400); Yoshimochi's minister
—Mochikuni (1397-1455), called Tokuhon, minister for Ashikaga Yoshimasa; succession
—Shigetada (1164-1205), at Ichi-no-tani; adviser of Yoriiye; assassinated by Hojo Tokimasa
—Yoshinari (d. 1493), large estate, succession; kwanryo
—Yoshitoyo (d. 1499)
Hatano, brothers killed by Nobunaga
Hatsuse, Japanese battleship lost off Port Arthur
Hallo-gaki, Prohibitory Writings, code, (1742)
Hawking
Hayabito or Hayato ("Falcon Men"), palace guard; possibly Kumaso
Hayama Muneyori, punished for cowardice
Hayashi family, function of reading military laws; true Confucianists; education at Yedo
Doshun or Kazan (1583-1657), Confucianist, on bell-inscription; ethics and history; traces descent of Emperor from Chinese prince
Harukatsu, son of Razan, historiographer
Mitsukatsu, soldier of Nobunaga
Nobuatsu, Confucianist; petitions for pardon of "47 Ronins"; lectures at Shohei College
Razan see Hayashi Doshun
Shibei (1754-93) urges coast defense
Head, racial marks
Heaven, Plain of High, myth
"Heavenly Grandchild," tenson
Heavenlv Young Prince
Heguri, beginning of power of; descendants of Takenouchi; founder of family, Tsuku, in Richu's reign; revolt of suppressed
Hei and Heike, Chinese name for Taira; Gen and Hei
Heian epoch, capital at Kyoto, or Heian-jo (Castle of Peace), 794-1192 A.D.
Height as sign of race
Heihachiro see Oshio Heihachiro
Heiji, year period, 1159-60; the tumult of the year; results
Heijo, 51st Emperor (806-9), son of Kwammu
Heikautai, battle of (1905)
Hemp, cultivation of
Herb of longevity
Hereditary office and rank; in Shotoku's 17-Article Constitution; the Daika tries to abolish hereditary office holding
Hi, river, in myth
Hida, messenger in search for Buddhist devotees
Hida
Hida Takumi, architect
Hidehito see Go-Momozono
Hidekatsu see Hashiba Hidekatsu
Hideiye see Ukita Hideiye
Hidenaga see Hashiba Hidenaga
Hidetada branch of Tokugawa, extinct with Ietsugu (1716)
Hidetada see Tokugawa Hidetada
Hidetsugu see Toyotomi Hidetsugu
Hideyasu see Matsudaira Hideyasu
Hideyori see Toyotomi Hideyori
Hideyoshi see Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Hie-no-yama, monastery later called Hiei-zan
Hiei-zan, mountain N.E. of Kyoto, between Yamashiro and Omi, on which was Enryaku-ji monastery; power checked by Yoshinori; and Takauji; in Hokke-ikki; aids Yoshikage against Nobunaga; punished by Nobunaga; monastery rebuilt; abbot invites Vilela to Kyoto
Higami, mother of Shomu, consort of Mommu
Higashi-dera, temple in Kyoto, Takauji's headquarters
Higashiyama, 113th Emperor (1687-1710)
Higashi-yama, hill E. of Kyoto, site of Yoshimasa's palace; name used of craze for objets d'art, and of lacquer
Higuchi Kanemitsu, Yoshinaka's body guard
Hiki Munetomo (d. 1203)
Yoshikazu, in Bakufu council, plots against Hojo and is assassinated
Hikoho no Ninigi, his descent upon Kyushu; rationalization of myth; founder of empire
Hinayana, exoteric Buddhism; the Small Vehicle
Hino family, shikken in Camera palace
Hirado, island, occupied by Mongols (1281); Chinese trade; Xavier in; Portuguese trade; rivalry with Omura; Dutch headquarters, and English; English factory closed (1623)
Hirafu, warden of Koshi, campaigns against Sushen (658-660), and Yemishi (655)
Hiragana, syllabary
Hirai, castle
Hirasaka, now Ifuyo-saka
Hirata Atsutane (1776-1843) on Japanese government; Shinto revival; quoted
Hirate Masahide, tutor of Nobunaga, suicide
Hirohira, son of Murakami, set aside from succession
Hirose, commander, attempts to bottle-up Port Arthur
Hirotada see Tokugawa Hirotada
Hirotsugu see Fujiwara Hirotsugu
Hirozumi see Sumiyoshi Gukei
Hisaakira, Prince (1276-1328), shogun (1289-1308)
Historiography, early; the "Six National Histories" (697-887); compilations of Tokugawa period
Hitachi; Taira in
Fudoki, ancient record (715 A.D.)
Maru, Japanese transport sunk by Russians
Hitomaru see Kakinomoto Hitomaru
Hitotsubashi, branch of Tokugawa eligible to shogunate, named from gate of Yedo; Ienari's descent from
Harunari, father of fenari; reactionary policy; ambition opposed by Sadanobu
Hiyeda Arc (647), chamberlain, historiography
Hiyoshi, Shinto temple
Hizen, Tsuchi-gumo in; Mongol invaders in (1281); natives of, settle in China; fiefs surrendered; clan representation
—Genji, or Matsuura
"Hoe" among early implements; distributed to farmers (723)
Hoei, year-period (1704-10) debased coinage of
Ho-en, year-period (1135-40)
Hogen insurrection (1156; in year-period 1156-8); result
Hohodemi, myth of; name applied to Iware in "Chronicles"
Hojo, family holding office of shikken; power increased by Tokimasa; Hojo regency established; excellent rule; the nine regents; control of shogun; Oshu revolt; Go-Daigo overthrows; suicide of leaders; Go-Daigo's rescript; part of estates seized; rising in 1334; system imitated by the Ashikaga
—of Odawara, fight Satomi in Kwanto; alliance with Takeda; their importance; last eastern enemy of Nobunaga; defeated by Hideyoshi
Hojoki, Annals of a Cell
Hojo Kudaiki, on Kanazawa-bunko library
—Morotoki, regent (1301-11)
—Nagatoki (1230-64), shikken (1256)
—Nakatoki, fails to arrest Go-Daigo (1331); escapes from Rokuhara
—Sadatoki (1270-1311), regent 1284-1301, and in camera to; succession to Fushimi
—Sanetoki founds Kanazawa-bunko
—Soun, or Nagauji (1432-1519), reduces taxes; seizes Izu province
—Takaiye, commander against Go-Daigo
—Takatoki (1303-33), last of Hojo regents, 1311-33; Go-Daigo's quarrel; suicide
—Tokifusa, leader against Kyoto in Shokyu struggle; one of first tandai
—Tokimasa (1138-1215), guardian of Yoritomo; kills lieutenant-governor of Izu; in Awa; in Suruga; messenger to Yoshitsune; governs Kyoto; military regent; constables and stewards; high constable at Court; gives power of Minamoto to Hojo; kills Yoriiye, becomes shikken; exiled
—Tokimasu, death, (1333)
Hojo Tokimori, in southern Rokuhara
—Tokimune (1251-84), son of Tokiyori; regent (1256-84); Mongol invasion; Buddhism, and Buddhist temples; Nichiren
—Tokisada succeeds Tokimasa as high constable at Kyoto (1186)
—Tokiuji (1203-30) in northern Rokuhara
—Tokiyori (1226-33), shikken (1246-66), Miura plot against; cloistered regent; Buddhist temples
—Tokiyuki (d. 1353),captures Kamakura
—Tsunetoki (1224-46), shikken
—Ujimasa (1538-90), against Uesugi; ally of Shingen; defeated by Hideyoshi
—Ujinao, son of Ujimasa
—Ujinori, brother of Ujimasa
—Ujitsuna (1487-1543), conquers Kwanto
—Ujiyasu(1515-70), conquers Kwanto
—Yasutoki (1183-1242) sent against Kyoto at outbreak of Shokyu war; captures the capital; explains treatment of ex-Emperors; one of first tandai; in regency; thrift and generosity; Joei code; death; Buddhist temples
—Yoshitoki (1163-1224), military regent, defeats Wada Yoshimori; in council of Bakufu; in plot against Sanetomo; Go-Toba quarrels with; attitude toward Crown; restored; death
Hokke, Hokke-shu, see Nichiren; Hokke-kyo-sutra, book of Nichiren doctrine; Hokke-ikki, war of the sect on Hongwan-ji
Hokkyo Enzen, bonze, compiles Joei code
Hoko-ji, Buddhist temple in Asuka (587 A.D.); image; inscription on bell
Hoku-cho, Northern court
Hokuriku, Prince
Home Affairs, Department of, in Restoration government
Homestead, 50 houses, under Daika
Homma Saburo assassinates Hojo Suketomo
—Saemon, Hojo soldier
Homuda, life name of Emperor Ojin
Homutang, Russian stand at
Honcho Hennen-roku, or Honcho Tsugan, history
Honda Masanobu (1539-1617) adviser of Ieyasu
—Masazumi (1566-1637); Osaka castle; under Hidetada; punished for secret marriage
—Tadakatsu (1548-1610), Ieyasu's general at Sekigahara
Honen Shonin, or Genku, (1133-1212), preaches Jodo doctrine
Hongi, Original Records of the Free People
Hongo, Yedo, college at
Hongwan-ji, Shin temple in Kyoto; monks in 16th century wars; feud with Enryaku-ji; aid Mori, Takeda and Hojo; divided by Ieyasu
