Nagasaki and its Vicinity as seen by Kämpfer—Imperial Governors—Their Officers and Palaces—Municipal System—Street Government—Mutual Responsibility—Administration of Justice—Taxes—Government of other Towns—Adjacent Country—The God Suwa and his Matsuri—A. D. 1690-1692 337 CHAPTER XXX Kämpfer’s Two Journeys to Court—Preparations—Presents—Japanese Attendants—Packing the Baggage and Riding on Horseback—Japanese Love of Botany—Accoutrements—Road-Books—Norimono and Kago—A. D. 1690-1692 366 CHAPTER XXXI Highways—Rivers—Fords—Ferries—Bridges—Water Part of the Journey—Coast and Islands—Frail Structure of Japanese Vessels—Description of them—Buildings on the Route—Proclamation Places—Places of Execution—Tera, or Buddhist Temples—Miya, or Shintō Temples—Idols and Amulets 380 INDEX LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS VOLUME I. PAGE Image of Date Masamune _Frontispiece_ The Invasion of the Mongol Tartars 2 Entrance to the Temple of Jimmu Tennō 8 Portrait of St. Francis Xavier, One of the Earliest Missionaries to Japan 42 Image of Yoritomo 64 Ise Temple 68 A Shintō Priest 70 Pilgrims returning from a Temple 72 A Buddhist Sermon 74 Performance of Harakiri 78 The Kintai Bridge, Snō 90 Image of Oda Nobunaga 96 Painting of Taikō-Sama 124 The Expedition against Corea 140 Feudal Strongholds: Himeji Castle; Nagoya Castle 160 Image of Iyeyasu 164 Temple of Hideyoshi, Kyōtō 182 A Scene in the Palace Gardens, Kyōtō 196 Performers on the Koto and the Samisen 212 The Tomb of Iyeyasu, Nikkō 230 Facsimile of an Anti-Christian Edict 242 Dutch Candelabrum at Nikkō 256 Attack on Fort Zeelandia in Formosa 302 Nagasaki Harbor 312