[44] Andres de Haro, a native of Toledo, made his profession at Cuenca in 1613. He came to the Philippines in 1615, and spent more than forty years in the Cagayán missions. At various times he filled important offices in Manila, among them, that of commissary of the Inquisition. He died in that city, September 19, 1670, at the age of seventy-six years. [45] Apparently a reference to the Jesuit Alonso Sanchéz, who had gone in 1586 to Spain (see Vol. VI) as envoy from the various estates of the Philippine colony. [46] i.e., "Farewell in the Lord, beloved of my heart; may you fare well and happily forever." [47] This was Matsura Shigenobu Hô in, the daimiô of Hirado (Firando) and Iki. He succeeded his father in 1584, and died in 1614, at the age of sixty-five. He was an officer in the Korean campaigns under Konishi, and served during 1592-98. See Satow's note regarding him, in Voyage of Saris (Hakluyt Society's publications, London, 1900), p. 79; also his portrait, p. 80. [48] The same as bagacay or bacacae; see Vol. XVI, p. 55. [49] Hizen is one of the most notable provinces of Japan, commercially and historically. Its chief city is Nagasaki, which about 1586 was wrested from the daimiô of Omura by Taikô-sama, and declared the property of the central government. The Dutch maintained a factory there, although under humiliating conditions and restrictions, from 1639 to 1859. Another notable town in Hizen is Arima, where the Christians were so cruelly persecuted in 1637. The daimiô of Hizen, mentioned by Aduarte, was probably Nabeshima, prince of Saga, who was a favorite with Iyeyasu. See Rein's Japan, pp. 300, 520-523. [50] Juan de San Jacinto made his profession in the Dominican convent at Salamanca, in 1594. He came to Manila in the mission of 1602, and ministered to the natives in Pangasinan and afterward in Ituy. He was finally compelled by ill-health to retire to Manila, where he died in 1626. See Reseña biográfica, i, p. 316. [51] Pedro de Santo Tomás came to the islands in the mission of 1602, and labored twenty years in the Cagayán missions--especially among the Irrayas, whom he pacified after their revolt against the Spaniards. He died at Lal-ló, June 29, 1622. [52] The Japanese custom of hara-kiri, or seppuku; see description Rein's Japan, pp. 328, 329; cf. Griffis's Mikado's Empire, p. 221. [53] The bonzes are the priests of the Buddhist temples; but they belong to various sects under the general appellation of Buddhism. [54] This daimiô was Shimadzu Yoshihisa; he was commissioned to subjugate the Riu-Kiu Islands, which were then added to the province of Satsuma. [55] i.e., Yamaguchi, in Nagato; the latter is the province at the southwest extremity of Hondo (or Nippon) Island, and lies opposite Kiushiu Island (in which are Satsuma and Hizen).