Honno-ji, temple
Hori, general of Ieyasu
Horigoe, Izu, fort
Horikawa, 73rd Emperor (1087-1107)
Horses, cavalry; "horse hunting"; wooden pictures, votive offerings; racing
Horyu-ji, Buddhist temple at Nara (607); ideographic inscription in; dancers' masks and records; statues
Hoshikawa, son of Kara, seizes treasury and plots for throne
Hoshina Masayuki (1609-72), guardian of Ietsuna
Hosho-ji, temple built by Shirakawa; cherry picnics; image
Hosoi Kotaku, calligraphist
Hosokawa, Harima, manor given to Fujiwara Tameiye; family favours Takauji; large estates; Muromachi kwanryo; one of Five Regent Houses; power in 15th century; Yamana family; Eastern army in Onin struggle; crushed by Miyoshi; "province holders"; in Sanuki
—Harumoto (1519-63), son of Sunimoto, in civil war; joined by Kokyo
—Katsumoto(1430-73), kwanryo; estates; feud with the Hatakeyama; quarrels with Yamana, shitsuji; death
—Kiyouji (d. 1362), goes over to Southern Court; defeated
—Masomoto (1466-1507)
—Mitsumoto (1378-1426), minister to Ashikaga Yoshimochi
—Sumimoto (1496-1520), kwanryo, (1507); exiled
—Sumiyuki (d. 1507)
—Tadaoki (1564-1645), discloses plot against Ieyasu; tries to kill Ishida; helps Ieyasu
—Takakuni (d. 1531); driven out by Sumimoto's son; death
—Yoriyuki (1329-92), guardian of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu; administration and death
Hospitals, Jesuit
Hosso, first Buddhist sect in Japan (653); Gembo studies tenets
Hostages, women, "Pillow children"; of feudatories at Yedo
Hosuseri, myth of
Hotta family, Bakufu ministers from
—Masamori (1606-51), minister of Iemitsu, suicide
—Masamutsu (1810-64) aids Townsend Harris
—Masatoshi (1631-84), on succession to shogunate; chief minister; assassinated
Hotto, Buddhist abbots
Household, unit of administration under Daiho
Household Department, under Daika, and Daiho
Hsia Kwei, Kamakura painter
Hsuan-ming calendar revised (1683)
Hsu Fuh, Chinese Taoist, search for elixir of life
Hulbert, History of Korea quoted
Human sacrifice, at funerals, replaced by use of effigies, abolished; in public works
Hun river, Manchuria
Hunting in prehistoric times; keeping dogs or falcons forbidden by Shotoku
Hyakunin-isshu, "Poems of a Hundred Poets"
Hyecha, Buddhist priest, instructor of Prince Shotoku
Hyogo, now Kobe, in Ashikaga revolt; battle; trade with China; English demonstration (1866) against
Hyuga, Kumaso in
Ibaraki-doji, bandit
Ice storage
Ichijo, 66th Emperor (987-1011)
—family, one of "Five Regent Houses"; leave Court for Tosa
—Fuyuyoshi, scholar
—Kaneyoshi (1402-81), regent, adviser of Ashikaga Yoshihisa; author; on religions
Ichiman see Minamoto Ichiman
Ichinei (I Ning, or Nei-issan), Buddhist priest
Ichi-no-tani, near Hyogo, in Settsu, defeat of Taira at
Icho-mura, birthplace of Hideyoshi
Ideographs, Chinese, historical writing; and Japanese language; date of introduction; adapted for syllabic purposes; in early laws
Ieharu see Tokugawa Ieharu
Iehisa see Shimazu Iehisa
Iemitsu see Tokugawa Iemitsu
Iemochi see Tokugawa Iemochi
Ienari see Tokugawa Ienari
Ienobu see Tokugawa Ienobu
Iesada see Tokugawa Iesada
Ieshige see Tokugawa Ieshige
Ietsugu see Tokugawa Ietsugu
Ietsuna see Tokugawa Ietsuna
Ieyasu see Tokugawa Ieyasu
Ieyoshi see Tokugawa Ieyoshi
Iga, Prince, see Otomo
Iharu Atamaro, leader of Yemishi (780)
Ii, adherents of Southern Court; Bakufu ministers from; tamarizume
—Naomasa (1561-1602), general at Sekigahara
—Naosuke, Kamon no Kami (1815-60), advocates foreign intercourse; prime minister at Yedo; Tokugawa Nariaki's opposition to; foreign policy; assassinated
—Naotaka (1590-1659), minister of Iemitsu, 581, and of Ietsuna
Ikeda Isshinsai, friend of Harunari
—Nobuteru (1536-84), councillor after Nobunaga's death; defeated
—Terumasa (1564-1613), in plot against Ishida; favours Ieyasu
Iki, island, in early myth; attacked by Toi, by Mongols; held by Japan
Ikki, "revolt"
Ikko, Shin sect; Ikko-ikki, war of 1488
Ikkyu Zenji (1394-1481), priest of Daitoku-ji
Ikuno, silver mines
Imagawa, family, gives refuge to Ashikaga Yoshimichi; against Hojo; in Suruga and Mikawa; Ieyasu's relations with
—Motome, general under Date Masamune
—Sadayo (Ryoshun), tandai of Kyushu; recalled
—Ujizane (1538-1614), son of Yoshimoto
—Yoshimoto (1519-60) rules Suruga, Totomi and Mikawa; threatens Owari; defeated at Okehazama (1560)
Imai Kanehira, one of Yoshinaka's four body-guards; sacrifices himself for his master
Imibe, corporation or guild of mourners, descent; guard Imperial insignia; abstainers; commissary agents in provinces; in charge of Treasury
Imjin River, Korea
Immigration, shadowed in myths; from Siberia, China, Malaysia and Polynesia; Japanese ethnologists on; of Koreans and Chinese in 3rd & 4th centuries; and later; from Shiragi (608)
Imna see Mimana
Imoko (Ono Imoko), envoy to China (607 A.D.)
Imperial lands
Imprisonment
Imun, Korea, secured by Kudara with Japan's help
Inaba, Princess Yakami of
Masayasu, assassin of Hotta Masatoshi
Inaba-yama, castle of Saito
Inahi, brother of Jimmu
Iname see Soga Iname
Inamura-ga-saki, cliff near Kamakura
Incense fetes
Incest
India, first Japanese visitor to, Takaoka or Shinnyo
Indian architecture, influence of, through Buddhism
Indigo growing in Awa
Industrial class, in Kamakura period
Industry, early Japanese; impulse given by Buddhism in Nara epoch; development in time of Yoshimune; modern manufactures
Infantry, use of
Inheritance, law of, in Daiho legislation; in feudal system of Tokugawa
I Ning see Ichinei
Inishiki, Prince
Inkyo (Ingyo), 19th Emperor (412-53)
In-memoriam services, Shinto
Inokami, consort of Konin
Inokashira lake and Yedo water-supply
Inokuma, general of the Left, executed
Ino Tadayoshi, survey of Northern islands (1800)
Inouye Kaoru, Marquis (b. 1835)
—Tetsujiro, Dr., on Bushi ethics; on Chutsz and Wang Yang-ming
Inquisitors, Bakufu officials at Court after Shokyu war
Insei see Camera government
Insignia, sacred Imperial, mirror, sword, jewel
Inspectors of district officials, after Daika; of provincial government; in temple service
Interest on loans
Interior decoration, Yamato school
"Interior," Granary of
—Ministry of, created by Daika (645)
"Invisible" Kami
Iratsuko, rebel against Yuryaku, famous archer
Iris festival
Iroha-uta, text book
Iron in Korea; foundry at Akunpura
Irrigation, under Sujin; under Nintoku, in 6th and 7th centuries; rice land; in Nara epoch; in Heian epoch; under Yoshimune
Iruka see Soga Iruka
Isa, early carriage-builder
Isawa, headquarters moved from Taga to
Ise, shrine of Sun at; Yamatodake at shrine; swords offered; oracle calls Amaterasu an avatar of Buddha; Watarai shrine; revolt of 1414 in; rebuilding shrines; Oda seize; Mori insults the shrine
Ise Heishi, branch of Taira
Ise Monogatori
—Sadachika (1417-73) page of Yoshimasa; marries Yoshitoshi's sister; influence of
Ishida Katsushige, soldier of Hideyoshi; brings about Hidetsugu's death; ordered to Korea; plot against Ieyasu; takes Osaka; death
Ishide family in charge of Yedo prison
Ishido family favours Tadayoshi
Ishikawa Island, house of correction on
Ishikawa Jinshiro relieves suffering in Kyoto
Ishi-yama, temple
Ishizu, battle, Akiiye defeated (1338) by Ko Moronao
Iso-takeru (Itakeru), son of Susanoo
Isuraka, Korean artist
Itagaki Taisuke, Count (b. 1837); resigns from cabinet and works for parliament; organizes Liberal party; invited into Cabinet
Itakura Katsushige (1542-1624), in bell-inscription plot; in Kyoto
—Shigemune (1587-1656), protests against Go-Komyo's activities
Italians employed by Government in fine arts
Ito Hirobumi, Prince (1841-1909); premier (1885); framer of constitution; head of Liberal party; treaty with China; assassinated
—Jinsai (1627-1705), Confucianist, 626
