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Updated: 18 September 2026 at 15:21 JST

Harry

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Also known as: Sir Harry Parkes, Sir Harry, Harry Parkes

Harry Parkes (diplomat). Sir Harry Smith Parkes was a British diplomat who served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and Consul General of the United Kingdom to the Empire of Japan from 1865 to 1883 and the Chinese Qing Empire from 1883 to 1885, and Minister to Korea in 1884. Parkes Street in Kowloon, Hong Kong is named after him.

XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXIV XXXV

210 mentions, 23 chapters

Tycoon

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Also known as: glossary_Tycoon

See Shôgun.

II V VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXVI XXVII XXXII XXXVI

210 mentions, 24 chapters

Yedo

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Also known as: glossary_Yedo

The original name of Tôkiô, the seat of government.

I II III IV VI VII VIII X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXIV XXXV XXXVI

198 mentions, 34 chapters

Ozaka

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Also known as: Osaka

Osaka.

IV VII VIII IX X XI XIII XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIV XXXV XXXVI

195 mentions, 28 chapters

Satsuma

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Also known as: Satsuma Domain

Satsuma Domain. The Satsuma Domain , briefly known as the Kagoshima Domain , was a domain (han) of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1600 to 1871.

III IV V VII VIII IX XI XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXV XXXVI

186 mentions, 28 chapters

Japan

I II III IV V VI VII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIV XXXVI

176 mentions, 31 chapters

Kiôto

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Early modern period. In 1603, the Tokugawa Shogunate was established at Edo (present-day Tokyo), marking the beginning of the Edo period. Nevertheless, Kyoto flourished as one of three major cities in Japan, the others being Osaka and Edo. At the end of the period, the Hamaguri rebellion of 1864 burned down 28,000 houses in the city, which showed the rebels' dissatisfaction towards the Tokugawa Shogunate.

III IV VII VIII IX XI XII XIII XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIV XXXV

169 mentions, 28 chapters

Chôshiû

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Also known as: Chōshū Domain

Chōshū Domain. The Chōshū Domain , also known as the Hagi Domain , was a domain (han) of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1600 to 1871.

VI VIII IX X XI XII XIII XV XVI XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXVI

156 mentions, 24 chapters

Mikado

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Also known as: glossary_Mikado

The ancient title of the Japanese sovereign.

III IV VI VII VIII IX XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVIII XX XXIII XXIV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXIV XXXV XXXVI

144 mentions, 27 chapters

Yokohama

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Yokohama. Yokohama is the second-largest city in Japan by population as well as by area, and the country's most populous municipality. It is the capital and most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a population of 3.7 million in 2023. The population was the same in 2026, but steadily decreased over 2025. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. Yokohama is also the major economic, cultural, and commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area along the Keihin Industrial Zone.

I II IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXIV XXXV XXXVI

143 mentions, 31 chapters

Shôgun

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Also known as: glossary_Shôgun

The de facto ruler of Japan when it was opened to foreign trade in 1859, see p. 33. By foreigners he was usually called 'the Tycoon,' which means 'great prince,' a title properly belonging to the sovereign. It seems to have been originally used in diplomatic correspondence with Korea; see also p. 163.

III IV VI IX XII XV XVI XVII XVIII XXII XXIII XXIV XXVII XXVIII XXXII XXXIII XXXV XXXVI

104 mentions, 18 chapters

Nagasaki

II III IV V VII IX X XI XIII XV XVI XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXXI XXXII XXXVI

94 mentions, 23 chapters

Tosa

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Also known as: Tosa Domain

Tosa Domain. The Tosa Domain was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, controlling all of Tosa Province in what is now Kōchi Prefecture on the island of Shikoku. It was centered around Kōchi Castle, and was ruled throughout its history by the tozama daimyō Yamauchi clan. Many people from the domain played important roles in events of the late Edo period including Nakahama Manjirō, Sakamoto Ryōma, Yui Mitsue, Gotō Shōjirō, Itagaki Taisuke, Nakae Chōmin, and Takechi Hanpeita. Tosa Domain was renamed Kōchi Domain during the early Meiji period until it was dissolved in the abolition of the han system in 1871 and became Kōchi Prefecture.

IV XV XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXXII XXXIII XXXVI

88 mentions, 14 chapters

Hiôgo

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Also known as: Hyogo, Hyōgo

Hyōgo Prefecture. Hyōgo Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 and a geographic area of 8,400 square kilometres. Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to the southeast, and Okayama and Tottori prefectures to the west.

XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXXI XXXVI

87 mentions, 16 chapters

Kami

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Also known as: glossary_kami

Title corresponding to earl, baron, when following the name of a province, but after the name of a government department equivalent to minister.

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English 'sire.'

IV VII XIII XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIV XXXVI

81 mentions, 21 chapters

Mitford

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Also known as: A. B. Mitford

Bertram Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale. Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale, was a British diplomat, collector and writer, whose most notable work is Tales of Old Japan (1871). Nicknamed "Bertie", he was the paternal grandfather of the Mitford sisters.

