314 With that talent for nicknaming which the Japanese exhibit, the leading party in the new government was called _Sat-chō-to_; derived from the first syllables of the clans, Satsuma, Chōshū, 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-shōgun, besought his master to commit _hara-kiri_ as the only way in which his own honor and the dignity of the Tokugawa clan could be preserved. He offered to join him in this tragic ceremony, but the ex-shōgun declined to end his life in this way. Thereupon the devoted retainer retired and in the presence of his own friends himself committed _hara-kiri_. _ 318 American Diplomatic Correspondence_, April 3, 1868. 319 An English translation of this memorial will be found in Black’s _New Japan_, vol. ii., p. 84. It shows what prejudices the statesmen of that day had to overcome. See also _American Diplomatic Correspondence_, 1868, p. 727. 320 See _Kinsé Shiriaku_, Yokohama, p. 116. 321 See _Kinsé Shiriaku_, Yokohama, p. 125. Also _American Diplomatic Correspondence_, March 14, 1871. 322 This house was one of the five regent families (_go-sekké_) all of the Fujiwara clan, from whom the _kwambaku_, _daijō-daijin_, or _sesshō_, the highest officers under the emperor, were always filled and from which the emperors selected their wives.—Dickson’s _Japan_, p. 52. 323 See Chamberlain’s _Things Japanese_, 1892, p. 300. 324 Adams’ _History of Japan_, vol. ii., p. 126. _American Diplomatic Correspondence_, May 30, 1868. 325 Iyenaga’s _Constitutional Development of Japan_, p. 33. 326 See the despatch of Sir Harry Parkes, _British State Papers_, Japan, 1870. 327 See Iyenaga’s _Constitutional Development of Japan_, p. 35. 328 See _British State Papers_, 1870, Japan. 329 A translation of this memorial will be found in the _British State Papers_, 1870, Japan; also cited in Adams’ _History of Japan_, vol. ii., p. 181. 330 See an analysis of the daimyōs who joined in this memorial in _British State Papers_, 1870, Japan. 331 See _British State Papers_, 1870, Japan. 332 See Prince Azuki’s _Memorial_. 333 See Kido’s Original _Memorial_. 334 See Mounsey’s _Satsuma Rebellion_, pp. 247, 248. _ 335 Treaties and Conventions between Japan and Other Powers_, Tōkyō, 1864, p. 646.