—Sukechika (d. 1181), guardian of Minamoto Yoritomo; crushes Yoritomo's army
Ito, or Wado, Chinese name for Japanese
Itsukushima-Myojin, Buddhist shrine
Itsutse, brother of Jimmu
Iwa, consort of Nintoku, of Katsuragi family
Iwai (Ihawi) ruler of Kyushu, blocks invasion of Korea (527) but is defeated by Arakaho (528)
Iwaki, son of Kara, contests throne with Seinei
Iwaki-uji, branch of Taira
Iwakura Tomoyoshi, Prince (1825-83), leader of moderate party
Iware, life-time name of Jimmu
Iwasaka, fort in Mikawa
Iwatsuki, in Musashi, fortified
Iyo, province; oldest ideographic inscription (596 A.D.); held by Kono
Izanagi and Izanami, male and female Kami, creators of Japanese islands
Izayoi-nikki, journal of Abutsu-ni
Izu, early ship-building in; Minamoto Tametomo exiled to; Yoritomo in; peaceful under Kamakura rule; seized by Hojo Soun (1491)
Izumi province, rising of 1399 in
—Chikahira revolts against Hojo
—Shikibu, poetess of 11th century
Izumo in early myth; revolt in causes withdrawal of court from Yamato; gems in; conquered by Mori
Jade, "curved-jewel"
Japan, name a Dutch (15th century) perversion of Jihpen; early names
Jenghiz Khan
Jerome, Father
Jesuits in Japan; banished, but stay; order to leave checked by Hideyoshi's death; Ieyasu plays off Franciscans against; denounce Dutch ship as pirate; treated well by Ieyasu
Jesus, Jerome de. (d. 1602), Franciscan, interview with Ieyasu
Jewel, curved, chaplet, one of Imperial insignia
Jih-pen, "Sunrise Island" name used by Chinese
Jimmu, Emperor (660-585 B.C.); chronology dating from accession; ancestry; leader in expedition against Yamato; poem mentioning Yemishi; strategem against Tsuchigumo; successors; tomb
Jimyo-in family, afterwards Hoku-cho or Northern Court, holding Chokodo estates; gets throne
Jingirryo, quoted on Board of Religion
Jingo, Empress (201-69); Chinese and Japanese chronology of reign; succession; excluded from dynasties by Dai Nihon-shi
Jingu-ji, temple built by Fujiwara Muchimaro, 192
Jinno Shotdki, "Emperor's Genealogy" work on divine right by Kitabatake Chikafusa
Jinshin, cyclical name for 672 A.D., civil war
Jisho-ji, monastery in Higashiyama, art-gallery
Jito, (41st) Empress (690-6), wife of Temmu; historiography; Sushen
Jiyu-to, Liberal party organized by Itagaki
Joben, one of "four kings" of poetry
Jocho, wood-carver
Jodo, Buddhist sect introduced (1196) by Honen; creed
Joei, year-period, (1232-3); code of 1232; basis of Kemmu code
Jokaku, sculptor
Jokwan, year-period, revision of Rules and Regulations
Jokyo, year-period (1684-7) trade limitations
Jomei, 34th Emperor (629-41), Tamura
Jo Nagashige, provincial governor, defeated
Jorin, scholar, adviser of Yoshimitsu
Josetsu (end of 14th century), bonze of Shokoku-ji, painter
Joye see Fujiwara Joye
Juko see Shuko
Jun, mother of Michiyasu (Montoku)
Junna, 54th Emperor (824-33)
Junnin, 47th Emperor (758-64)
Juntoku, 84th Emperor (1211-21), son of Go-Toba, abdicates, called Shin-in, "new recluse"; exiled
Juraku-tei, "Mansion of Pleasure"
Juro see Sukenari
Justice, Department of, Gyobu-sho, under Daiha; under Daiho; in Meiji government
Justice, court of
Justices, land grants to
Justo Ukondono see Takayama
Kada Arimaro (1706-69) revises code
—Azumamaro (1668-1736), scholar, restores Japanese literature; quoted
Kaempfer, Engelbert (1651-1716), historian
Kagoshima, in Satsume, landing-place (1549) of St. Francis Xavier; bombarded by English
Kagu, Mt., in sun myth
Kai, peaceful under Kamakura rule; won by Takeda Shingen; "black horse of"
Kaigen, priest in charge of Ashikaga-gakko
Kai-koku Hei-dan, book by Hayashi Shibei, urging coast defense
Kaikwa, 9th Emperor (157-98 B.C.)
Kaizan, priest of Myoshin-ji
Kajiwara Kagetoki (d. 1200), fighting against Yoritomo, sympathizes with him; military governor; in command of fleet quarrels with Yoshitsune; warns Yoritomo against Yoshitsune
Kakinomoto Hitomaru, poet, end of 7th century
Kamada Masaie, companion of Yoshitomo, death
Kamako see Nakatomi Kamako
Kamakura, S. of present Yokohama, Yoritomo's headquarters; military centre for 150 years; shrines built by Yoritomo; school of art; growth of luxury; fall of city (1333); headquarters of Ashikaga family; Takauji removes to Kyoto, keeping Kamakura as secondary basis; Ashikaga driven out, Uesugi come in
—Gongoro, soldier of Three Years' War
—Jidaishi, quoted on parties in Shokyu struggle
Kamatari; see Fujiwara Kamatari
Kamegiku, dancer
Kameyama, 90th Emperor (1259-74)
Kami in Japanese mythology; "creation" of chiefs; used in "Chronicles" of Yemishi chiefs; trinity of; two classes; the Kami class or Shimbetsu; worship of, in early 7th century; uji no Kami elective in Temmu's time; Shinto K., Buddha's avatars
Kamimura, Japanese admiral, crushes Vladivostok squadron
Kamitsuke (now Kotsuke), early dukedom
Kamo, Yamashiro, shrine in
Kamo Chomei, author of Hojoki
—Mabuchi (1697-1769), restores Japanese ethics; quoted
Kana, syllabary
Kana-ga-saki (Kanasaki), in Echizen, taken by Ashikaga
Kanamura, o-muraji, advises cession (512 A.D.) of part of Mimana to Kudara; helps Kudara to get Imun (513 A.D.); puts down revolt of Heguri Matori
Kanaoka see Koze Kanaoka
Kanazawa, fortress, in Three Years' War
Kanazawa, Prof. S., on Korean and Japanese languages
—Akitoki, son of Hojo Sanetoki
—bunko, school founded about 1270 by Hojo Sanetoki
—Sadaaki, son of Akitoki, scholar
Kane see Nakatomi Kane
Kaneakira, Prince (914-87), son of Daigo, poet
Kanenaga, Prince (1326-83), Mongol fugitives
Kanenari, Life-name of Emperor Chukyo
Kanin, princely house; Kokaku chosen from
Kanko-Maru, steamship presented by Dutch government
Kannabi, Mt., sacred rock
Kano school of painting; patronized by Tokugawa
—Masanobu see Masanobu
—Motonobu see Motonobu
Kanshin (687-763), Chinese Buddhist missionary, builds Shodai-ji temple
Kanzaki, port in Heian epoch
Kao, painter of Kamakura school
Kara, Princess, wife of Yuryaku
Kara, Korea; war with Shiragi
Karako, Japanese general, killed in Korea by Oiwa
Karano, 100-ft, ship (274 A.D.)
Karu, Prince, son of Inkyo, suicide
—Prince, brother of Empress Kogyoku, in Kamatari's plot; see Kotoku son of Kusakabe, succeeds to throne; see Mommu
Kasagi, refuge of Go-Daigo
Kasai Motochika (d. 1507)
Kasanui, Shrine of
Kashiwa-bara, palace at
Kasuga, cruiser, sinks Yoshino
—shrine at Nara (767-69) in honour of Fujiwara Kamatari; school of painting
—Tsubone, mistress of Ashikaga Yoshimasa
Katagiri Katsumoto, bugyo of Toyotomi; bronze Buddha; bell-inscription
Katakana, fragments of characters, syllabary
Katana, general, suppresses Yemishi revolt
Katari-be, raconteurs
Kato Kiyomasa (1562-1611), commands second corps in invasion of Korea; sides with Yae at court; in plot against Ishida; studies Chinese classics
—Shirozaemon Kagemasa, potter
—Tadahiro, son of Kiyomasa, banished
—Yoshiaki (1563-1631), plots against Ishida
Katsu, Count (Rintaro), minister of Marine
Katsuiye see Shibata Katsuiye
Katsumi; see Nakatomi Katsumi
Katsumoto see Hosokawa Katsumoto and Katagiri Katsumoto
Katsura, princely house
—Taro, Prince (1849-1913), prime minister (1908-11)
Katsurabara, Prince (786-853), ancestor of Taira
Katsuragi, beginning of power of; descended from Takenouchi; Kara
Katsuragi Mount
Kawabe Nie, in Korea
Kawagoe, in Musashi, fortifications
Kawajiri Shigeyoshi, appointed to Hizen
Kawakatsu kills preacher of caterpillar worship
Kawamura at Mukden
Kawanaka-jima, battlefield
Kaya, moor of, Oshiwa murdered on; port
Kaya-no-in, consort of Toba
Kazuhito, Prince, son of Go-Fushimi; nominally Emperor (Kogon, 1332-35)
Kazuko, daughter of Hidetada, first Tokugawa consort
Kazumasu see Takigawa Kazumasu
Kazusa, revolt of Yemishi in; Yoritomo enters
Kebiishi, executive police (810-29)
Kegon, sect of Buddhists (736 A.D.)
