anjo Saneyoshi, who afterwards for many years was
the prime minister of the restored government.

302 See Adams' _History of Japan_, vol. i., p. 431.

303 The annalist from whom Adams quotes gives the number of houses
burned as 27,000. Adams' _History of Japan_, vol. i., p. 434.

304 See the Genji Yume Monogatari and Satow's note in Adams' _History of
Japan_, vol. i., p. 407.

305 This distinguished soldier is better known under the name of Saigo
Takamori. He was originally an ardent anti-foreign partisan, and
through this sentiment became an advocate of a restoration of the
emperor. His services in this revolutionary movement were rewarded
by a pension granted and accepted by the emperor's express
command.--See Mounsey's _Satsuma Rebellion_, London, p. 22.

306 In this reconciliation of the Satsuma and Choshu clans the court
noble, Iwakura Tomomi, took a prominent part, and after the
restoration was complete he became one of the principal officers in
the new government, holding the office of _Udaijin_ until his death.
He is best known to foreigners as the head of an embassy which
visited western countries in 1872-3.

307 See this memorial as given in Adams' _History of Japan_, vol. ii.,
p. 24.

308 See Adams' _History of Japan_, vol. ii., p. 24.

309 See Adams' _History of Japan_, vol. ii., p. 37.

310 Translation of _Kinse Shiriaku_, Yokohama, p. 30.

311 Translation of _Kinse Shiraku_, Yokohama, p. 80.

312 See translation of _Kinse Shiriaku_, Yokohama, p. 82.

313 See translation of _Kinse Shiriaku_, Yokohama, p. 82.

314 With that talent for nicknaming which the Japanese exhibit, the
leading party in the new government was called _Sat-cho-to_; derived
from the first syllables of the clans, Satsuma, Choshu, and Tosa.

315 See Adams' _History of Japan_, vol. ii., p. 84.

316 The numbers here given, of 10,000 troops in the rebel army and 1,500
in the imperial army, are much less than those claimed by the
Japanese authorities, but Mr. Satow who had means of ascertaining
the truth gives the numbers as stated in the text. See Adams'
_History of Japan_, vol. ii., p. 99, note.

317 An incident connected with this return illustrates both the times
and customs of the country. Hori Kura-no-kami, a prominent retainer
of the ex-shogun, besought his m