roda with
the Condera Combiendono of the Jesuit fathers. _Asiatic Society
Transactions_, vol. vii., p. 151.

159 See Shiga's _History of Nations_, Tokyo, 1888, p. 128.

160 Dening's _Life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi_, p. 274.

161 See Dening's _Life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi_, p. 278.

162 See p. 189.

163 His original name was Nakamura Hyoshi, the family taking its name
from the village where he was born. Then at his induction to manhood
A.D. 1553 his name was changed to Tokichi Takayoshi. At another turn
in his career he became Kinoshita Tokichi Takayoshi. In the year
A.D. 1562 he received permission to use the name Hideyoshi instead
of Tokichi, and A.D. 1575 his name was again changed to Hashiba,
which the Jesuit fathers wrote Faxiba.

164 See Satow and Hawes' _Handbook_, p. 341.

165 The facts here related concerning this most interesting episode in
the life of Hideyoshi are chiefly taken from a paper furnished by
Mr. J. H. Gubbins to the _Asiatic Society Transactions_, vol. viii.,
p. 92.

166 The Emperor Ogimachi retired from the throne A.D. 1586, and was
succeeded by Go-Yojo, then sixteen years old. It shows of how small
account the emperors had become, that this change in the head of the
nation is scarcely mentioned in the histories of the time.

167 The spies and guides employed by Hideyoshi were priests of the Shin
sect of Buddhists, who after the fall of Kagoshima were discovered
and crucified. A decree was also issued that every inhabitant of
Satsuma who was connected with this sect must renounce his creed. To
this day there exists among the people of Satsuma a general
hostility to the Buddhists which can be traced to this trying
episode. See _Asiatic Society Transactions_, vol. viii., p. 143.

168 See p. 178.

169 See p. 186.

170 See Dening's _Life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi_, pp. 148, 344.

171 When Father Valignani came to Japan in A.D. 1577 it is said that he
brought as one of his presents a beautiful Arabian horse. It is not
improbable that some of the improved breeds, now seen in the
southern provinces, owe their origin to these valuable horses sent
over as presents.

172 See Chamberlain's _Things Japanese_, 1892, p. 298, note. According
to Charlevoix this indiscreet speech was made by a Spanish captain.
See Gubbin's pa