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Entering the Foreign Office in 1858, Mitford was appointed Third Secretary of the British Embassy at Saint Petersburg. After service in the Diplomatic Corps in Shanghai, he went to Japan in 1866 as second secretary to the British Legation at the time of the migration of the Japanese seat of power from Kyoto to Edo (modern-day Tokyo), known as the "Meiji Restoration". There he met Ernest Satow whom he travelled with across the hinterland of Japan. He later wrote Tales of Old Japan (1871), a book credited with making such Japanese Classics as "The Forty-seven Ronin" first known to a wide Western public. He resigned from the diplomatic service in 1873.

Following the 1902 Anglo-Japanese Alliance, in 1906 Mitford accompanied Prince Arthur on a visit to Japan to present the Emperor Meiji with the Order of the Garter. He was asked by courtiers there about Japanese ceremonies that had disappeared since 1868.

From 1874 to 1886, Mitford acted as secretary to HM Office of Works, involved in the lengthy restoration of the Tower of London and in landscaping parts of Hyde Park such as "The Dell". From 1887, he was a member of the Royal Commission on Civil Services. He also sat as Member of Parliament for Stratford-on-Avon between 1892 and 1895.

According to W. S. Gilbert, Mitford served as a consultant on Japanese culture to Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan during the development of their 1885 Savoy Opera The Mikado. A traditional Japanese song hummed by Mitford to Gilbert and Sullivan during a rehearsal was used in the opera for the march accompanying the Mikado's entrance.

XIV XVI XVII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXV XXXVI

80 mentions, 20 chapters

Willis

IV V VI VII VIII IX X XIV XV XVII XVIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXII XXXIII XXXV XXXVI

59 mentions, 22 chapters

Tokugawa

III XV XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXIV XXXV

47 mentions, 14 chapters

Higashi-Kuzé

VIII XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXII XXXIII XXXV XXXVI

44 mentions, 10 chapters

England

I IV V VII IX XII XIII XIV XV XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXII XXXIII XXXVI

42 mentions, 21 chapters

Bizen

XI XXII XXIII XXIV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXXII XXXVI

41 mentions, 10 chapters

Iwakura

XXIV XXX XXXI XXXII XXXV XXXVI

41 mentions, 6 chapters

Neale

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Also known as: Colonel Neale

Edward St. John Neale. Edward St. John Neale (1812–1866) was a British Lieutenant-Colonel and Diplomat who was active in Asia in the 1860s. He was the Chargé d'affaires of Great Britain in Japan in 1862–1863. Neale, who had been stationed in Beijing from 1860 as Secretary of the Legation following the settlement of the Second Opium War, was transferred to Japan in March 1862, when Rutherford Alcock went home on leave. Alcock returned to Japan in 1864.

II IV V VI VII VIII IX

39 mentions, 7 chapters

Daté

III XV XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXIV XXXVI

37 mentions, 11 chapters

Fushimi

XVII XVIII XX XXI XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXIII XXXV

37 mentions, 14 chapters

Nakai

XXIII XXVI XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXIV XXXVI

37 mentions, 9 chapters

Baku

XV XVI XVII XXII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII

33 mentions, 9 chapters

Legation

II V VI VII XII XIV XXI XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXIX XXXI XXXV XXXVI

32 mentions, 15 chapters

Saigô

XV XVI XVII XXI XXII XXIII XXVII XXXI

31 mentions, 8 chapters

Gotô

XXII XXIII XXIV XXVI XXVII XXX XXXI

30 mentions, 7 chapters

Aidzu

XI XV XXIV XXVI XXVII XXXII XXXIII XXXIV XXXV

29 mentions, 9 chapters

Komatsu

XVI XX XXIII XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXII XXXIV XXXVI

29 mentions, 10 chapters

Niigata

IX XVII XIX XX XXIV XXXII XXXVI

29 mentions, 7 chapters

Uwajima

XIV XV XVI XVII XXII XXIII XXVI XXVII XXXII

29 mentions, 9 chapters

Kanagawa

II IV V VI VII XII XIII XIV XVII XVIII XXXIII XXXVI

28 mentions, 12 chapters

Kôbé

XVI XXIII XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXXII XXXVI

28 mentions, 9 chapters

Echizen

XV XIX XX XXI XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXXII

27 mentions, 11 chapters

H.M.S

VIII XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXIV

27 mentions, 16 chapters

Mito

III IV VII XV XXXII XXXV XXXVI

27 mentions, 7 chapters

Hirayama

XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXXI XXXVI

26 mentions, 8 chapters

Wirgman

XVII XVIII XX XXVII XXXIII XXXVI

26 mentions, 6 chapters

Yoshii

XV XVI XXIII XXVI XXVII XXXIII XXXIV XXXVI

26 mentions, 8 chapters

Katsu

XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXV XXXVI

25 mentions, 5 chapters

Hakodaté

II IV V XIII XIV XV XIX XXIII XXXII XXXIII XXXIV XXXV XXXVI

24 mentions, 13 chapters

Miya

XVIII XXVI XXVII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIV XXXVI

22 mentions, 9 chapters

Awa

XVII XXI XXII XXIV XXVI XXVIII XXX XXXV

21 mentions, 8 chapters

Kagoshima

VII VIII X XIII XV XVI XXII XXIII XXVII XXXIII XXXVI

21 mentions, 11 chapters

Hizen

XI XV XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXVI XXVIII XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII

20 mentions, 12 chapters

Keiki

XXIII XXIV XXV XXVII XXXI XXXIII

20 mentions, 6 chapters

Noguchi

XVI XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXXVI

20 mentions, 10 chapters

Uyésama

XXIV XXV

20 mentions, 2 chapters

China

I II IV VIII XI XVI XVII XIX XXII XXIII XXIV XXXVI

19 mentions, 12 chapters

Europe

II IV VI VIII IX XIII XX XXIII XXV XXVI XXXII XXXVI

19 mentions, 12 chapters

Geishiû

XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVIII

19 mentions, 6 chapters

Harry Parkes

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Also known as: Sir Harry Parkes, Harry, Sir Harry

Harry Parkes (diplomat). Sir Harry Smith Parkes was a British diplomat who served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and Consul General of the United Kingdom to the Empire of Japan from 1865 to 1883 and the Chinese Qing Empire from 1883 to 1885, and Minister to Korea in 1884. Parkes Street in Kowloon, Hong Kong is named after him.

XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XX XXI XXX XXXI XXXIII

19 mentions, 11 chapters

Higo

XV XXII XXIII XXIV XXVII XXVIII XXX XXXII XXXIII

19 mentions, 9 chapters

Owari

III VII XVIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXX XXXV

19 mentions, 10 chapters

Adams

IV XI XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXIV XXXV

18 mentions, 7 chapters

Kaga

XIX XX XXIV XXVI XXVII XXXII

18 mentions, 6 chapters

M. Roches

XIII XV XVII XXI XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXXI XXXII

18 mentions, 10 chapters

Richardson

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Charles Lennox Richardson. Charles Lennox Richardson was a British merchant based in Shanghai, Qing Empire who was killed in Japan during the Namamugi Incident. His middle name is spelled Lenox in the census and family documents.

V VI VII VIII XV XVIII XXXIII XXXVI

18 mentions, 8 chapters

Roches

XIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXII

18 mentions, 9 chapters

Argus

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Also known as: Shelling of Kagoshima, The Bombardment of Kagosima, Japan, Euryalus, Pearl, Coquette, Perseus, Racehorse, Havoc

The Bombardment of Kagosima

VII VIII X XV XVI XXIII

17 mentions, 6 chapters

Iyéyasu

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Also known as: Tokugawa Ieyasu

Tokugawa Ieyasu. Tokugawa Ieyasu was a Japanese samurai, daimyo and the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was the third of the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan, along with his former lord Oda Nobunaga and fellow Oda subordinate Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The son of a minor daimyo, Ieyasu once lived as a hostage under daimyo Imagawa Yoshimoto on behalf of his father. He later succeeded as daimyo after his father's death, serving as ally, vassal, and general of the Oda clan, and building up his strength under Oda Nobunaga.

III IV XVII XVIII XX XXXVI

17 mentions, 6 chapters

Shitotsubashi

XIII XV XVI XXXII XXXVI

17 mentions, 5 chapters

Nanao

XVII XIX XX XXXVI

16 mentions, 4 chapters

France

II V VII IX XI XIII XV XXVI XXVII XXXII XXXIV XXXVI

15 mentions, 12 chapters

Kido

XXII XXIII XXVI XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXIV XXXV XXXVI

15 mentions, 9 chapters

Kuwana

XVIII XXIV XXVI XXVII XXVIII

15 mentions, 5 chapters

Niiro

XV XXII XXXVI

15 mentions, 3 chapters

Shimonoséki

IX X XI XII XIII XV XVI XXII XXVI

15 mentions, 9 chapters

Godai

VIII XV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXXVI

14 mentions, 7 chapters

Nishinomiya

XXIII XXIV XXVI XXVII

14 mentions, 4 chapters

Satow

XIV XVI XVIII XXI XXV

14 mentions, 5 chapters

Council

VII XXXVI

13 mentions, 2 chapters

Great Britain

II IV VII IX XIII XVII XXII XXXV XXXVI

13 mentions, 9 chapters

Matsuné

XV XVII XXI XXXII

13 mentions, 4 chapters

Robertson

I IV V XXII XXIX XXXVI

13 mentions, 6 chapters

the Foreign Representatives

XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXXIII XXXIV XXXV

13 mentions, 6 chapters

the Prince of Satsuma

V VII VIII XV XXII XXVII XXX XXXVI

13 mentions, 8 chapters

Okubo

XXIV XXVII XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXIV XXXV XXXVI

12 mentions, 8 chapters

Peking

I IV V XIII XVII XXI XXXVI

12 mentions, 7 chapters

Tôkaidô

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Also known as: Tokaido

Tōkaidō (road). The Tōkaidō road , which roughly means "eastern sea route," was the most important of the Five Routes of the Edo period in Japan, connecting Kyoto to the de facto capital of Japan at Edo. Unlike the inland and less heavily travelled Nakasendō, the Tōkaidō travelled along the sea coast of eastern Honshū, hence the route's name.

