source of inestimable blessing to the nations of the world!” The wish to which Baron Shibusawa gave utterance in 1902 is one that finds its echo in the hearts of the people of both nations to-day, and one with which this humble effort to spread a knowledge of Japan and her affairs may fittingly conclude. INDEX Abdication of Shogun, 82 Academies of Bakufu, 96 Accumulation of specie, 291 Ama-no-terasu, goddess, 11 Ancient sword on Takachiho-miné, 203 Ancient shrine in Hiuga, 203 Adams, William, vi, 67, 68 “Advance, Japan,” xv _Adzuma_ ironclad, 302 Aidzu clan, 25, 29, 84, 86 Alcock, Sir Rutherford, xv, 16, 80 Arisugawa, Prince Taruhito, 3, 4, 49 Arisugawa, Prince Takehito, 4, 144 “Ashigaru” rank, 66 Ashikaga Shogunate, 55, 57 Anglo-Japanese relations, 68, 80 Attachment to throne, 6 Attempt on Sir H. Parkes’ life, 32 Awa bay, battle of, 30, 89, 300 Awa, Count Katsu of, 29 Awaji island, 11, 30 Bakufu (Shogunate), 76, 77 Bank of Japan established, 289 Barons’ revenues, 61 _Barrosa_, H.M.S., 122, 123 Battle of Awa bay, 30, 89 — Fushimi, 31 — Shimonoseki, 123 — Shinagawa, 90 Biddle, Commodore, vii Biwa lake, 74 Bizen men run amok, 32 Bombardment of Kagoshima, 78 Buddha (Daibutsu) at Kamakura, 55 Buddhism, viii Cabinet, first, 140; changes, 45, 46 “Charter oath,” 46 Choshi, port, 97 Choshiu clan, 16, 17, 69, 76, 79, 173, 175 — defeated, 17 — victorious, 174 Clement, E. W., xv Cocks, Captain, 68 Codes, civil and criminal, 44 Columbus, 9 Commodore Perry, 12 Constitution promulgated, 135 Coronation oath, 21 Council, first, 28 — of Local Governors, 45 — Privy, 140 _Coup d’état_ at Kioto (1868), 28, 83 Crown Prince, 49 Dai-jo-dai-jin, 27 Dakiu (polo), 94 Decree on accession, imperial, 50 Degrees of nobility, 139 Deliberative assembly promised, 21 Deshima, 68 Diet, the, 45, 135 Douglas, Admiral, 314 Douglas, Sir R. K., xv Drill, foreign, 17 Dual control, 19 Dyer, Professor Henry, 133 Early visitors to Japan, vi East India Company, 68 _Eclipse_ of Boston, vi Embassy under Prince Iwakura, 128, 131 Emperor, personal name, 1; portrait (_frontispiece_); address to army and navy, 51; menage, 51; decree on accession, 50; grants Constitution, 44; at Hiroshima, 48; diligence, 51; sympathy, 52; Commander-in-chief, 52; education, 20; equestrianism, 20; poetry, 21, 52; coronation, 33; coif, 34, 36; first public appearance, 35; costume, 36; opens railway, 36; marriage, 34; magnanimity, 22, 25, 43; message to Diet, 47; reviews fleet, 311 Emperor Komei, 1, 4, 75, 80 — Ninko, 4, 103, 114 _Emperor_ yacht, 30, 89 Empress Haruko, 1; marriage, 34; travels to Yedo, 34; first sees foreigners, 35; supports Red Cross Society, 48