Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan, Vol. II (Aston) (28/29)

12th month, 6th day. The Empress removed her residence to the Palace of Fujihara.

gth day. The public functionaries paid their respects at Court.

10th day. Presents of various values were made to all from the Princes of the Blood down to the Governors of districts, consisting of coarse silk, floss silk, and cloth.

12th day. A banquet was given to the Ministers and Daibu.

gth year, Spring, 1st month, 5th day. The rank of Jé-kwo- ni was conferred on the toneri of Imperial Princes.

7th day. An entertainment was given to the Ministers and Daibu within the inner precinct (of the Palace).

15th day. Firewood was presented to the Empress.

16th day. An entertainment was given to the public functionaries.

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17th day. There was archery lasting for four days.

Intercalary 2nd month, 8th day. The Empress went to the Palace of Yoshino. | 15th day. The Imperial car returned to the Palace.

3rd month, 2nd day. Silla sent Prince Kim Nyang-nim, the Po-nyéng' Pak Kang-kuk, of Sal-son® rank, and Kim Chyu- han and Kim Chhyung-syén, of Han-na-ma rank, to present a memorial regarding the government of their country, to offer tribute and to bring presents.

11th day. The Empress went to the Palace of Yoshino.

14th day. The Empress arrived from Yoshino.

22nd day. Hakase, Fumi no Imiki, of Mu-kwo-ni rank, Shimo-osa* no Morota, of Shin-kwoé-san rank, and others were sent to Tane‘ to obtain the barbarians’ dwelling-place.

Summer, 4th month, gth day. Envoys were sent to pray to the Great Abstinence Deity of Hirose and to the Wind-gods of Tatsuta..

17th day. The posthumous rank of Jiki-kwo-san was conferred on Yemishi, Kamo no Ason, and a contribution made towards his funeral expenses. [His original rank was Gon- dai-ichi.| The posthumous rank of Jiki-dai-shi was conferred on Akamaro, Fumi no Imiki, and a contribution made towards his funeral expenses. [His original rank was Dai-san-chiu. | sth month, 13th day. An entertainment was given to the Hayato of Oho-sumi.

2ist day. The Empress witnessed wrestling by the Hayato at West * Tsuki no moto.

6th month, 3rd day. Daibu were sent as Envoys to visit the shrines of the capital and the four Home provinces and pray for rain.

16th day. Honorary gifts of various values were made to all high officials who were eighty years of age or more, or who were affected by chronic disease.

1 Apparently the name of an office. 2 The proper word is Chap-son.

8 Shimo-osa means junior interpreter. There was a family of this name, but it is not quite clear that the name and function did not go together in this case.

4 Viz. Tanegashima, an island off the south coast of Satsuma.

5 Referring to its position West of the Temple of Asuka. Tsuki is the name of a tree, the Planera.

5 ca sana eEn 18th day. The Empress went to the Palace of Yoshino.

26th day. The Empress arrived from Yoshino.

Autumn, 7th month, 23rd day. Envoys were sent to pray to the Great Abstinence Deity of Hirose and to the Wind-gods of Tatsuta.

26th day. Presents were made of various values to the Envoys whom it was proposed to send to Silla, viz. Kenu, Wono no Ason, of Jiki-kwo-shi rank, Hakatoko, Yuki no Muraji, of Mu-dai-ni rank, and others.

8th month, 24th day. The Empress went to the Palace of Yoshino.

30th day. The Empress arrived from Yoshino.

gth month, 4th day. The prisons were visited, and those persons were released who were suffering sentences of minor banishment or imprisonment.

6th day. Kenu, Wono no Ason, and his colleagues started for Silla.

roth month, 11th day. The Empress went to Yonahari in Uda.

12th day. The Empress arrived from Yonahari.

rath month, 5th day. The Empress went to the Palace of Yoshino.

13th day. The Empress arrived from Yoshino.

Prince Hatsuse was granted the (posthumous) rank of Jo- dai-shi, and a contribution made for his funeral expenses.

roth year, Spring, Ist month, 7th day. The Ministers and ooE 696.

Daibu were entertained.

11th day. The rank of Jiki-dai-shi was conferred on Nam- chy6n, Prince of Pékché.

15th day. Firewood was presented to the Empress.

16th day. An entertainment was given to the Ministers and public functionaries.