Full note

The Tokaido Source

II V VI VII XVII XVIII XXVI XXXV

12 mentions, 8 chapters

the British Legation

I II IV XIV XV XX XXI XXIV XXXII

12 mentions, 9 chapters

the Japanese Government

II V VI VII IX XII XVII XXIX

12 mentions, 8 chapters

Bruce

I XXV XXVI XXXVI

11 mentions, 4 chapters

Kokura

XI XXVI XXXVI

11 mentions, 3 chapters

Sakai

III XVII XXIV XXV XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXVI

11 mentions, 8 chapters

Yodo

XVIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXX

11 mentions, 6 chapters

Alexander

X XI XXXVI

10 mentions, 3 chapters

Court

IV V XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXV XXXVI

10 mentions, 9 chapters

Dupleix

X XI XIII XXIX XXXII XXXIII XXXIV

10 mentions, 7 chapters

Echigo

XXXII XXXIII XXXIV XXXV

10 mentions, 4 chapters

Hakoné

XVII XVIII XXVI XXVII XXXI

10 mentions, 5 chapters

Maeda mura

X XI

10 mentions, 2 chapters

Rutherford Alcock

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Also known as: Sir Rutherford Alcock, Sir Rutherford

Rutherford Alcock. Sir John Rutherford Alcock, KCB was the first British diplomatic representative to live in Japan.

IV IX XI XII XIII XVIII XXVIII

10 mentions, 7 chapters

Shimadzu Saburô

V VIII XV XVIII XXXVI

10 mentions, 5 chapters

Shinagawa

VI XVIII XXVII XXXI XXXII XXXIII

10 mentions, 6 chapters

Tanoura

IX X XI

10 mentions, 3 chapters

rei-hei-shi

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Also known as: glossary_rei-hei-shi

Name of an envoy sent by the Mikado to worship at the tomb of Iyéyasu at Nikkô.

XVIII XXXVI

10 mentions, 2 chapters

the United States

II III IV IX XI XIII XXI XXXII

10 mentions, 8 chapters

Abé

XIII XIX XX

9 mentions, 3 chapters

Chikuzen

XXII XXIII XXIV XXVI XXXIII XXXIV

9 mentions, 6 chapters

Foreign Affairs

XVI XXIV XXVI XXVIII XXXI XXXII

9 mentions, 6 chapters

Hewett

XVI XIX XXI XXII

9 mentions, 4 chapters

Iwashita

XXII XXIII XXIV XXVI XXVII

9 mentions, 5 chapters

Katsura

XV XXII XXIII XXVI XXVII

9 mentions, 5 chapters

Ki

III IV V VII XXXII XXXVI

9 mentions, 6 chapters

London

I II V VIII XII XIII XV XVIII XXXVI

9 mentions, 9 chapters

Machida

XXXIII XXXIV XXXV XXXVI

9 mentions, 4 chapters

Queen

XII XVII XXI XXIV XXXI XXXV

9 mentions, 6 chapters

Shanghai

II IV V VII X XIII XIV

9 mentions, 7 chapters

Sumpu

XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXV

9 mentions, 4 chapters

Wakamatsu

XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXVI

9 mentions, 4 chapters

Yokobuyé

XXII XXIII XXXVI

9 mentions, 3 chapters

inn

XVII XVIII XX XXXVI

9 mentions, 4 chapters

the Prince of Chôshiû

IX XI XIII XV XXIV XXXI

9 mentions, 6 chapters

Baldwin

XII XIII XIV XXXVI

8 mentions, 4 chapters

Bradshaw

XVII XXV XXIX XXX

8 mentions, 4 chapters

Hayashi

XI XV

8 mentions, 2 chapters

Holland

II IV V IX XI XIII XXXII

8 mentions, 7 chapters

Ishikawa

XXIV XXV

8 mentions, 2 chapters

Nankai

XXII XXIII

8 mentions, 2 chapters

Omura

XXII XXVI XXVIII

8 mentions, 3 chapters

Otsu

XVIII XX

8 mentions, 2 chapters

Oyama

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Also known as: Mount Ōyama

Mount Ōyama (Kanagawa). Mount Ōyama , also Mount Afuri or Mount Kunimi (Kunimi-yama), is a 1,252-metre-high (4,108 ft) mountain situated on the border of Isehara, Hadano and Atsugi in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Together with Mount Tanzawa and other mountains in the Tanzawa Mountains it forms the Tanzawa-Ōyama Quasi-National Park. Mount Ōyama is a popular sightseeing spot in Kanagawa Prefecture.

I XXVII XXXIII XXXVI

8 mentions, 4 chapters

Russell

VI XII XIII XXXVI

8 mentions, 4 chapters

Terashima

XXVI XXVII

8 mentions, 2 chapters

Tsukahara

XX XXIV XXV XXXI

8 mentions, 4 chapters

the Foreign Office

I II VII XII XIV XXIII XXXV

8 mentions, 7 chapters

Bird

XII XIII XIV

7 mentions, 3 chapters

Eusden

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Also known as: Richard Eusden

Richard Eusden, the British Consul of Hakodater. Notable for proposing the construction of

V VI VII XIV XXIII

7 mentions, 5 chapters

Harris

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Also known as: Townsend Harris, Mr. Harris

Townsend Harris. Townsend Harris was an American merchant and politician who served as the first United States Consul General to Japan. He negotiated the Harris Treaty between the US and Japan and is credited as the diplomat who first opened Shogunate Japan to foreign trade and culture in the Edo period.