Kehi-no-ura see Tsuruga
Keicho, year-period, 1596-1614, coinage of
Keicha Ajari (1640-1701), scholar
Keiki see Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Keiko, 12th Emperor (71-130); expeditions against Yemishi, against Kumaso, and Tsuchi-gumo in Bungo; tree-worship
Keitai, Emperor (507-31); serpent worship; one province added; nashiro
Keiun, poet
Kemmu era (1334-6), restoration of; crushes military houses and puts court nobles in power; name applied by Northern court to years 1336-8
—Shikimoku, code of 1337
Kencho-ji, Zen temple in Kamakura
Kenju, or Rennyo Shonin, (1415-99), Shin priest
Kenko, daughter of Fujiwara Yorimichi, consort of Shirakawa, mother of Horikawa
Kenko see Yoshida Kenko
Kennin-ji, temple in Kyoto, Kao's studio in; one of the "Five"; priests alone could wear purple
Kennyo (1543-92), priest, intervenes for Sakai; guides Hideyoshi in Kyushu; helps turn Hideyoshi against Christians
Keno no Omi, in Korea
Kenrei-mon-in, Takakura's consort, daughter of Taira Kiyomori; drowned at Dan-no-ura
Kenshin see Uesugi Kenshin
Kenso, 23rd Emperor (485-7), originally called Oke; Yemishi do homage to
Kesa, mistress of Endo Morito (Mongaku)
Keumsyong, capital of Sinra, Korea
Khilkoff, Prince, Russian minister
Khitan Tatars, in China
Ki, family founded by Ki no Tsunu, descendant of Takenouchi; eligible to high office
—Haseo (845-912), famous scholar; plot to send him with Michizane to China; prose
—Hirozumi, leader against Yemishi, killed by them (780)
—Kosami (733-97), general against Yemishi (789), is defeated and degraded; report of the campaign
—Omaro, Japanese general in Korea, 6th century
—Tsurayuki (883-946), prose preface to Kokin-shu; Tosa Nikki
Kibi, old name for Bingo, Bitchu and Bizen provinces; Jimmu's stay in
—no Mabi or Makibi (693-775), Japanese student in China, minister of the Right, inventor of syllabary; opposition to Fujiwara; minister of the Right under Koken; opposes succession of Shirakabe (Konin); as litterateur
Kibumi, school of painters (604 A.D.)
Kidomaru, famous bandit
Kido Takamasa or Koin (1834-77), in alliance of Choshu and Satsuma
Kii, mythical land of trees; in Yamato expedition; promontory; armed monks in Komaki war; punished by Hideyoshi (499-500); orange growing; Tokugawa of
Kijima-yama, in Hizen, place for uta-gaki
Kikaku, verse-writer
Kikkawa in battle of Sekigahara
Motoharu (1530-86), son of Mori Motonari; adviser of Mori Terumoto; general
Kikuchi, adherents of Southern Court, in Saikai-do; make trouble in Kyushu; defeated by Otomo
Kimbusen, temple
Kimiko Hidetake in Three Years' War
Kimmei, 29th Emperor (540-71); Yemishi do homage to; intercourse with China
Kinai, five home provinces; rice grants
Kinchou, 2d Army wins battle of (1904)
Kinoshita Junan (1621-98), Confucianist, father of Torasuke
—Torasuke, scholar, at Yedo
—Yaemon, father of Hideyoshi
Kinshudan, "Embroidered Brocade Discourse"
Kira family, masters of ceremonies
—Yoshihide killed by "47 Ronins" (1703)
—Yoshinaka, son of Yoshihide
Kiso river, boundary of Mino, crossed by Nobunaga (1561 and 1564)
Kiso Yoshinaka see Minamoto Yoshinaka
Kitabatake, adherents of Southern Court in Mutsu and Ise; put down by Yoshinori; rule in Ise
—Akiiye (1317-38); raises siege of Kyoto; killed in battle
—Akinobu
—Chikafusa (1293-1354), historian and statesman, assistant governor of O-U; faithful to Go-Daigo; Main leader of Southern army; author of Jinno Shotoki; attempts to unite courts; death; combines Shinto, Buddhism and Confucianism; Shinto revival
—Mitsumase, revolts of
—Morokiyo, piracy
Kitamura Kigin (1618-1705) author
—Sessan, calligraphist
—Shuncho, son of Kigin
Kitano, Shinto officials of; tea fete
Kitashirakawa, Prince, abbot of Kwanei-ji
Kita-yama, Ashika Yoshimitsu's palace at; given to Buddhist priests
Kite, Golden
Kiuliencheng, on Yalu, centre of Kuroki's line
Kiyo, Princess, daughter of Saga
Kiyomaro see Wake Kiyomaro
Kiyomizu, temple
Kiyomori see Taira Kiyomori
Kiyosu, castle in Owari, conference of Nobunaga's vassals
—Naritada, scholar, 447
—Takenori, leader in Nine Years' Commotion, helps crush Abe Sadato (1062); family quarrel cause of Three Years' War
Kiyowara, family eligible to high office
Ko An-mu, Chinese scholar in Japan (516 A.D.)
Ko Moronao (d. 1351), defeats Kitabatake Akiiye at Ishizu; defeats Masatsura; shitsuji in Muromachi; plot against; killed by Uesugi
—Moroyasu (d. 1351); plot against; death
Koban, coin
Kobe, formerly Fukuhara, made capital by Kiyomori (1180); Hyogo, in Ashikaga revolt
Koben see Myoe
Kobo Daishi, posthumous name of Kukai (q.v.)
Kobun, 39th Emperor (672), Prince Otomo (q.v.) succeeds Tenchi; included in Dai Nihon-shi
Koeckebacker, Nicholas, Dutch factor, helps conquer castle of Kara
Koetomi, merchant, envoy to China
Kofuku-ji, Nara temple of Hosso sect; armed men of the monastery; their quarrels and their treatment by Taira; burnt by Taira (1180); revenue of temple
Koga, in Shimosa, seat of Ashikaga after Kamakura; Shigeuji's castle
Kogen, 8th Emperor (214-158 B.C.)
Kogon, Northern Emperor (1332-5), Prince Kazuhito (q.v.), gives commission (1336) to the Ashikaga, and expects restoration to throne; becomes Zen priest
Kogo-shui, ancient record quoted
Kogyoku, (35th) Empress (642-5); abdicates, becomes Empress Dowager; again Empress see Saimei; Asuka palace; worship of silk-worm
Kohayakawa Hideaki (1577-1602), nominally against Ieyasu, but goes over in battle of Sekigahara
—Takakage (1532-96); adviser of Mori Terumoto; general of Hideyoshi; in Korean invasion; signs Hideyoshi's laws of 1595
Koide Hidemasa (1539-1604), guardian of Hideyori
Ko-jiki, Records of Ancient Things; to 628 A.D.; on Chuai; contains the Kuji-hongi; preface
Kojima, adherents of Southern Court
—Takanori, defender of Go-Daigo
Kokaku, 119th Emperor (1780-1816); his rank and his father's
Koken, (46th) Empress (749-58), daughter of Shomu, known in life as Abe; abdicates but dethrones her successor; see Shotoku, son of Kenju
Koki, Record of the Country
Kokin-shu, 10th century anthology; Ki Tsurayuki's prose preface to; comments by Keichu
Koko, 58th Emperor (885-7), Prince Tokiyasu; couplet tournaments
Koku, coin, 438-9; unit of measure
Kokubun-ji, official provincial temples; affiliated with Todai-ji; heavy expense of
Kokuli, Korea
Kokushi, provincial governor; appointed by Throne, first mentioned in 374 A.D.; after Daika (645); over kuni; Buddhist hierarchy
Kokyo, Osaka abbot, leads great revolt (1529)
Koma, Korea, now Pyong-yang; increase of power; attacked by Kudara and Japan; families in Japanese nobility; falls; migration; ruler of Pohai recognized as successor of dynasty of; envoys; Mongol invasion
Koma, suzerain of Aya-uji, assassinates Sashun
Koma-gori, in Musashi, settlement in Japan from Koma
Komaki war (1583), named from Komaki-yama
Komei, 121st Emperor (1846-67)
Komon Mitsukuni
Komura Jutaro, Marquis (1853-1911), minister of foreign affairs, peace commissioner at Portsmouth
Komyo, Imperial name of Asuka, wife of Shomu and mother of Koken; story of miraculous conception
Komyo, Emperor (1336-48) of Northern dynasty, brother of Kogon; abdicates and becomes Zen priest
Kondo, branch of Fujiwara in Kwanto
Kongobo-ji, Shingon temple on Koya-san
Konin, 49th Emperor (770-81), formerly Prince Shirakabe; reforms local administration; festival of his birthday, Tenchosetsu
Konin, year-period (810-24) and revision of Rules and Regulations
Konishi Yukinaga (d. 1600), commands first division in Korean invasion (1592); entrapped by Chinese diplomacy; with last troops in Korea; opposes Kato; against Ieyasu; death
Konno, swordsman
Kono family in Iyo
Konoe, 76th Emperor (1142-55)
Konoe, Imperial guards; origin; name given to Fujiwara Motomichi's descendants, kwampaku alternately with Kujo; one of "Five Regent Houses"
—Prince, leader of moderate party
—Nobuhiro (1593-1643), minister of Right
—Sakihisa (1536-1612), envoy to Shin monks
Korai, or Koma, Korea
Korea, alphabet; architecture; artisans; Buddhism; China, relations with; chronology; language; music; myth; pottery, sepulchral; scholars; treasury, Japanese; early intercourse with Japan; Jingo's conquest; granary; Japanese relations in 540-645; families in Japanese nobility; war between Japan and China for; precious metals; 8th century relations; Mongol invasion; Japanese piracy; Hideyoshi's invasion; Arai Hakusekai's policy toward envoys; break with (1873); treaty (1875); Chinese activity in, 699-700; independence recognized by 1895 treaty; Russian aggression; Japan's interests in, recognized by Treaty of Portsmouth; Japanese occupation and annexation
Korehito, Prince, Emperor Seiwa
Korei, 7th Emperor (290-215 B.C.)