18th day. The Ministers and public functionaries had archery at the South Gate.

2nd month, 3rd day. The Empress went to the Palace of Yoshino.

13th day. The Empress arrived from Yoshino.

3rd month, 3rd day. The Empress went to the Palace of Futa-tsuki.

t2th day. Presents were given of coats and trousers of Si ae 420 NIHONGI.

brocade, of dark red and deep purple coarse silks, of axes, etc., to Inari and Mushi, Yemishi of Watarijima of Koshi, and to ‘Shirasu and Yesd, men of Sushen.

Summer, 4th month, roth day. Envoys were sent to pray to the Great Abstinence Deity of Hirose and to the Wind-gods of Tatsuta.

27th day. The rank of Tsui-dai-ni was conferred on Mono- nobe no Kusuri, of the district of Kazehaya in the province of Iyo, and to Mibu no Moroshi, of the district of _Kahashi in the province of Higo. Moreover, each of them received presents of 4 hiki of coarse silk, 10 bundles of raw silk, 20 tan of cloth, _ 20 mattocks, 1000 sheaves of rice, and 4 cho of rice-land.

They were excused from the commuted taxes and forced labour due from their houses. This was by way of consolation for. their long sufferings in the Thang country.’

28th day. The Empress went to the Palace of Yoshino.

5th month, 2nd day. By Imperial command the title of Imiki was conferred? on Tsunade, Hada no Miyakko, of Dai- kin-jo rank.

4th day. The Empress arrived from Yoshino.

8th day. The rank of Jiki-kwé-shi was conferred on Oho- sumi, Wohari no Sukune, and he was also given forty cho of rice-land.

13th day. The posthumous rank of Jiki-kwo-shi was granted to Momoye, Oho-koma no Muraji, and a contribution given towards his funeral expenses.

6th month, 18th day. The Empress went to the Palace of Yoshino.

26th day. The Empress arrived from Yoshino.

Autumn, 7th month, 1st day. There was an eclipse of the sun.

2nd day. Criminals were pardoned.

8th day. Envoys were sent to pray to the Great Abstinence Deity of Hirose and to the Wind-gods of Tatsuta. - roth day. His Highness the after * Imperial Prince died.

1 They were taken prisoners in the campaign undertaken for the support of Pékché. See above, XXVII. 7. _ ® This was a posthumous honour.

8 The “Shikai” thinks that we should read Prince Imperial here. Prince Takechi is meant, who stood second in the line of succession. Hence the epithet “after.”

Jiro. 421 8th month, 25th day. The rank of Jiki-kwd-ichi was conferred on Homuchi, Oho no Omi, and presents given him as a reward for his services from the beginning, and for his strict guardianship of the barrier.’

gth month, 15th day. The posthumous rank of Jiki-dai-ichi was conferred on Those, Waka-zakurabe no Ason, and a contri- bution made towards his funeral expenses, in honour of his services from the beginning.

Winter, roth month, 17th day. The Udaijin, Tajihi no Mabito, was granted (permission ® to use) a carriage and a staft, and so in this way sympathy was shown on his retirement from office.

22nd day. One hundred and twenty retainers were granted to the Udaijin, Tajihi no Mabito, of Sho-kwo-san rank; eighty each to the Dainagon, Miaruji, Abe no Ason, and Miyuki, Ohotomo no Sukune, both of Sho-kwo-shi rank, and fifty each to Maro, Iso no Kami no Ason, of Jiki- _ kwo-ichi rank, and Fubito, Fujihara no Ason, of Jiki-kwo-ni rank.

11th month, roth day. Thirty houses were granted as a sustenance-fief to Bendo, a priest of the Great Temple of the Great Palace.

12th month, rst day. An Imperial order was given that the Kin-kwo-my6 Sutra should be expounded, and that every year on the last day of the twelfth month ten persons of a pure life should be made to enter religion.

11th year, Spring, ist month, 7th day. An entertainment was given to the Ministers and Daibu. | 11th day. Presents of rice in ear of various values were given to all widowers, widows, orphans, and childless persons, to those suffering from grave disease, and to those who from poverty were unable to support themselves, throughout the Empire. | 16th day. An entertainment was given to the Ministers and public functionaries.