II IV XXXVI

7 mentions, 3 chapters

Himéshima

IX X XI XXXVI

7 mentions, 4 chapters

Hodogaya

V VII XVII

7 mentions, 3 chapters

Icarus

XX XXI XXII XXIII XXXIII

7 mentions, 5 chapters

Kawasaki

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In the final years of the Tokugawa shogunate, Kawasaki was primarily a stopping point for travellers. The great road from Edo to Kyoto crossed the Tama River here. Since the shogunate generally prohibited a permanent bridge at this strategic crossing, travellers used the famous Rokugō ferry. Foreign visitors such as Felice Beato photographed the ferry crossing during the 1860s.

Full note

See also [The Rise of Kawasaki as an Industrial Capital (Mid-19th century to 1930s)](https://www.city.kawasaki.jp/300/cmsfiles/contents/0000107/107056/1_tenji_en.pdf).

V VI XXXIII

7 mentions, 3 chapters

Keisaburô

XXXII XXXVI

7 mentions, 2 chapters

Mori

XV XXI XXXV XXXVI

7 mentions, 4 chapters

Perry

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Also known as: Commodore M.C. Perry, Commodore Perry

Commodore M.C. Perry From Dag by Haas Litho by Sarony & Co, 117 Fulton St, New York, New York

I IV XXXII XXXVI

7 mentions, 4 chapters

Pollard

XXXI XXXVI

7 mentions, 2 chapters

Rutherford

IX X XII

7 mentions, 3 chapters

Sanjô

XXIV XXX XXXII XXXIII

7 mentions, 4 chapters

Siebold

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Also known as: Philipp Franz von Siebold

Philipp Franz von Siebold. Jhr. Philipp Franz Balthasar von Siebold was a German physician, botanist and traveller. He achieved prominence by his studies of Japanese flora and fauna. He was the father of the first female Japanese doctor educated in Western medicine, Kusumoto Ine.

III XIII XIV XXXVI

7 mentions, 4 chapters

Yamashina

XXIV XXIX XXX XXXI

7 mentions, 4 chapters

Barrosa

IX X XI

6 mentions, 3 chapters

Hirakata

XVIII XXV XXVII XXXII

6 mentions, 4 chapters

Hongkong

V VII XIV XV XXXIII XXXIV

6 mentions, 6 chapters

Inouyé

IX X XI XV XXVII XXXVI

6 mentions, 6 chapters

Inouyé Bunda

IX X XVI XXII XXXVI

6 mentions, 5 chapters

Kanazawa

II XIX XX XXXVI

6 mentions, 4 chapters

Kwambaku

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Also known as: glossary_kwambaku

Grand Vizier, see p. 152.

XIII XV XVI XXIV

6 mentions, 4 chapters

Kôchi

XXII

6 mentions, 1 chapter

Majesty

VII XIV XXIII XXVI XXX

6 mentions, 5 chapters

Montebello

XXXV

6 mentions, 1 chapter

Môri

III XI XXXIII XXXVI

6 mentions, 4 chapters

Okuma

XXXII

6 mentions, 1 chapter

Pearl

note

Also known as: Shelling of Kagoshima, The Bombardment of Kagosima, Japan, Euryalus, Coquette, Argus, Perseus, Racehorse, Havoc

The Bombardment of Kagosima

VII VIII

6 mentions, 2 chapters

Rodney

XXI XXIV XXXI

6 mentions, 3 chapters

Shiji

IX X XI XXXVI

6 mentions, 4 chapters

Shimidzu Seiji

XII XIII XXXVI

6 mentions, 3 chapters

Siddall

XXXIII XXXV XXXVI

6 mentions, 3 chapters

Tsuruga

XVII XVIII XIX XX XXXII

6 mentions, 5 chapters

Uji

XVIII XX XXXVI

6 mentions, 3 chapters

Urakami

XXII XXXI XXXII XXXVI

6 mentions, 4 chapters

Uyéno

XXXI XXXII XXXIII

6 mentions, 3 chapters

Winchester

XII XIII XIV

6 mentions, 3 chapters

fort

VIII XXIV XXV XXXI

6 mentions, 4 chapters

the British Government

VIII XIII XXIII XXVI XXXII

6 mentions, 5 chapters

Admirals

VII XI

5 mentions, 2 chapters

Bakufu

XI XXI XXX

5 mentions, 3 chapters

Brown

V VI XXXVI

5 mentions, 3 chapters

Bullock

XIX XXV

5 mentions, 2 chapters

Buzen

IX X XXIV XXV

5 mentions, 4 chapters

Charles Wirgman

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Kamakura Daibutsu with Felice Beato Charles Wirgman

Full note

Charles Wirgman (31 August 1832 – 8 February 1891) was an English artist, caricaturist and editorial cartoonist, the creator of the Japan Punch and illustrator in China and Meiji period-Japan for the Illustrated London News.