Korekimi see Fujiwara Korekimi
Koretaka, Prince (844-97), Buddhist monk and poet
Koreyasu, Prince, shogun, (1266-89)
Korietz, Russian gunboat at Chemulpo
Koriyama, in Yamato, castle commanding Izumi and Kii
Koromo, tunic, and name of a fort
Koromo-gawa, campaign on, against Yemishi
Kosa, abbot of Ishi-yama monastery
Koshi, Yemishi in
Kotesashi moor, Takauji defeated at
Koto, lute
Kotoku, 36th Emperor (645-54); Yemishi do homage to (646)
Kotsuke, early Kamitsuke, a dukedom; revolt of Yoshinaka in, (1180); won by Kenshin; silk growing in
Koya, reptile Kami of; snow festival of
Koyama, branch of Fujiwara in Kwanto; one of "8 Generals" of Kwanto
Koyane (Ame-no-Koyane) ancestor of Nakatomi
Koya-san, mountain in Kii, temple of Kongobo-ji; threatened after Komaki war; shrine; nobles enter
Koyomaro, warden of Mutsu, killed by Yemisi (724)
Koze (Kose); family descended from Takenouchi
Koze Fumio, scholar; Chinese prose
—Kanaoka (850-90), painter and landscape artist of Kyoto; school,
Kublai Khan and the Mongol invasion
Kubo, governor general of 4 provinces
Kuchiki Mototsuna (1549-1632) at battle of Sekigahara
Kuchinotsu, port, Jesuits invited to
Kudara, Korea, now Seoul; Japanese alliance; weaver from; scribe; relations with Yuryaku; story of Multa; invaded by Koma; secures Imun; gains through friendship of Japan; Buddhism; wars with Shiragi and Koma; crushed by Shiragi and China; migration from
Kudara Kawanari, painter
Kudo Suketsune, killed in vendetta (1193)
Kuga family, eligible for office of highest rank
—Nagamichi, minister under Go-Daigo
Kugeshu-hatto, Ieyasu's law for Court nobles
Kugyo (1201-19), son of Yoriiye, assassinates Sanetomo
Kuhi brings scales and weights from China
Kujihongi, history
Kujo, descendants of Fujiwara Kanezane, chosen Kwampaku alternately with Konoe; one of "Five Regent Houses"
Kukai (posthumously, Kobo Daishi), (774-835) Buddhist priest, called by some inventor of mixed Shinto; founder (809) of Shingon (True Word) system, calligrapher, and inventor of hira-gana syllabary; portrait; shrine (ill.)
Kuma, Southern tribe
Kumagaye Naozane (d. 1208), kills Taira Atsumori
Kumaso, early inhabitants of Kyushu; possibly of Korean origin; may be identical with Hayato; called Wado by Chinese; Keiko's expedition against; Chuai's expedition
Kume, Dr., on Yamato-dake's route of march; on Takenouchi-no-Sukune
—Prince, dies on expedition to Shiragi
—Kami
Kumebe, palace guards
Kunajiri, Russians seized at (1814)
Kuno, castle of, in Totomi
Kurama, temple of, Yoshitsune escapes from
Kurando or Kurodo, Imperial estates bureau, office established; K.-dokoro precursor of kwampaku; held by Minamoto Yorimasa
Kurayamada, conspirator against Soga; suicide
Kuriles, Russians in; Japanese title recognized
Kuriyama Gen, contributor to Dai Nihon-shi
Kuro, lady of Takenouchi family
Kuroda Nagamasa (1568-1623) soldier of Hideyoshi; against Ishida; favours Ieyasu; studies Chinese classics
Kurodo see Kurando
Kuroki, Ibei, Count (b.1844), commands on Yalu; defeats Russians; head of 1st Army; attempts to turn Russian flank; at Mukden
Kuromaro see Takamuku Kuromaro
Kuropatkin, Alexei Nikolaievitch (b.1848), Russian commander-in-chief in Manchuria; plans before and after Liaoyang; succeeded by Linievitch
Kusaka, defeat of Jimmu at
Kusakabe, Prince, (d. 690) son of Temmu and Jito
Kusano support Southern Court
Kusu (Kusuriko), daughter of Fujiwara Tanetsugu, consort of Heijo
Kusu, wife of Oto, kills him
Kusunoki, adherents of Southern Court
—Jiro, in attack on palace (1443)
—Masahide rebels in 1428
—Masanori (d. 1390) minister; joins Northern party, returns to Southern
—Masashige (1294-1336), called Nanko, defender of Go-Daigo; provincial governor; against Ashikaga; death, (ill.)
—Masatoki, death
—Masatomo defeats Nobunaga in Ise
—Masatsura (132648), son of Masashige; receives Go-Daigo in Yoshimo; campaign in Settsu
Kuwana, castle of Takigawa Kazumasu, in Ise
Kuzuno, Prince, son of Kobun, sacrifices his claim to throne (696)
Kuzuo, in Shinano, castle
Kivaifu-so, anthology of poems (751)
Kwaikei, sculptor
Kwammu, 50th Emperor (782-805), formerly Yamabe; changes capital to Kyoto (792); posthumous names first used; sends Saicho to study Chinese Buddhism
Kwampaku, regent for grown Emperor, mayor of palace, office established (882); decline of power under Go-Sanjo; foreshadowed by Kurando-dokoro; chosen alternately from Kujo and Konoe; office abolished after Kemmu restoration; unimportant after Tokugawa period
Kwampei era (889-97), Counsels of, Uda's letter to Daigo
Kwanei, year period, (1621-43); Kwanei Shake Keizu-den, genealogical record; Kwanei-ji, temple
Kwangaku-in, uji academy, founded (821)
Kwangtung peninsula, in battle of Kinchou
Kwang-wu, Chinese emperor, Japanese envoy to
Kwanji, period, (1087-94)
Kwanki, period, (1229-32), crop failure and famine
Kwanko see Sugawara Michizane
Kwanno Chokuyo establishes school in Yedo
Kwannon, Mercy, Buddhist goddess; Shirakawa's temple; temple at Kamakura
Kwanryo, governor general; list of Kamakura k.; title passes from Ashikaga to Uesugi family; also given (1367) to shitsuji in shogun's court, and held by Shiba, Hosokawa and Hatakeyama families; compared with shikken and betto
Kwansei, year-period, 1789-1800, vagabonds in Yedo during
Kwanto, or Bando, many shell-heaps in; army raised in, against Yemishi; Taira and Minamoto fight in; Minamoto supreme in; Ashikaya supreme; Eight Generals of, combine against Uesugi; battle-ground; war between branches of Uesugi and Hojo and Satomi; in Battle Period
Kwazan, 65th Emperor (985-6)
Kwobetsu, families of chieftains of the conquest, Imperial class; pre-historic administration; classification in Seishwoku; revolt; rank of Empress
Kyaku, "official rules" supplementing Yoro laws; revised; (819)
Kyogen, comic play
Kyogoku, one of four princely houses
—Takatsugu (1560-1609)
Kyoho, year-period, (1716-35); K.-kin, coins then minted
Kyong-sang, Korea
Kyoriku, verse-writer
Kyoroku, year-period, (1528-31)
Kyoto, capital 794 A.D.; two cities and two markets; capital momentarily moved to Fukuhafa (1180); evacuated by Taira (1183); school of art; culture; Go-Daigo's conspiracy; in war of dynasties; Takauji removes to; ravaged; Nobunaga restores order; under Hideyoshi; Portuguese; Xavier; Jesuits; Vilela; Franciscan church; patent to missionaries; shogun's deputy in; Ieyasu; Iemitsu's demonstration against; Court excluded from power; vendetta illegal in; great fire (1788); rebuilding; government; loyalist intrigues in: extremists driven from; foreign ministers invited to
Kyuka, priest
Kyushu, early myth; expedition against Yamato; situation; Kingdom called Wo by Chinese; government station; Keiko's expedition against Kumaso; granary; trade; Mongol invasion; revolt of 1349; taken from Ashikaga; disorder; piracy; great families; Hideyoshi's invasion; early European intercourse; Christians
Lacquer, trees, planting of, required for tenure of uplands; development of art in Nara epoch; in Heian; ware exported; manufacture in time of Yoshimasa; (ill.)
Ladies-in-waiting, uneme, at early court; dancers; Yoshimune's reforms
Land and land-holding, pre-historic; royal fees; taxation; Daika reform; all land Crown property; 6-year lease; sustenance grants lead to feudalism; Daiho laws; reclaimed uplands; centralized holdings, 8th century; grants for reclamation; maximum holdings; abuses in system; large estates; Go-Sanjo's reforms; territorial name; constables and stewards; Shokyu tumult; new distribution; Joei laws; Go-Daigo's grants; estates under Ashikaga; military holdings; tax; Crown lands pass to military houses; Hideyoshi's laws; taxes
Landscape-gardening, in the Heian epoch; in Kamakura period; patronized by Yoshimasa, in Muromachi epoch; at Momoyama
Land steward, jito, and chief steward, so-jito, in Yorikomo's reform of land; shimpo-jito, land holders and stewards after the Shokyu war
Language; in Heian epoch; difficulties for preaching
Lanterns, (ill.)