2nd month, 28th day. Kunimi, Tahema no Mabito, of Jiki-kw6-ichi rank, was appointed Grand Tutor of the Heir He was warden of the Suzuka barrier, on the road to Fuha, during the civil war. 2 On account of his age.

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Apparent,' Atomi, Michi no Mabito, of Jiki-kwo-san rank, was appointed Director of the Spring Palace,” and Ahamochi, Kose no Ason, of Jiki-dai-shi rank, Assistant Director.

3rd month, 8th day. A public great-congregation was held at the Eastern Palace.* Summer, 4th month, 4th day. Ranks, from that of Jé to that of Jiki, were conferred on the selected persons (for office), discrimination being made in the case of each.

7th day. The Empress went to the Palace of Yoshino.

14th day. Envoys were sent to pray to Hirose and Tatsuta.

On this day the Empress arrived from Yoshino.

5th month, 8th day. Daibu were sent as Envoys to the various shrines to pray for rain.

6th month, 2nd day. Criminals were pardoned.

6th day. An Imperial order was made that Sutras should be read in the temples of the Home provinces.

15th day. Persons of the fifth and lower ranks were sent to cleanse out the temples of the capital.

tgth day. Offerings were distributed to the Gods of Heaven and Earth.’

26th day. The Ministers and public functionaries began to make votive images of Buddha for the sake of the Empress’s illness.

28th day. Daibu were sent as Envoys to visit the various shrines and pray for rain.

Autumn, 7th month, 7th day. At midnight, one hundred and nine habitual’ thieves were pardoned, and four pieces of cloth given to each. But those from the outer provinces received twenty sheaves of rice each.

12th day. Envoys were sent to pray to Hirose and Tatsuta.

29th day. The Ministers and public functionaries prepared 1 The recognition in this capacity of Prince Aru, grandson of Temmu Tenno and son of the Prince Imperial Kusakabe, afterwards Mommu Tenné, on the sixteenth day ofthis month, is Feconded by other authors, but is some- how omitted in the “ Nihongi.”

_? The Heir-Apparent’s Palace.

3 The Heir-Apparent’s Palace. 4 Shinto.

® There is probably something wrong with the text here. The “ Shukai” offers an emendation which would mean “ thieves who habitually wore the cangue.’J eo Jiro. 423 a festival for the installation ' of Buddhist images in the Temple of Yakushiji.. 8th month, rst day. The Empress,’ having decided on this XXX 41.

measure in the forbidden precinct, abdicated the Imperial Dignity in favour of the Prince Imperial.

1 Lit. opening the eyes.

2 She died five years later. Her body was cremated, the first instance of the application of this Indian practice to a Japanese sovereign.

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” 4. The character!{ is sometimes transliterated no and sometimes nu—a confusion common with the Japanese themselves.

6, note 2. For Oho-to nochi Florenz plausibly suggests Oho-tono-ji, i.e. ‘the elder of the august palace.’

note 3. Omotaru. Better ‘ face-perfect.’

note 3. Florenz suggests with great probability that awo is here only an interjection like aya.

last line of notes. For ‘ Jirja’ read ‘Jinja.’

near bottom. For ‘has a place,’ etc., read ‘is completely formed and has a place called.’

15, near bottom. Read ‘To think of the words of the woman having been spoken first!’

18, near bottom of text. For ‘ladder’ read ‘ pillar.’

l.29. Omit ‘no Kami’ after ‘ Kura 0 Kami?’ note 4. Read ‘in error for yase, having many reaches.’

26, 1. 3 from bottom. For ‘I will wash’ read ‘ So he washed,’ 31, note 7. Na is here probably for no, the genitive particle.

40, line 5 from bottom. For ‘when the seed,’ etc., read ‘in spring sowed seed over again, and broke down,’ etc.

42, add to note 2:—‘ Here and at p. 186 the Eternal Land is probably the continent of Asia. The cock is called Kuda-kake in the “ Ise- Monogatari” (Mabuchi’s Edition II. 44), where Mabuchi explains Kuda as put for Kudara, the name of a Corean kingdom,’ 47, 1.24. For ‘drew herself up,’ etc., read ‘felt ill all over.’

near bottom, add note:—‘ This is the literal translation, but, as we learn from the “ Shiki,” the ‘‘ combs ” here mentioned were really ErrATA ET ADDENDA.

Sakaki branches stuck in the ground with tree-fibre hung from them as offerings.’