Wirgman arrived in Japan in 1861 as a correspondent for the Illustrated London News, and resided in Yokohama from 1861 until his death. He published the first magazine in Japan, the Japan Punch, monthly between 1862 and spring 1887. Like its British namesake, the magazine was written in a humorous, often satirical manner, and was illustrated with Wirgman's cartoons.

Wirgman formed a partnership called "Beato & Wirgman, Artists and Photographers" with Felice Beato from 1864 to 1867. Wirgman again produced illustrations derived from Beato's photographs while Beato photographed some of Wirgman's sketches and other works.

In the 1860s, he accompanied British envoy Sir Ernest Satow on a number of journeys around Japan as described in Satow's Diplomat in Japan.

Wirgman's grave is in the Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery.

V XIV XVII XXXIII

5 mentions, 4 chapters

H.M

XXI XXII XXVI XXXV

5 mentions, 4 chapters

Ibara

XI

5 mentions, 1 chapter

Ishigami

XXXIII XXXV

5 mentions, 2 chapters

Itakura

XXI XXIV XXV XXVIII

5 mentions, 4 chapters

Kamakura

II III XII XXXIV

5 mentions, 4 chapters

Kaménosuké

XXXII XXXIII

5 mentions, 2 chapters

Kiûshiû

XIII XV XXII XXV XXXIV

5 mentions, 5 chapters

Kurumé

X XXII

5 mentions, 2 chapters

Lady Parkes

XIV XVII XXXVI

5 mentions, 3 chapters

Marshall

V VII VIII XXXIII

5 mentions, 4 chapters

Nagaoka

XXXII XXXIII

5 mentions, 2 chapters

Niiro Giôbu

XV XXII XXXVI

5 mentions, 3 chapters

Ogasawara

VII VIII IX X

5 mentions, 4 chapters

Okubo Ichizô

XXI XXVII XXXIV XXXVI

5 mentions, 4 chapters

Outrey

XXXV

5 mentions, 1 chapter

Polsbroek

XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXV

5 mentions, 4 chapters

R. Alcock

II XI XIV XVIII

5 mentions, 4 chapters

Round

XV

5 mentions, 1 chapter

Russell Robertson

note

Also known as: eight students belonging to the China establishment, H. J. Allen, C. T. Gardner, W. G. Stronach

See Group portrait of student interpreters, British Legation, Beijing (北京)

Full note

* "R. A. Jamieson worked as a medical practitioner in Shanghai since 1868 and joined the Chinese Customs Service in 1869 as consulting surgeon and was later editor of the North China Herald."

TODO: download CC Pictures.

I VI XXII XXV XXIX

5 mentions, 5 chapters

Sano

XVIII XIX XX

5 mentions, 3 chapters

Sendai

XXVI XXXII XXXV

5 mentions, 3 chapters

Shimidzu

XIII XV XXXIII XXXV

5 mentions, 4 chapters

Stanhope

XXV XXVIII XXXI XXXIII XXXV

5 mentions, 5 chapters

Takabataké

XX

5 mentions, 1 chapter

Takanawa

II VI XXXIII XXXV

5 mentions, 4 chapters

Tancrède

X XI XXXVI

5 mentions, 3 chapters

Tempôzan

XXIV XXV

5 mentions, 2 chapters

Yezo

III XIX XXXII XXXVI

5 mentions, 4 chapters

Yoshiwara

note

Yoshiwara (吉原), the licensed prostitution district near the foreign settlement of early Yokohama.

II XXXIII

5 mentions, 2 chapters

Yôdô

XXII XXIII

5 mentions, 2 chapters

the Tycoon's Council

XV XVIII XIX XXXVI

5 mentions, 4 chapters

von Brandt

XXVI XXVIII

5 mentions, 2 chapters

Abé Bungo

XIII XXXVI

4 mentions, 2 chapters

Aikawa

XIX XXXVI

4 mentions, 2 chapters

Alford

XXXIII XXXVI

4 mentions, 2 chapters

Aston

XVII XXI

4 mentions, 2 chapters

Atagoyama

VI XX

4 mentions, 2 chapters

British Legation

IV XXXIII XXXVI

4 mentions, 3 chapters

Daimiôs

III VI XXX XXXVI

4 mentions, 4 chapters

Endo

XXIII XXIV XXV

4 mentions, 3 chapters

Fuchiû

XIV XVIII XX

4 mentions, 3 chapters

Gazette

VIII XXXV XXXVI

4 mentions, 3 chapters

Gotô Shôjirô

XXII XXIII XXVII XXX

4 mentions, 4 chapters

Hiki Tatéwaki

XXVI XXVII XXVIII

4 mentions, 3 chapters

Hikoné

IV XX XXIII XXVI

4 mentions, 4 chapters

Hikushima

X XI

4 mentions, 2 chapters

Hosokawa

III XIII XXII XXXIII

4 mentions, 4 chapters

Iyémitsu

III VI XXXVI

4 mentions, 3 chapters

Jamieson

I IV XXXVI

4 mentions, 3 chapters

Karô

note

Also known as: glossary_karô

The higher class of hereditary councillors of a baron.

