rited by his Japanese son. His
personal estate is stated at about five hundred pounds sterling.--See
_Letters of William Adams_, p. 39.

250 Hildreth's _Japan_, etc., p. 142, quoted from Purchas, vol. i., p.
406.

251 Hildreth's _Japan_, etc., p. 157.

252 See _Letters of William Adams_, No. 1.

253 See Purchas' _Pilgrimes_, part 1, book iv.

254 These privileges are given in full by Hildreth, p. 169, taken from
Purchas.

255 Mr. Satow has collected many facts concerning the history of
printing in Japan, and among others has shown that printing with
movable type in Korea was used as early as 1317, that is one hundred
and twenty-six years before the date of the first printed book in
Europe.--_Asiatic Society Transactions_, vol. x., p. 63.

256 A translation of this document was made by Mr. J. F. Lowder and
published in Yokohama in 1874. We are indebted to W. E. Grigsby,
Esq., formerly professor of law in the University of Tokyo, for a
valuable paper on the _Legacy of Ieyasu_ in which a careful analysis
is given and a comparison of its details is made with the provisions
for the regulation of early communities elsewhere.--See _Asiatic
Society Transactions_, vol. iii., part 2, p. 131.

257 Ieyasu may have had in mind a shocking example of _junshi_ (dying
with the master) which occurred in his own family. Tadayoshi, his
fifth son, to whom had been assigned an estate in Owari, died young,
and five of his retainers, in order to follow their master,
committed _hara-kiri_ in accordance with the old feudal custom. This
is believed to have been almost the last instance of the kind, and
must have touched Ieyasu very closely.--_Mikado's Empire_, by W. E.
Griffis, D.D., p. 272.

258 Notwithstanding this positive prohibition left by Ieyasu,
occasionally the strength of the old feudal habit was too great for
the more merciful spirit. It is said when the third shogun of the
Tokugawa family (Iemitsu) died, two of the daimyos, Hotta of Sakura
and Abe of Bingo, committed _hara-kiri_. Hotta's sword, still
stained with blood, is retained in the _kura_ of the daimiate at
_Tokyo_, and on the anniversary of the event is shown to the
_samurai_, who appear on the occasion in full dress.

259 See _Asiatic Society Transactions_, vol. xx., Supplement, i