Sa ye mon no Kami. Sa ye mon no ske, etc. So (or Oo) hio ye no foo is another office. Sa (or Oo) hio ye no Kami is head officer of high rank. This officer is frequently mentioned by the Jesuits. Sa hio ye no ske. Oo hio ye no ske, etc. Soma rio or Sa-oo ma rio. The office of right or left superintendent of the cavalry. Sa ma no Kami; Oo ma no Kami. Both of high rank. Sa ma no gonno Kami; Oo ma no gonno Kami. Ske and Gonno Ske. These take rank above all other ske. Sa and Oo ma no dai jo and shojo. This is the first rank attained by a commissioned officer in the army. Hio ngo rio. Ordnance storehouse. Hio no Kami. One officer. Gay boo no Kwang. The outer military department. The army in distinction from the guards. The annals of the army are very ancient. In Tenshio dai jin’s time, the title of the commander-in-chief was Fu dzu nushino kami, known by his posthumous honors and title as Kashima Mio jin in Hitatsi province. The title of Shiogoon (tsiang kiun) was first used by the Emperor Shiu jin 50 B.C. In the Emperor Kei ko’s time, his son, Yamato taki no mikoto, was dai shiogoon, and there were two others, Sa and Oo shiogoon. This Yamato overran all Japan and the island of Yezo, also the three countries of Sinra, Corea, and Haxai or Hiakusai, provinces of what is now known as Corea, and put into them Japanese offices and officers; and after that commenced Goonfoo or military offices, or, in short, a standing army. Chinjiu foo. Office for northern provinces. C. no Shiogoon, an officer who is general and commander-in-chief in the provinces of Mootz and Dewa. Mootz no Kami (Sendai) is generally the hereditary Shiogoon of these provinces. He is bound to keep, in the two provinces, an army of 5,000 men. Chinji foo no fooku shiogoon is an officer called out only during war. Chinji foo no goon kan, etc. Se i dai Shiogoon (Ch., Tsing i ta tsiang kiun), tranquilizer of barbarians; great army general. Yamato take no mikoto was the first called Tai shiogoon. Se i was a title first given to Bunya no wata maro for bringing all the wild northern part of Japan under rule. This is the officer known to foreigners as Tycoon. See i shi. The office of the tranquilizer of barbarians. Sei fu is one name by which the Shiogoon’s castle in Yedo is known. This title--and it is now only a title--has for long been in the Minnamoto family. Yoritomo was Sei Shiogoon (not Kubosama, as Kæmpfer says). Sinwo. Imperial families; previously explained.