51, 1.16 and 21. Transpose ‘ right’ and ‘left’ in these lines.

1. 13. After ‘yashima’ add ‘de,’ and at the end of note 5 the word ‘ hand.’

66, 1. 16. ‘The sparrows,’ etc., should not be indented.

l.9. Better ‘abhor mistaking.’ 69, note 5. Mars and Jupiter are also mentioned. 71,1.4. Read ‘Oho-yama tsu mi no Kami.’

note 4. After ‘muro’ insert ‘except in composition.’

72, add to note:—‘ Blackmore, in “ Lorna Doone,” mentions a practice in the West of England “ of keeping all rooms underground. We say that thus we keep them warmer, both for cattle and men in the time of winter, and cooler in the summer time.”’

85,1. 10. Read ‘ Now I suspect that it is not my child.’

89, 1. 23. Read ‘Chichi hime no Mikoto, daughter of Honohata hime, daughter of,’ etc.

1. 6 from bottom. Add ‘Ama no’ before ‘ Kaguyama.’ last line but one et seqq. For ‘she’ read ‘he.’

gi, l. 19. Read ‘Tama-yori hime no Mikoto, child of Yorodzu hata hime, child of Taka mimusubi no Mikoto.’

95, 1. 4 from bottom. After ‘acquired’ insert ‘a sea-gift while the younger brother Hiko-hoho-demi no Mikoto had acquired.’

97, 1.7. Filth of earth, The human body is meant. A Buddhist idea.

100, note. There are earlier mentions of the Hayato, but their institu- tion as an Imperial guard probably belongs to the latter end of the seventh century. There’are numerous indications that this legend is of recent date.

a ERRATA ET ADDENDA. 427 ‘washerwoman’ read ‘ bathing-woman.’ 106, 1. 8. After ‘dais’ add ‘ and invited him to come in.’ 107, 1. 3. For ‘teach it to me’ read ‘save me therewith.’ tog. After the Chinese characters insert ‘or Tenno.’ 110, |. 12. For ‘pointing to’ read ‘including all.’ add to note:—‘ The legend related at p. 128 is an additional indica- tion of an earlier settlement of Yamato by emigrants from the West. The “ Kiujiki” states that Nigi-hayahi descended from Heaven in Kahachi, and subsequently removed to Yamato.’ 111, line 2 from bottom. Read ‘and causing him to take it, pulled him,’ etc. 1. 21. Read ‘ships and oars’ instead of ‘ helms of his ships.’ 1.6. For‘ Kafuchi’ here and elsewhere read ‘ Kahachi.’ 113, l. 11. After ‘Ikoma’ read ‘and in this way to enter,’ etc. 115,1. 7. For ‘chastise’ read ‘reduce.’ 1.8. For ‘I can’ read ‘and,’ and omit ‘upon which’ in next line. 1. 8 from bottom. Read ‘the Emperor’s army.’ 1. 4 from bottom. For ‘wandered about’ read ‘were stayed and knew not whither,’ etc. 116, 1.9. After ‘body’ insert ‘ opened out a way across the mountains and.’ 1208 ].2.0 Ror “they dead “he? last line. No ko, ‘the child of,’ should be taken as part of the name, viz. Iha-oshi wake no ko. Similarly Nihe-motsu no ko a few lines further down. 119, 1.12. By ‘force of men,’ ‘army of women,’ is probably intended only virile or strong troops and effeminate or weak troops. 120, 1.18. After grass add ‘rain coat and.’ 1.24. Read ‘whether or not I shall be successful in founding the Empire.’: 121, 1. 19. Read after ‘river’ ‘Their mouths turned downward and after,’ etc.

122. Inthe poetry repeat the line ‘Like the Shitadami’ after ‘my boys.’

123. In the poetry add after ‘ stay ’— ‘Though men in plenty Coming enter and stay.’

1. 13. Read ‘I will stand up and sing.’

The same correction in |. 16. 124. Transpose the two poems on this page.

After first line of poetry insert the line, ‘ With shields in a row.’ 127. Transpose the poems.

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Page 129, 1.4. For ‘Tada’ read ‘ Hata.’ af 1.5. The Japanese have indifferently hafuri or hofuri. Hafuri is the proper spelling, hofuri being meant to represent the contracted form hori.

