Ambergris, i., 329. Amboyna, Massacre of, i., 240, 241; ii., 355. “America in the East,” ii., 273. “American anchorage,” ii., 291. American relations with Japan. _See_ United States’ relations with Japan. Amida, the god and his idols, i., 399; ii., 49, 65. Amiot, Père, i., 7. “Amœnitates Exoticae,” i., 289, 315. _Amomum miōga_, ii., 124. _Anas galericulata_, ii., 135. Ancestor worship, ii., 188. Anderson, W., ii., 345. Angelis, Jerome de, i., 220, 265. Animals and birds eaten for food, i., 54, 75, 187; ii., 135; those not eaten, ii., 253. Anise-tree, i., 401; ii., 126. Anjirō, i., 38, 39, 41, 49-54, 82, 359. “Annales des Voyages,” ii., 349. “Annals des Dairi,” ii., 89. “Annals des Empereurs du Japon,” i., 257, 391; ii., 108, 165. “Annals of the Dairi,” i., 357. Apples, ii., 140. Arai, ii., 65, 70. Arai Hakuseki, ii., 112. _Aratame_, ii., 65. Architecture, domestic, i., 77, 187, 218, 339, 340, 390-392, 395; ii., 52, 63, 79, 129-131, 306, 318-322. “Archives of Japan,” i., 8. _Argonaut_, English ship, ii., 191. Arima, King of, i., 98, 102, 126. Armies and soldiery, i., 59, 215, 258. Armor, i., 139. Arms, or mark, upon clothing, etc., i., 116, 188, 371, 373; ii., 17, 18, 285, 322. _Artemisia_, ii., 146. _See also_ Wormwood. “Arts and Crafts of Old Japan,” ii., 345. _Arum dracontium_ and _esculentum_, ii., 142. Asakawa, ——, ii., 345. “Asiatic Journal,” i., 195; ii., 46, 72, 108, 254, 352. Aston, W. G., i., 8, 145; ii., 199, 206, 345. Astronomers, ii., 143, 201, 223, 251. Asukagawa, River, i., 385. “Atlas Japonensis,” i., 266. _Atotsuke_, i., 370, 372. Atsuta (Miya), ii., 69. Audiences with emperor and princes, i., 175, 189-191, 217; ii., 55, 56, 60-62, 85-104, 149-153, 331-334. Audsley, ——, and Bowes, ——, ii., 345. Austerities practised by both bonzes and Jesuits, i., 71, 88. Autographs of travellers, i., 218. Awa, Provinces of, ii., 283. Azuchiyama, i., 103, 116. Bacon, Miss, ii., 344. Baggage, i., 370-377. Baker, Edmund, i., 177. Baptiste, Father Pierre, i., 242. Barley, i., 76. Batchelor, John, ii., 345. Baths, ii., 9, 52, 134. Batoli, Father Daniel, i., 115. Bedding, ii., 5, 133, 156. Beechey, Captain, ii., 282. Beer, ii., 207. Beggars, ii., 23-28, 58. Bell in Miyako temple, ii., 105, 108. Benriū, River, i., 385. Bent, Lieut., ii., 302. Bettelheim, Rev. B. J., ii., 266, 267. Biddle, Commodore, ii., 261-265. Bidinger, Mr., ii., 300. _Bikuni_ (nuns), ii., 23, 24. Binding of prisoners, ii., 214, 270. Bird, Miss, ii., 344. Birds eaten for food, ii., 135. Biscanio, Sebastian, i., 270. Biwa, Lake, ii., 63, 67. Black, ——, ii., 345. Blindness, ii., 29. Blomhoff, Herr, ii., 245, 247. Blomhoff, Mme., ii., 245. _Blossom_, English ship, ii., 282. Bonin Islands, ii., 282, 292.