La Perouse, Strait of, claimed as Russian boundary
Law, in time of Ojin; criminal, protohistoric period; of Daiho; code of 1232 A.D.; Kemmu code; Hideyoshi's legislation; Laws of Military Houses; Laws for Court Nobles; of Iemitsu and Ietsuna; real code; in Tokugawa period; codified after Restoration; Department, in Meiji administration
Leech, first offspring of Izanagi and Izanami
Left Minister of, Sa-daijin, office created by Daika
Legs, length, as racial mark
Lese Majeste under Daiho code
Liao River, Russians forced into valley of
Liaotung peninsula, Chinese forces in, (1592), defeated by Japanese; fighting in 1894 in; Russian lease of
Liaoyang, battle of
Liberal party, Jiyu-to organized (1878) by Itagaki; unites with Progressists and forms Constitutionist party
Library of Kanazawa-biwko; of Shohei-ko; of Momijiyama Bunko; and Shinto
Liefde, Dutch ship
Li Hung-chang (1823-1901), Chinese plenipotentiary for peace of 1895
Li Lungmin, artist
Linievitch, Nikolai Petrovitch (b.1834), Russian general, succeeds Kuropatkin in command, defeated at Mukden
Literature, in Nara epoch; in Heian epoch; in Tenryaku era, 261; in Kamakura epoch; in Muromachi period; under Hideyoshi; place of, in Military Houses' Laws; in Court Laws; Ieyasu's attitude; Tsunayoshi encourages Japanese and Chinese; favoured by Yoshimune; Japanese, restoration of; foreign; Chinese
Liu-Jen-kuei, Chinese general, defeats Japanese in Korea (662 A.D.)
Lloyd, Rev. A., on Buddhism, Tendai, Hosso; and Shinto
Longevity, herb of
Longford's Korea cited
Loochoo see Ryukyu Islands
Lotteries
Lotus festival
Loyalty, in early times; in Heian epoch; in Tokugawa period
Lute, of Susanoo; the koto, made from the ship Karano; biya, 4-stringed Chinese lute
Mabuchi see Kamo Mabuchi
Macao, trade with; Jesuits there; annual vessel from; embassy of 1640 from
Machado, Joao Baptista de (1581-1617), Jesuit, executed
Machi-ya, shop
Madre de Dios, Pessoa's ship
Maeda Gen-i or Munehisa (1539-1602), guardian of Oda Nobutada's son Samboshi; in charge of Kyoto Buddha
—Toshiiye (1538-99), fails to help Shibata Katsuiye; commands armies in Komaki war, and against Hojo; one of 6 senior ministers; attempt to make break between Ieyasu and; death
—Toshinaga (1562-1614), son of Toshiiye, favours Ieyasu; simulates madness
Magic and incantations, of Buddhist abbot Raigo; general belief in
Mahayana, Great Vehicle, esoteric Buddhism
Mahitotsu, metal worker
Makaroff, Stephan Osipovitch (1848-1904), Russian admiral drowned with Petropavlovsk
Maketsu, Chinese or Korean spinning woman, immigrant to Japan
Maki, wife of Hojo Tokimasa, favours her son-in-law, Minamoto Tomomasa
Makibi see Kibi no Mabi
Makura Soshi, book by Sei Shonagon
Mallets and "mallet-headed" swords
Mamiya Rinzo (1781-1845) discovers (1826) that Saghalien is not part of continent
Mamta, Prince, in charge of Record of Uji
Manabe Norifusa, minister under Ienobu, and Ietsugu; removed from Treasury by Yoshimune
Manchu-Korean subdivision of Asiatic yellow race
Manchuria, in colonization from northern China; part ceded to Japan by treaty of 1895, but not occupied after Russian, German and French note; Russian designs upon; Russia's failure to evacuate, and negotiations over "open door"; Russo-Japanese war; evacuation of, provided for by treaty of Portsmouth; Japanese position in
Man-dokoro, administration bureau, one of three sections of Bakufu, formerly called kumon-jo; in administration of Kyoto after Shokyu war; in Muromachi administration
Maneko, atae of Iki, suicide
Man-en, year-period, 1860, coinage of
Manhattan, American ship, enters Uraga
Mannen tsuho, coin
Manners and customs, remote; in time of Yuryaku; in Muromachi period
Manors, large estates, shoen; attempts to regulate; koden, tax free, granted to Taira after Heiji tumult; Yoritomo's memorial on; abuses of, remedied by appointment of constables and land stewards; distribution after restoration of Kemmu; gifts of Takauji
Manumission of slaves
Manyo-shu, "Myriad Leaves" first Japanese anthology; compared with Kokinshu; on character of soldier; comments on, by Keichu
Map, official, begun under Hideyoshi
Market Commissioners, after Daika
Markets, ichi, in early Japan; in Nara epoch
Marquis, asomi, title established by Temmu
Marriage in early Japan; and the festival of utakai; none recognized among slaves by Daika; in Nara and earlier epochs; in laws of Military Houses; between military and court families; child marriage
Marubashi Chuya, leader in revolt of 1651
Masa, daughter of Hojo Tokimasa, mistress of Minamoto Yoritomo; mother of Yoriiye and the power, with Tokimasa, in his administration; saves Sanetomo; plea to generals of Bakufu; death (1225)
Masakado see Taira Masakado
Masanobu (1453-90), painter
Masanori see Kusunoki Masanori
Masashige see Kusunoki Masashige
Masatomo see Ashikaga Masatomo
Masatoshi see Hotta Masatoshi
Masayasu see Inaba Masayasu
Masks for dances, sculptured; no masks
Masses, Buddhist
Masuda Nagamori (1545-1615), one of 5 administrators, plots with Ishida against Ieyasu; enters monastery after Sekigahara
Masukagami, history of 1184-1333, on literature
Mats, tatami, floor-coverings; tatsu-gomo
Matsubara, Pine Plain
Matsudaira, origin of family; of Aizu, etc.
—Hideyasu (1574-1607), son of Ieyasu
—Masatsuna (1567-1648), Tokugawa agent in Kyoto
—Mitsunaga (1615-1717), punished by shogun
—Motoyasu see Tokugawa Ieyasu
—Nobutsuna (1596-1662), minister of Iemitsu, and of Ietsuna
—Norimura, minister of Yoshimune, drafts code (1742); succession to Yoshimune
—Sadanobu (1758-1829), revises code; minister under Ienari; sumptuary laws; educational reforms; retires; matter of rebuilding palace; rank of Tsunehito and Hitotsubashi Harunari; revises rules of procedure
—Tadanao, punished by Tokugawa in 1623
—Tadatem (1593-1683), daimyo of Echigu; removed
—Yoshinaga, baron of Echizen, advocates foreign trade; importance in new Japan
Matsukura Shigemasa (1574-1630), persecutes Christians, urges conquest of Philippines
Matsumae, ruling Northern islands, clash with Russians
Matsuriaga Hisahide (1510-77), kills Norinaga and the shogun Yoshiteru; ally of Shingen
Matsuo Basho (1644-94), verse writer
Matsushita Yukitsuna, soldier under whom Hideyoshi served
Matsuura, in Hizen, Toi attack unsuccessfully; branch of Minamoto; support Southern Court; attitude toward Xavier
Mayor of the palace, kwampaku
Ma Yuan, painter
Mayuwa kills Anko
Measures, early; standard (senshi-mashu) of Go-Sanjo; in Hideyoshi's laws
Medicine
Medicine-hunting, early court amusement
Meiji, "Enlightened Government" year-period 1868-1912; posthumous name of Mutsuhito
Meitoku, year-period, 1390-3, and the rising of 1391
Men, ideographic Japanese used by
Menju Shosuke, impersonates Shibata Katsuiye and saves him
Mercy, goddess, Kwannon
Merit lands, Koden, granted for public services
Mexico, Spanish ships from
Michelborne, Sir Edward, on Japanese sailors (1604 or '5)
Michi no Omi, ancestor of Otomo
Michinaga see Fujiwara Michinaga
Michiyasu, Prince; Emperor Montoku (q.v.)
Michizane see Sugawara Michizane
Mikado, origin of title; name appropriated for residence of Soga Emishi
Mikata-ga-hara, war of, (1572-3)
Mikawa, province, Oda defeat Imagawa in; fighting in Komaki war
Mikena, brother of Jimmu
Military Affairs, in ancient Japan; first conscription (689 A.D.); organization under Daiho; during Nara epoch; improvement in organization in 12th century; development of tactics; foreign military science; conscription laws and samurai; new army justified by Satsuma rebellion; modern army organization
Military Art of Bushi
—class, shi; in Kamakura period
—code, Gumbo-ryo, of Daiho laws
—dues, Buke-yaku
—ethics, and Primer of Yamaga Soko
Military houses, buke, rise in 8th century; 10th; 11th; power increased by Hogen and Heiji insurrections; Minamoto ideals; finances; crushed by Kemmu restoration; Northern Court follows system of; in Ashikaga times; Onin disorder; Muromachi period; land holdings; power in Tokugawa period; Laws of; intermarry with Court nobles; weakness
Militia, kondei, in 8th century
Milk
Milky Way in myth
Millet as substitute for rice
Mimaki, life-time name of Emperor Sujin
Mimana (Imna), Japanese name for Kara, Korea; Japanese influence there; Tasa leads revolt in; part ceded to Kudara; Keno in; pretended expedition against; Shiragi overpowers; Japan intervenes in war between Shiragi and; Shiragi invades (622); families from, in 9th century nobility
Mimasaka, province, given to Yamana family (1441)
Mimashi, Korean teacher of music (612 A.D.)