» 130,1.9. After ‘ Katsuraki’ read ‘ Now the ancient name of the land of Ihare was Kataru or Katatachi.’

» 133,16. Better read ‘to use allusive verses and topsy-turvy words SO as,’ etc.

1. 5 from bottom. Read ‘ daughter of the Tohe of Araka (or Ara- kaha) in the land of Ki?’

» 152,1.6 from bottom. Read ‘Is not this non-acceptance cruel?’

» 153, 1. 4 from bottom. Add after ‘Shiko-wo’ ‘the ancestor of the Mononobe no Muraji.’

» 161,1.2. Read ‘ Families were well supplied.’

» 168. Read ‘ Judging from the implements which this ox is carrying, he is surely intended to be killed and eaten.’

» 178,1.9. After ‘land’ read ‘and that I should personally conduct the government of the great earth. The covenant was already ~ completed. But although,’ etc.

1,22. For ‘ Kuka’ read ‘ Fukayu.” » 181, last two lines. Read ‘If I am to be united to this beautiful person I shall surely see a happy omen on the way.’, 182, last line. Read ‘Then he said to the courtiers.’

» 195,1.6 from bottom. For ‘It will be,’ etc., read ‘ Their spear points are not to be matched,’ and omit ‘ For.’

if! EOC AST. “or ORI Pea Es ERRATA ET ADDENDA. 429 ” ‘ Noble with nobles, Cousin with cousins.’

246, 1.8. Read ‘In the course of the seventh month of, etc.

248, 1.5. After ‘tribute’ add ‘which they made the tribute of their own country.’

251, 1.16. Read ‘It is so distant that it cannot be reached in seven days’ journey.’

254, 1. 13. Read‘This agreed with the elbow-pad worn by the Empress as a manly accoutrement.’

257, l. 7. For ‘Kadzu’ read ‘Kadono. Chiba, ‘thousand leaves,’ is a makura-kotoba of Kadono, Kado (or Kadzura) meaning a creeper.

260, 1. 5 of poetry. ‘River fork’ is perhaps better ‘ Kahamata,’ the name of a river..

264, 1. 10 from bottom. For ‘kebi’ better read ‘momi.’

265, note. For ps read Zs.

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Page 266. Poetry. Dr. Florenz interprets the last three lines as follows— ‘Yield to one side; (In order that) I may see My departing spouse of Kibi.’ 267. For ‘Ahiru’ read ‘ Kamo.’ 271, 1.12. For ‘Oho-kuma’ read ‘ Oho-sumi.’ 276. For ‘sent it’ read ‘ went.’ 277, 1.6. For ‘my abdication’ read ‘his self-abnegation. note. Read ‘ Chihaya-bito.’ 278, 1. 8 from bottom. Read ‘But for the three years that We have now reigned over the people,’ etc. 279, 1. 3. Read ‘no robes of state or shoes were made for him except when worn out.’ 1.5. Read after ‘broths’ ‘were not renewed except when they became sour or putrid.’ 284. Poetry. For first two lines read— ‘ By the rule established For nobles.’

293, 1. 5 from bottom. For ‘Empress’ read ‘Emperor.’ 294, 1. 21. For ‘Taka-ama’ better ‘Taka-kahi’ (falcon-feed). 298, 1.6. For ‘melts’ read ‘is distributed.’ 304, 1.4. For ‘Furu no’ read ‘ Furu in.’ 305, 1. 4. Before ‘ Hayato’ insert ‘ an attendant.’ 322, note 1. ‘Na-nori-ahi’ should be ‘na-nori-so,’ ‘ tell it not.’ 323, 1.6. Read ‘ But the sea was deep and they,’ etc. 326, 1. 3 from bottom. For ‘made them go back’ read ‘returned. 329, 1. 3 from bottom. Read ‘one whit disagreeable.’ 335. Poetry. For ‘nine-fold’ read ‘seven-fold.’ 336, 1. 4 from bottom. Omit ‘a place belonging to.’ note 3. Add ‘ Fukuro probably means mother here.’ 338, 1. 4. Before ‘woman’ insert ‘man and.’ Last line but one, read ‘ they were’ for ‘she was.’ 340, last line. Read ‘ The only persons whom he favoured.’ 341, 1. 7. After Princess add ‘and has made her pregnant.’ 342, 1.12. After.‘ flying’ add ‘and bit the Emperotr’s elbow.’ 349, 1.17. For ‘get instructions’ read ‘ proceed by way of.’ 351, note 2. For ‘Bekkako’ read ‘ Kokkeko’ or ‘ Kakero.’ 359, 1. 26. For ‘Autumn’ read ‘ Winter.’ 362, 1.15. Read ‘ How nearly I had destroyed the man!? 366, 1.14. For ‘beside himself with shame’ read ‘for shame at his unsuccess.’ 1. 7 from bottom. For ‘who’ read ‘and.’ 369, note 2. Better to take smoke and fire as signs of plenty, which extend for 10,000 ri. 370, 1. 5. Read “How should not we, with our whole hearts, address them decrees of cordial warning?’