XI XVI XXXVI

4 mentions, 3 chapters

Katsura Kogorô

XV XVI XXII XXXVI

4 mentions, 4 chapters

Koba Dennai

XXIII XXIV

4 mentions, 2 chapters

Kusatsu

XVIII XX XXXVI

4 mentions, 3 chapters

Küper

V X XI

4 mentions, 3 chapters

LTD

XXXVI

4 mentions, 1 chapter

Lin-fu

XX XXIII XXIV

4 mentions, 3 chapters

Loochoo

note

Ryukyu, Okinawa

IV XIII XVII XXVII

4 mentions, 4 chapters

M. Mermet

XIII

4 mentions, 1 chapter

Maeda

X XIX XX

4 mentions, 3 chapters

Matsudaira Kansô

XXI XXVI XXXVI

4 mentions, 3 chapters

Metalen Kruis

X XI

4 mentions, 2 chapters

Mimbu Taiyu

XXXII XXXVI

4 mentions, 2 chapters

Nagoya

XVIII XXXVI

4 mentions, 2 chapters

Nett

XXXVI

4 mentions, 1 chapter

Nikkô

XVII XVIII XXXII XXXVI

4 mentions, 4 chapters

Parkes

XXVI XXVIII XXXV XXXVI

4 mentions, 4 chapters

Parliament

II XX XXIII XXXVI

4 mentions, 4 chapters

Rickerby

XVII XXXIII

4 mentions, 2 chapters

Russia

IV XXXV

4 mentions, 2 chapters

Sado

XVII XIX

4 mentions, 2 chapters

Sawa

note

Also known as: Sawa Nobuyoshi

Nobuyoshi Sawa (February 9, 1836 - September 27, 1873 ) was a court noble at the end of the Edo period. The fifth son of Gon Chunagon and Kodsui Anekoji. Counsellor, Tameyo Sawa's adopted heir (son-in-law). The official rank is Jusanmi and Uemon Gonsa. The 8th head of the Sawa family. After the Restoration, the first Minister of Foreign Affairs.

VIII XXVIII

4 mentions, 2 chapters

Shikoku

IV X XXVI

4 mentions, 3 chapters

Shimoda

IV XIII XXXIII

4 mentions, 3 chapters

Shishido Bizen

XI XXII

4 mentions, 2 chapters

Shiuri no Taiyu

XXII XXIII XXVII

4 mentions, 3 chapters

Shiwoda

XXIV XXVI XXVIII

4 mentions, 3 chapters

Shôgunate

note

Tokugawa shogunate. The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the Edo shogunate, was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868.

III IV XXII

4 mentions, 3 chapters

Stonewall Jackson

XXVII XXXV XXXVI

4 mentions, 3 chapters

Susaki

XXII XXIII XXIX

4 mentions, 3 chapters

Sémiramis

X XI

4 mentions, 2 chapters

Toba

XXV XXVII XXXV

4 mentions, 3 chapters

Tokaku

XXIII XXXVI

4 mentions, 2 chapters

Tokushima

XXI XXX XXXVI

4 mentions, 3 chapters

United States

IX X XI XIX

4 mentions, 4 chapters

Victoria

I XI XXXIII XXXVI

4 mentions, 4 chapters

Wyoming

IX XI

4 mentions, 2 chapters

Yamaguchi Hanzô

XXXIII XXXIV XXXV

4 mentions, 3 chapters

Yasu

XV XVI

4 mentions, 2 chapters

cha-dai

note

Also known as: glossary_cha-dai

Present made to an innkeeper, which takes the place of tips to waiters and chamber-maids.

XVII XVIII XXXVI

4 mentions, 3 chapters

congress

XXIV

4 mentions, 1 chapter

the "Japan Times

XVII XXIV XXXIII

4 mentions, 3 chapters

Abbé

XI

3 mentions, 1 chapter

Amsterdam

X

3 mentions, 1 chapter

Arnot

XXXVI

3 mentions, 1 chapter

Ashikaga

III

3 mentions, 1 chapter

Awa no Kami

XXI XXVIII

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Ceylon

IX XIV XXII

3 mentions, 3 chapters

Chargé

IV VII XXIV

3 mentions, 3 chapters

Charles Rickerby

XIII XIV XXVIII

3 mentions, 3 chapters

Chôfu

IX XI

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Clarke

V VII VIII

3 mentions, 3 chapters

Crossman

XXI XXVIII

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Denka

note

Also known as: glossary_denka

Highness.