Mime, Dengaku
Mimoro, Prince
Mimoro, Mt., in early myth; Kami of, a serpent
Minamoto, princely family; Fujiwara take wives from; generals of Imperial guards; called Gen and Gen-ji; academy; manors and troops; win Taira estates; quarrel with Taira; revolt against Fujiwara; literature; military power in provinces, especially Kwanto; "claws" of Fujiwara; provincial branches; war with Taira; power taken by Hojo
—Hikaru (845-913), son of Nimmyo, accuses Sugawara Michizane; death
—Hiromasa (918-80), musician
—Ichiman (1200-3), candidate for shogun, killed
—Kanetsuna, in Yorimasa conspiracy
—Kugyo see Kugyo
—Mitsukune, erects monument to Kusunoki Masashige
—Mitsumasa, founder of Suruga Genji
Minamoto Mitsunaka (912-97), reveals conspiracy against Fujiwara (967); his influence; founder of Shinano Genji; the two swords
—Nakaakira, killed with Sanetomo by Sugyo
—Narinobu, poet
—Noriyori (1156-93), sent against Yoshinaka; at Ichino-tani; commands force (1184-5); blocks Taira from withdrawing into Kyushu; assassinated
—Sanetonio (1192-1219), rival of Ichiman; blocks Hojo designs; attempt to assassinate him; death; patron of Fujiwara Tameiye
—Senju-maru (1201-14), revolt, execution
—Shigenari, pretends to be Yoshitomo
—Shitago (911-83), litterateur
—Tadaaki, in capture of Rokuhara
—Tametomo (1139-70), great warrior of Hogen tumult; exiled to Izu; advice not followed
—Tameyoshi, in Hogen, tumult
—Tomomasa, Maki's candidate for shogun, killed
—Toru (822-95), minister of the Left under Uda
—Toshikata (959-1027), poet, one of Shi-nagon
—Tsunemoto (894-961), Prince Rokusoh, founder of Seiwa Genji; in beginning of hostilities with Taira
—Wataru, husband of Kesa
—Yorichika (d. 1117), ancestor of Suruga Genji
—Yoriiye (1182-1204), succeeds (1199) as lord high constable and chief landsteward; as shogun (1202); killed by Tokimasa
—Yorimasa (1106-80), sides with Taira, killed
—Yorimitsu (944-1021), soldier; aids Michinaga; at Court
—Yorinobu (968-1048); governor of Xai, drives back Taira Tadatsune; helps Michinaga
—Yoritomo (1147-99), son of Yoshitomo; escapes after Heiji war; war of 1180; army crushed; gains; quarrels with Yoshinaka; called to Kyoto; sent against Yoshinaka; relations with Yoshitsune; Bakufu independent of Court; memorial on manors; becomes sei-i tai-shogun; death and character; patron of Saigyo Hoshi; system imitated by Takauji
—Yoriyoshi (995-1048); in Nine Years' Commotion
—Yoshichika (d. 1117) rebellion put down by Taira Masamori
—Yoshihira, son of Yoshitomo
—Yoshiiye (1041-1108); great archer; called Hachiman Taro, in Nine Year's Commotion and Three Year's war; helps put down disorder of Enryaku-ji monks
—Yoshikata
—Yoshimitsu (10567-1127), founder of Tada Genji; in Three Years' War
—(Kiso) Yoshinaka (1154-84), revolts in Shinano-Kotsuke; quarrels with Yoritomo; defeats Taira at Tonami-yama; Go-Shirakawa joins; tries to get crown for Hokurika; death
—Yoshitaka marries Yoritomo's daughter; death
—Yoshitomo, supports Go-Shirakawa in Hogen tumult; joins in plot of Heiji; advice overruled by Nobuyori, killed; his sons; loses great land holdings
—Yoshitsuna (d.1134), brother of Yoshiiye
—Yoshitsune (1159-89), son of Yoshitomo, escapes after Heiji tumult; joins Yoritomo; sent against Yoshinaka; at Ichi-no-tani; wins battle of Yashima; relations to Yoritomo; attempted assassination; protected by Fujiwara Hidehira, suicide
—Yukiiye (d. 1186); repeatedly defeated; joins Yoskinaka; Yoshinaka disapproves his choice to be governor of Bizen; summary criticism of him; turns to Yoshitsune, death
—Yukitsuna betrays Shishi-ga-tani plot (1177), 296; occupies Settsu and Kawachi (1183)
Mincho, called Cho Densu, (1352-1431), painter
Ming, Chinese Emperor, mission for Buddhist Sutras; dynasty, its fall
Mining, Ieyasu's efforts (1609) to develop
Ministers, system of three, under Daika; members of Privy Council Board under Daiho; Hideyoshi's system; council of, separated from shogun; senior and junior ministers
Mino, province, Oda defeat Saito in
Miroku (Sanskrit Martreya), stone image of, brought to Japan (584 A.D.)
Mirror, in myth of Sun-Goddess; one of Imperial insignia; bronze, in sepulchral remains
Mishchenko, Russian general, leads cavalry raid after fall of Port Arthur
Misumi, adherents of Southern Court, in Sanin-do
Mita, Korean architect
Mitigations (roku-gi) of penalty of Daiho code for rank, position and public service
Mito, Tokugawa of
Mitoshi, a Kami
Mitsubishi Company, first private dockyard
Mitsuhide see Akechi Mitsuhide
Mitsukuni see Tokugawa Mitsukuni
Mitsunobu (Tosa no M.), painter, founder of Tosa school of painting
Miura branch of Taira; plot against Hojo
Mitsuinura (d. 1247), suicide
—Yasumara (1204-47), in war with Hojo
—Yoshiaki
—Yoshizumi (1127-1200), in Bakufu
Miwa Sako, commander of palace guards
Miyake Atsuaki, contributor to Dai Nilon-shi
Miyoshi, scholars in Ashikaga administration; lecturers; in civil war of 1520-50; crush Hoshokawa; in Awa; attempt to take Kyoto
—Kiyotsura (847-918); memorial (914), on writing; Chinese scholar
—Masanaga, inheritance
—Miyoshi Motonaga
—Nagateru (d. 1520), guardian of Hosokawa Sumimoto and Takakuni; death
—Norinaga, called Chokei (1523-64), in civil war
—Yasunobu (1140-1221), son of Yoritomo's nurse; ancestor of Ota and Machino uji; in Bakufu council; advice at beginning of Shokyu struggle; death
—Yasutsura, with Hojo Yasutoki plans Joei code
—Yoshitsugu (d.1573), revolts in Settsu
Mizugaki, Sujin's court at
Mizuha, life time name of Emperor Hansho
Mizuno, governor of Nagasaki, persecutes Christians
—Echizen no Kami, prime minister of Ieyoshi, sumptuary laws and efforts at reform (1826)
Mochifusa see Uesugi Mochifusa
Mochihito, Prince, (1150-80), Yorimasa conspiracy
Mogami of Yamagata
—Yoshiakira (1546-1614), one of Ieyasu's generals
Moho, variant name of Sushen or Toi
Momijiyama Bunko, Tokugawa library at Yedo
Mommu, 42nd Emperor (697-707), Prince Karu, accession; succession and plan to move capital
Momokawa see Fujiwara Momokawa
Momonoi family favours Tadayoshi
Momo-yama, "Peach Hill," in Fushimi, Hideyoshi's palace; last epoch of Ashikaga shogunate; palace destroyed (1596); Ieyasu's castle taken (1600)
Momozono, 116th Emperor (1735-62)
Mon, coin
Mongaku, priest, originally Endo Morito, aids Yoritomo
Mongol, subdivision of yellow race; fold of eye; invasion
Monju-dokoro, Bakufu department of justice; in administration of Kyoto after Shokyu war; power passes to Hyojoshu; in Muromachi administration
Monkey, worship of; female divinity
Mononobe, palace guard; uji of Kwami class, important especially in Yuryaku's reign; oppose Buddhism
Moriya, o-muraji, killed by Soga; their rivalry; opposes Buddhism; supports Anahobe; final contest with Soga; property
—Okoshi, o-muraji; opposes Buddhism
Montoku, Emperor (851-58), chronicle of reign
Montoku Jitsuroku, National History
Monto-shu, Shin sect
Moon, Kami of
Moonlight festivals
Mori Arinori, Viscount (1847-89), minister of public instruction, assassinated
Mori family, rapid rise in power; Ashikaga Yoshiaki turns to
—Hidemoto (1579-1650), in Ishida's army
—Motonari (1497-1571), wins power of Ouchi
—Motonori (1839-96), of Choshu, leader of extremists, expelled from Kyoto
—Nagayoshi (1558-84), general of Hideyoshi
—Rammaru, lieutenant of Nobunaga
—Terumoto (1553-1625) loses central Japan to Hideyoshi; Akechi Mitsuhide joins; peace with Hideyoshi; senior minister; signs Hideyoshi's laws; favours Ishida, leads his army; loses estates
Morihito, Emperor Nijo
Morikuni, Prince (1301-33), shogun, (1308-33)
Morimasa see Sakuma Morimasa
Morinaga, Prince, (1308-35), called Oto no Miya, son of Go-Daigo, and his defender; commander-in-chief; death
Moriya see Mononobe Moriya
Morosada, Prince, see Kwazan
Moroya, chief of Otomo, o-muraji
Morrison, American ship in Yedo, 1837
Mother-of-pearl and lacquer
"Mother's Land," Shiragi, Korea
Motien Mountains, Russian campaign planned in
Motonobu (1476-1559), painter, Kano school
Motoori Norinaga (1730-1801), Shinto revival; quoted; on Shinto dualism
Mourning colour, white, earlier, black; customs; periods of, varying with rank
Moxa, medicinal herb, touch of, defilement
Mu Hsi, painter
Mukden, Russian railway through; battle of (1905)
Muko, Fukuhara harbour
Mukuhara, Buddhist temple at