BY ERRATA ET ADDENDA. 431 Page 370, 1. 20. Read ‘many years have now passed, and it (my death) ” ” ” 127, note 5. Omit ‘In modern times,’ etc.

148. Add to note 2:—‘ The authenticity of the “ Kiujiki”’ was never ” ” ” ” cannot be called premature.’

l. 5 from bottom. Read ‘ should gain his purpose of whine? etc. 371, 1. 3, 4. Read ‘ The serfs of the Ohomuraji are wide-spread,’ etc.

1. 14. Read ‘ Your serfs are very numerous.’

1,16. Read ‘Is it not better to keep safe our persons and avoid risk rather than by such an announcement to bring on ourselves ruin??

386,1. 10. After Dignity read ‘to the great delight of the functionaries who were in attendance.’

390, 1. 11 from bottom. Read ‘ There are no words without response: no virtuous action without requital.’

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Omit note I.

disputed until the time of Motoori and Hirata. The former (“ Kojikiden ” i. 20) condemns it as aforgery. Hesays, however, that it is not a mere invention, but compiled from the “ Kojiki” and “ Nihongi.” Ifany one doubts this let him, MotoGri says, read the “ Age of the Gods,” comparing the accounts given in the three works. He will find in the * Kiujiki” an incongruous mixture of style, and also that the same event has been narrated in two different forms. The difference in the Chinese characters used for writing the same proper names is especially conspicuous. Some- times the “ Kogojiui” has been resorted to, and such passages are easily distinguished as they are copied word for word. There are, however, passages not to be found elsewhere, probably taken from some old work, and the MSS. are useful for correcting the text of the “ Nihongi.” To.these observations of Motoéri it may be added that the “ Kiujiki” contains an account of the death of Shétoku Daishi, its supposed author, which must have been added a long time after (probably from the “ Nihongi”), as it has the expression “the men of that day.” We should also remember the positive statement of the “ Nihongi” (p. 193) that the greater part of the “ Kiujiki” was destroyed by fire in Notwithstanding all this, I incline to the opinion that the “ Kiujiki,” with the exception of the final passage which relates the death of Shdtoku Daishi, is authentic, Motoéri hardly ERRATA ET ADDENDA.

does justice to the amount of original matter in the mythological chapters, and the similarities between it and the “ Kojiki” and “ Nihongi” may be accounted for by supposing that all three drew their materials from a common stock, viz. the recitals of the “ Kataribe” and the written documents compiled from them. It is quite true that the “ Kiujiki” gives in many Cases two versions of the same legend, but the clumsiness with which they have been dovetailed together is rather a proof that the writer could not have had the more consistent narrative of the “ Nihongi” before him. This part ought to be translated. It contains material which is necessary for a complete study of Shintoism.

From Jimmu Tenn6é on the question assumes a different aspect.

Here either the author of the “ Nihongi” has incorporated the whole ‘* Kiujiki,” or the author of the “ Kiujiki” has made a selection from the “ Nihongi.” So far as the former goes it is identical word for word with the latter. From the circumstance that the additional matter contained in the “ Nihongi” is very largely of a romantic or poetical nature, it seems more probable that the “ Kiujiki” is the original work. Its general style is eminently consistent with the statement (“ Nihongi,” vol. ii. p. 122) that the reputed author was a thorough proficient in both Chinese and Buddhist learning.

Without a more exhaustive examination it is impossible to say more, but there is, I feel sure, sufficient internal evidence avail- able to solve the question with certainty. It would afford an interesting subject of critical inquiry to some of our younger students,’ I]. 12, Omit ‘you who accepted our rule and also to,’ and add at end of sentence ‘of your emigration hither.’

