As this title is supposed to convey some disgrace with it, no one considers it an honor, and therefore it is generally combined with some other. VII. Okura no shio (Chinese office, Tafu sz), officer over the imperial storehouses and granaries. O kura kio is an officer of high rank. O kura no tayu, O kura no Gonno tayu, etc. Ori be no tskasa, weavers of the imperial silks. Ori be no kami, etc. VIII. Koo nai shio, the board of the interior of the palace; was formerly a department of the Naka tskasa shio. Superintends the furniture, food, pathways, etc. Koo nai kio, first officer, of high rank. Koo nai no tayu, and Gonno tayu. Koo nai no sho and Gonno sho, all of high rank. Koo no dai jo and sho jo, etc. Dai zen siki, purveyor to the Emperor’s guests. Dai zen no daibu, first officer. The Prince of Nagato, Matzdaira Daizen no daibu, holds this office. Dai zen no Gonno daibu, of high rank. Dai zen no ske and Gonno ske. This was formerly the highest ske at court. Mokoo rio, officer of carpentry and woodwork about the palace. Mokoo no kami, high rank. Mokoo no Gonno kami, etc. San shi, bookkeepers. Oee rio, purveyor of food for the gods of the palace. Oee no kami, one man. This is said to be a lucrative office; probably much is provided and little consumed. Oee no ske and Gonno ske, etc. Tonomo rio, department for superintending the cleaning of the palace. T. no kami, etc. Ten yaku rio--medical department--two apothecaries, medical attendants upon the Emperor, etc. Ten yaku no kami, etc. Ee no haka se, teachers of medicine. Nio yee haka se, teachers of diseases of women. Shin no haka se, teachers of acupuncture. Jee yee, one man--Emperor’s personal medical attendant. Ee shi, similar, but of lower rank. Kammon rio (Ch., Si sau shü), scavenger department in the palace. Kammon no kami--the Daimio Ee holds this title. In 1859 this Daimio was regent under the Shiogoon’s government, and was assassinated in the streets of Yedo. Kammon no ske, etc. O Kimi tskasa, chamberlains to the Sinwo or royal families. O Kimi no kami is hereditary in the family of Owo. Nai zen shi, purveyor of provisions for the imperial household. Nei zen no kami, obsolete. Bu zen no kami fills the office above. Ten zen, of low rank. Miki tskasa, office for presenting wine to the gods in the palace. Upon every household altar in Japan is seen a small bottle of wine. Miki no kami, etc. Ooneme tskasa, overseer of the female officers of the palace, O. no kami and O. no sakkan. Mondo no tskasa, superintends the water supplied to the palace, M. no kami, M. no sakkan. These (the Ooneme and the Mondo) are the two lowest offices in the eight boards. In the offices about the court the subordinate officers under the rank of kami are known by the general name of Shi kwang. The second part of the Shoku gen sho relates to the Boo kang, executive and military departments.