worshipped) in token of honor to his
memory. Rev. John Batchelor, who has lived as a missionary among the
Ainos many years, is of the opinion that this reverence is largely
due to a desire on the part of the Ainos to conciliate their
Japanese masters. It has seemed not unreasonable to suppose that the
traditions concerning Yoshitsune among the Ainos have been carried
from the Main island by the retreating tribes, and that Yoshitsune
never lived with them in Yezo, but was only familiar with them in
the wild regions of Mutsu and Dewa.

See paper by Rev. J. Batchelor, _Asiatic Society Transactions_, vol.
xvi., part 1, p. 20.

123 Oye-no-Hiromoto was a powerful adherent of Yoritomo, and was a
member of his administrative council. He was the ancestor of the
Mori family, who afterward became famous as the daimyos of Choshu.

124 We owe to Kaempfer, perhaps, the erroneous notion which has been
repeated by subsequent writers that there was both an ecclesiastical
and a temporal emperor. This was never true. There has been only one
emperor, who, in the Japanese theory, was the direct descendant of
divine ancestors and who has always been the supreme authority. From
the time of Yoritomo, however, the administration was in the hand of
an hereditary shogun who always received the commission of the
emperor for the performance of his duties. See Kaempfer's _Histoire
de l'Empire du Japon_, vol. i., p. 182.

125 The Japanese term is _Shikken_, which is usually translated
_regent_.

126 A travelling palanquin.

127 See _Travels of Marco Polo_, second edition, London, 1875, vol. ii.,
p. 240.

128 In the year A.D. 1890 two pictures were brought to light which
represent the events of this memorable battle. They are believed to
have been painted about A.D. 1294 by Naganori and Nagatoki, painters
of the Tosa school. They have been in the family of one of the
captains in the Japanese army of that day, and while the figures of
the men and horses are not well drawn the pictures in other respects
have great historical value. Alongside of the scenes represented,
legends are written in explanation. It is said that these valuable
historical pictures are likely to come into the Household Department
and thus be more carefully preserved than they are