For most of the above corrections I am indebted to the kindness ot Dr. Florenz, Professor of Philology in the Imperial University of Tokio.

IN DEX: Acupuncture, IT. 190.

Adoption, II. 2.

Adultery, II. 221.

Adzuma Koto, I. 225.

Age of the Gods. Books I. and II.

Agura, II. 103.

Ahaji (island, birth of), I. 13.

Ahimbe, IT. 335.

Aino or Ainu. See Yemishi.

Akakagachi, I. 77.

Aloes wood, II. 123.

Altar, I. 353.

Ama or Ame, heaven, Zassz772.

Ama no Nunahara oki no Mabito, II.

Ama terasu no Ohokami. goddess.

Ama tsu mara. See Smith-god.

Ambassadors (should be of good family), pGa7.0% Ame (malt extract), I. 121.

Ame mikoto hirakasu wake, II. 275.

Ame no oshi-ho-mimi no Mikoto, 1. 83.

Ame no Uzume. See Uzume.

Ame-toyo-takara ikashihi tarashi hime, I.

Amnesty, II. 322, and frequently after this.

Anaho, I. 328.

Anahobe (Prince), II. 107, 112.

Anato, I. 167.

Ango. See Retreat.

Ankan Tenné, II. 12, 26.

VOL, II.

See Sun- Arakahi, II. 2, 8, 15, etc.

Arashito or Arasateung, I. 166; IL. 18, Arima (Prince), II. 251.

Arinari (river), I, 231.

Arrow. See Nari-kabura, Bow, Archery.

Artizans (from Corea), I. 349, 396, etc.

Ashihara, I. 40.

Aso (Mount), I. 198.

Aso or Ason (title), I. 236, 239; II. 365, etc.

also Comet, Eclipse, Occultation, Mars, Pleiades.

Atahe or Atahi (title), I. 36.

Augury. See Divination.

Jordoy de gion uss VUE, atin Yee 7 eyo), BALDNESS as an incapacity for service of Banishment, II. 333, 339.

Banzai or Bansai, I. 389; II. 175, 411.

Baptismal flag, II. 149.

Nashiro.

Beacons, II. 13.

Bed of absent person, Superstition regard- Bees, II. 184.

Bellows, I. 47. i Bhéchadjya Radja. See Yakushi.

Bidatsu (or Bindatsu) Tenno, II. go-105.

Bosatsu (or Bodhisattwa), II. 111, 175.

cab Box for petitions, II. 211.

Bramblings (bird), II. 339, 349.

Branding of criminals, etc., I. 305, 307, Bronze, II. 415.

Buddhism, I. 219; II. 59, 65, 66, 68, 72, 78, 90, 96, 101, and frequently during the remainder of Vol. II. See also Hoshi, Image, Kesa, Nuns, Shamon, Sutra, Sddzu, Kwannon, Temples, Re- treat.

Buffalo, II. 297.

Butsudan, II. 369.

CALENDAR, Introduction xvii.; II. 68, 72, See also Rank.

Castles, building of, II. 283, e¢ segg., 286.

Caterpillar, worship of, II. 188, e¢ segg.

Celestial dog, II. 167.

Censorate, II. 294.

Ceremonies, court, II. 227, 357, 398, etc.

Chair, II. 102.

Chaos, I. 1.

Incantation, Mantras.

Chésyang, I. 243.

Chhimnyu (King), I. 253.

Chi or chichi, I. 4, 264.

Chisis i 1a2t Childbirth, superstitions connected with, China, relations with, Introduction xi.; II. 138. See Thang, Wu, Tsin, Han.

Chinese civilization, spread of, II. 133.

Chinese customs, I. 311.

Chinese learning, first introduction of, I.

Ché (land measure), II. 208.

Chopstick, I. 159.

Choshushi, II. 213, 225.

Chronology, Introduction xvi.; I. 111, 132, 25, 37- See also Calendar, Nengo.

Circumambulation, II. 259.

Clapping hands by way of respect, II. 395.

Clay figures at tombs, I. 181, 357.

Clepsydra, II. 265, 296.

Cloud: chariot, II. 275.

Cock wile sul eqs: Currency.