49 A large number of songs are handed down in the traditions of this period. They are in the most ancient form of the language and are not easy to translate. We give as a specimen Jimmu’s song from Chamberlain’s translation of _Kojiki_, _Asiatic Society Transactions_, vol. x., Supplement, p. 142. Into the great cave of Ōsaka people have entered in abundance and are there. Though people have entered in abundance and are there, the children of the augustly powerful warriors will smite and finish them with their mallet-headed swords, their stone-mallet swords: the children of the augustly powerful warriors, with their mallet-headed swords, their stone-mallet swords, would now do well to smite. 50 For example, the organization of a parliament took place in 1890, which in the Japanese reckoning would be 2550 from Jimmu’s setting up his capital in Yamato. 51 See p. 32. 52 See list of emperors, Appendix I. 53 Satow, _Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan_, vol. ii. p. 113. 54 We follow in these figures the chronology which has been authorized by the government. Appendix I. 55 E. M. Satow, “Ancient Sepulchral Mounds in Kaudzuke,” _Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan_, vol. viii., pp. 11, 330. 56 Chamberlain’s translation of _Kojiki_,—_Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan_, vol. x., Supplement, p. 208. 57 The roads or circuits here spoken of refer to the roads constructed by the government along contiguous provinces and used for the passage of troops and other government purposes. These circuits have continued in use down to the present time. 58 Yamato-hime or Yamato-princess had been appointed high priestess of the temples in Isé, and in that capacity had charge of the imperial regalia which were deposited there. She is a very celebrated person in Japanese legendary story and is said to have lived several hundred years. See Chamberlain’s translation of _Kojiki_, p. 183, note 7; _Asiatic Society Transactions_, vol. x., Supplement. 59 See p. 45. 60 See Satow’s paper on the use of the fire drill in Japan, _Transactions of Asiatic Society of Japan_, vol. vii., p. 223. 61 It is one of the favorite subjects of Japanese art to represent the Princess Oto-Tachibana sitting upon a pile of mats and the boat with her husband sailing off in the quieted waters. 62 The name by which these savage tribes were designated was Yemishi; the name however is written in Chinese characters which signify Prawn-Barbarians; in allusion to their heavy beards which gave them the appearance of prawns. See p. 22. 63 See Chamberlain’s translation of _Kojiki_,—_Asiatic Society Transactions_, vol. x., Supplement, p. 218.