Mulberry, early culture; used with hemp to make cloth; order for cultivation (472 A.D.); planting of, condition of tenure of upland
Multa, King of Kudara, stories of his cruelty told of Emperor Muretsu
Munemara, chief of trade
Munetada see Tokugawa Munetada
Munetaka, Prince (1242-74), shogun in 1252-66
Munetake see Tokugawa Munetake
Munro, N. G., on Japanese archaeology; imibe; rice-chewers; coins
Muraji, "chief," title; applied to pre-conquest (Shimbetsu) rulers; o-muraji, head of o-uji; inferior title in Temmu's peerage
Murakami, 62nd Emperor (947-67)
Murakami Genji, branch of Minamoto
—Yoshihiro, of Iyo province, pirate chief
—Yoshikiyo (1501-73), driven from Kuzuo by Takeda Shingen
—Yoshiteru impersonates Morinaga
Murasaki Shikibu (d. 992), writer of Genji Monogatari
Muravieff, Nikolai Nikolaievich (d. 1881), Russian commander in Far East, claims (1858) Saghalien
Murdoch, J., quoted on Tadatsune's ravages of Kwanto; on Heian epoch; weakening of Fujiwara power; Bushi of Kwanto; Joei code; downfall of Bakufu; feudalism in war of dynasties; literati in Ashikaga administration; Kamakura rule in Kai, Izu and Mutsu; revolt of 1443
Muretsu (Buretsu), 25th Emperor (499-506)
Muro Nawokiyo, or Kyuso, (1658-1734). Confucianist, historian of "47 Ronins"; adviser to shogun
Muromachi, part of Kyoto, administrative headquarters of Ashikaga; Ashikaga shoguns at
Musashi, immigrants from Koma settle in; war of Taira and Minamoto in; Hojo and Uesugi in
Mushroom picking
Music, Korean and Buddhist; and poetry; in Heian society; joruri
Muso Kokushi, "National Teacher," or Soseki (1271-1346), scholar; head of Tenryuji
Muto, branch of Fujiwara in Kwanto
—Sukeyori, founder of Shoni family
Mutsu, 5 provinces, in Nara epoch, N. E. and N. littoral; the Nine Years' Commotion (1056-64) in; Three Years' War (1089-1091) in; (O-shu) part of 0-U, 388; peaceful under Kamakura rule; revolt of 1413 in; in 16th century wars; silk growing; famine of 1783-6 in
—branch of Fujiwara, descendants of Fujiwara Kiyohira; give Yoshitsune asylum; crushed by Yoritomo (1189)
Mutsuhito, (posthumous name, Meiji), 122nd Emperor (1867-1912); seal
Myochin Nobuiye, metalworker and armourer
Myocho, Zen priest
Myoe (or Koben), bonze, quotation from his biography on Yasutoki
Myogaku-ji, temple
Myong see Song Wang Myong
Myoo, priest
Myoshin-ji, Zen temple, W. of Kyoto
Myosho, (109th) Empress (1629-43), Princess Oki, daughter of Go-mizu-no-o and Tokugawa consort
Mythology; rationalistic explanation of, by Japanese
Nabeshima Naoshige (1537-1619), invasion of Korea
Nagahama, Omi, headquarters of Hideyoshi
Nagakude, battle of
Nagamasa see Asai Nagatnasa and Asano Nagamasa
Nagamori see Masuda Nagamori
Nagao Kagetora see Uesugi Kenshin
Nagaoka, Yamashiro, capital
—uji, of princely descent
Nagasaki, port; church, trade, growth; Jesuit church seized by Francisans; missionaries receive patent; Martyrs' Mount; execution of De l'Assumption and Machado; "Great Martyrdom"; trade; Pessoa at; Dutch and English confined to; Dutch factory; Russians come to (1804); Glynn and the Preble; Americans allowed to trade; military college at
—Enki, guardian of Hojo Takatoki
—Takashige, suicide, 386
—Takasuke (d.1333), minister of Takatoki; dethrones Go-Daigo
Nagashino, castle
Nagasune, governor of Yamato
Nagato, fortifications at, (1280)
Nagatoshi, name given to Nawa Nagataka
Nagauji see Hojo Soun
Nagaya (684-729), minister of the Left
Nagoya, in Hizen, base of operations against Korea; castle of
Nai-mul, king of Shiragi (364), first sends tribute to Yamato
Naka, Prince, son of Kogyoku; passed over, in succession; interregnum; Great Reform; expedition to Korea; Emperor Tenchi
Nakachiko, Oshiwa's servant
Nakahara family, scholars, secretaries in Bakufu; in Ashikaga administration; lecturers
—Chikayoshi (1142-1207) in Yoritomo's Bakufu; nominated; high constable at Court, but not appointed; in Bakufu council; ancestor of Otomo family of Kyushu
—Kaneto, rears Yoshinaka; his four sons, Yoshinaka's guards
Nakai Seishi establishes school in Osaka
Xakamaro see Abe Nakamoro and Fujiwara Nakamaro
Nakamura Hiyoshi see Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Nakane Genkei, mathematician, translates Gregorian calendar into Japanese
Nakanomikado, 114th Emperor (1710-35)
Nakano, suburb of Yedo, dog-kennel in
Naka-Nushi, "Central Master"
Nakasendo, Central Mountain road, completed early in 8th century
Nakashi, wife of Okusaka
Nakatomi family, court priests; descended from Koyane; guardians of 3 insignia, and of Shinto ceremonials; oppose Buddhism, and Soga
—Kamako, muraji, opposes Buddhism
—Kamatari see Fujiwara Kamatari
—Kane, muraji, minister, in conspiracy against Oama (Temmu)
—Katsumi, muraji, killed (587 A.D.)
Nakatsu, Prince
Nakaye Toju (1608-48), Confucianist, follower of Wang Yang-ming
Namamugi incident
Nambu family
—Saemon opposes Ieyasu
Names and naming, Japanese system; territorial
Naniwa, now Osaka, capital of Emperor Nintoku; Buddhist temple, (579); immigrants from Kudara; administration, Settsu-shoku, under Daiho; removal of capital to, by Kotoku; trade in Heian epoch
Nanko, see Kusunoki Masashige
Nankwa (16th Cent.), scholar
Na-no-Agata or Watazumi-no-Kuni, Japanese intercourse with
Naiishan, commanding Port Arthur
Nanzen-ji, Zen temple, 454; one of the "Five"
Nara, Yamato province, removal of capital to (709 A.D.); the Nara epoch (709-84); the Nara image of Buddha; city officials, revenues from public lands appropriated for, 775 A.D.; Kusu and Fujiwara Nakanari attempt to make it capital again; power of armed monks controlled by Yoshinori; rebel against Yoshimasa; Takauji tries to check
Nariaki see Tokugawa Nariaki
Narimasa see Sasa Narimasa
Narinaga, Prince (1325-38), kwanryo of Kwanto; shogun at Kamakura
Narita Kosaburo assists Go-Daigo
Nariyuki see Tokugawa Nariyuki
Nasu family, one of "8 Generals of Kwanto"
"National Histories, Six" covering years 697-887 A.D.; five composed in Heian epoch
Nature Worship
Navarrete, Alonso (1617), Spanish Dominican, executed by Omura
Navigation; see Ships
Navy, Japanese, in Mongol invasion; in invasion of Korea; naval College, Gunkan Kyojujo, at Tsukiji; modern organization; in war with China; in war with Russia
Nawa, adherents of Southern Court, in Sanin-do
Nagatoshi (d. 1336), helps Go-Daigo escape; provincial governor; commands against the Ashikaga; death
Nazuka Masaiye, in charge of land-survey
Needle, magic, as cure
Negoro, in Kii, firearms made at; headquarters of priests of Kii
Nei-issan see Ichinei
Nemuro, Russian ship in (1792)
Nengo, era or period, in chronology; different names in Northern and Southern courts
Nenoi Yukichika, one of Yoshinaka's four guards
Ne no Omi, messenger of Anko
Neo support Southern Court in Mino
Neolithic culture
Nestorian Christianity in China
Netsuke, (ill.)
New Spain, Mexico, ships from
New Year's celebration
Ng, Chinese writer on war (3d Cent, A.D.)
Nichira, Japanese at Kudara Court advises Bidatsu against Kudara
Nichiren, Buddhist sect dating from 13th century; its founder; war with other monks
Nigihayahi, uncle of Jimmu, overlord of Nagasune
Nihon Bummei Shiryaku, on early medicine
Nihon Kodaiho Shakugi, on Board of Religion
Nihon Koki, Later Chronicles of Japan (792-833)
Nihongi, Chronicle of Japan (720); on Chuai and Jingo; after 400 A.D.
Nihonmatsu family
Nihon Shoki, Written Chronicles of Japan to 697 A.D. (720), revision of; continuations
Nijo, family founded by son of Fujiwara Michiiye, one of "Five Regent Houses"
Nijo, 78th Emperor (1159-66)
Castle, Kyoto, destroyed; officials of
Michihira (1287-1335), Go-Daigo's minister
Yoshimoto (1320-88), scholar and author
Nikaido in office of shitsuji; defeated by Date
Sadafusa opposes the regent (1331)
Nikki favour Takauji
Nikko, Shimotsuke province, shrine of Ieyasu and tombs in; annual worship at
Nikolaievsk, strategic situation
Nimmyo, Emperor (834-50); chronicle of his reign; luxury
Nine Years' Commotion, Zenkunen (1056-64)
Ningpo, trade with Japan; sacked by Japanese
Ninigi see Hikoho Ninigi
Ninken, 24th Emperor (488-98), Prince Woke
Ninko, 120th Emperor (1817-46)
Nintoku, 16th Emperor (313-99); 7 provinces added by; consort, Takenouchi's granddaughter; love story; remits taxes |
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