in Japan,
_Transactions of Asiatic Society of Japan_, vol. vii., p. 223.
61 It is one of the favorite subjects of Japanese art to represent the
Princess Oto-Tachibana sitting upon a pile of mats and the boat with
her husband sailing off in the quieted waters.
62 The name by which these savage tribes were designated was Yemishi;
the name however is written in Chinese characters which signify
Prawn-Barbarians; in allusion to their heavy beards which gave them
the appearance of prawns. See p. 22.
63 See Chamberlain's translation of _Kojiki_,--_Asiatic Society
Transactions_, vol. x., Supplement, p. 218.
64 He is chiefly notable to foreigners because he is said to have lived
through the reigns of three emperors and to have reached the age of
three hundred years.
65 She is not included in the government list of emperors, and is given
in Appendix I. as empress-regent.
66 See _Kokushian_, compiled under the Department of Education. _Ad
Locum_.
67 See Appendix I.
_ 68 Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan_, vol. x., Supplement.
69 E. M. Satow, _Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan_, vol.
ii., p. 135.
70 E. M. Satow, _Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan_, vol.
vi., p. 435.
71 Satow, "Ancient Japanese Rituals," _Asiatic Society Transactions_,
vol. vii., p. 423.
72 E. M. Satow, _Asiatic Society Transactions_, vol. vii., p. 109.
73 Ditto, p. 119.
74 Cotton is said to have been brought to Japan from India in the reign
of the Emperor Kwammu, A.D. 800. T. B. Poate, _Transactions of the
Asiatic Society of Japan_, vol. iv., p. 146.
_ 75 Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan_, vol. x., Supplement,
pp. 39 and 40.
76 Henry von Siebold, _Japanese Archaeology_, Yokohama, 1879, p. 16. The
diagram in the text is from this work on Archaeology, and shows the
variety of jewels in use in prehistoric times.
77 For the so called cave dwellings see p. 68.
_ 78 Asiatic Society Transactions_, vol. v., p. 110.
79 See p. 32.
80 In the _Kojiki_ it is said that the king of Kudara sent with Wani
the _Confucian Analects_ in ten volumes and the _Thousand Character
Essay_ in one volume. It conflicts seriously with the chronology of
this period to learn, as both Mr. Satow and Mr. Chamberlain have
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