XXVI

3 mentions, 1 chapter

Dowell

IX XI

3 mentions, 2 chapters

F. O. Adams

II XXX XXXVI

3 mentions, 3 chapters

Foreign Representatives

XXVII XXIX XXXVI

3 mentions, 3 chapters

Fukui

XX XXXVI

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Fukuroi

XVIII

3 mentions, 1 chapter

Gemba

XXIII XXV

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Gibson

I XXXVI

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Gotenyama

VI

3 mentions, 1 chapter

Harry Keppel

XXI XXII XXXI

3 mentions, 3 chapters

Hayashi Kenzô

XV XXIII

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Hongwanji

XX XXXI XXXII

3 mentions, 3 chapters

Iga no Kami

XXIII XXIV

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Ijichi Shôji

VIII XXVII XXXVI

3 mentions, 3 chapters

Ikébé

XXXIV XXXV

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Ishikawa Kawachi

XXIII XXIV

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Itakura Iga no Kami

XVII XX XXI

3 mentions, 3 chapters

Journal

XXXVI

3 mentions, 1 chapter

Kaempfer

note

Also known as: Engelbert Kaempfer, Engelbertus Kaempferus

Engelbert Kaempfer. Engelbert Kaempfer was a German naturalist, physician, explorer, and writer known for his tour of Russia, Persia, India, Siam and Japan between 1683 and 1693.

III XVIII XXXVI

3 mentions, 3 chapters

Kajiwara

XVI XXXVI

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Kanaiwa

XX XXXVI

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Kawakatsu Omi

XVII XXXII XXXVI

3 mentions, 3 chapters

Kii

XXIII XXXI

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Kitsuki

IX X

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Kiôgen

note

Also known as: glossary_kiôgen

Farce.

XXXIV

3 mentions, 1 chapter

Koba

XXIII XXIV XXVII

3 mentions, 3 chapters

Legations

XXV XXXV

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Lieut

II V XXXVI

3 mentions, 3 chapters

Locock

XXIV XXV XXVI

3 mentions, 3 chapters

Macdonald

XIII

3 mentions, 1 chapter

Matsudaira Hôki

XIII XVIII XXIII

3 mentions, 3 chapters

Medhurst

V

3 mentions, 1 chapter

Mikados

III V

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Môri Takumi

XXIII XXIV

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Nagato

IX XI XXX

3 mentions, 3 chapters

Nagazawa

XXIII XXXVI

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Nakazawa

IX X

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Noel

XXIII

3 mentions, 1 chapter

Noguchi Tomizô

XV XXXVI

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Notsu

XXVII XXXIII

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Ogaki

XXIV XXVI XXVII

3 mentions, 3 chapters

Oiwaké

XVIII XXXVI

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Okada

VI XX

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Ono

XVIII XXI XXII

3 mentions, 3 chapters

Paris

XXII XXXII

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Portugal

II III

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Powers

XI XII XV

3 mentions, 3 chapters

SEELEY, SERVICE & CO

XXXVI

3 mentions, 1 chapter

Sanjô Sanéyoshi

VIII XXVI XXIX

3 mentions, 3 chapters

Satomi

XIX XX

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Shibayama

XVII XXI

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Shimadzu Dzusho

XV XXII

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Shimmei Maye

VI XXXVI

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Shintô

III XIV XXXII

3 mentions, 3 chapters

Shôguns

note

Also known as: Tycoon, Shôgun

Taikun. Taikun , spelled tycoon in English language sources from the 1860s, is an archaic Japanese term of respect. Its literal meaning is "Great Lord/Prince" or "Supreme Commander". In official documents, it was written Nihon-koku Taikun .

III XXXII XXXV

3 mentions, 3 chapters

Siam

IV XVI XVII

3 mentions, 3 chapters

Sidney Locock

XIV XVII XXXI

3 mentions, 3 chapters

Spain

III XXXVI

3 mentions, 2 chapters

State

III VI

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Sôsai

note

Also known as: glossary_sôsai

Chief minister, see p. 300.

XXIV

3 mentions, 1 chapter

Taicosama

III

3 mentions, 1 chapter

Treaty

II IV

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Vidal

XIV XVII

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Wilkinson

XVII XXV

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Wm

V XXXVI

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Yamaguchi

IX XI

3 mentions, 2 chapters

Yokosuka

XV XXXII XXXIII

3 mentions, 3 chapters

Yoritomo

III

3 mentions, 1 chapter

Yoshii Kôsuké

XV XVI XXIII

3 mentions, 3 chapters

Yura

XIII XXI

3 mentions, 2 chapters

the "Ocean

XXXI XXXV

3 mentions, 2 chapters

the British Chargé d'Affaires

VI VIII

3 mentions, 2 chapters

the Foreign Department

XXVI

3 mentions, 1 chapter

the French Legation

XV XXIX XXXV

3 mentions, 3 chapters

the second council

XIII XXIII XXVIII

3 mentions, 3 chapters

yônin

note

Also known as: glossary_yônin

Hereditary councillor of a baron, of lower rank than karô, q.v.

III XXXIV XXXVI

3 mentions, 3 chapters

Ainos

XXXV XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Ama-ga-saki

XVI XXIII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Arima

XXIII XXXIII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Arimatsu

XVIII XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Arisugawa

XXIV XXXI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Asakusa

VI

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Atami

XVII

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Bai-rin

XXXIII

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Barnet & Co

note

Barnet & Co. was another treaty-port merchant house operating between China and Japan. Like many medium-sized firms of the era, it relied on personal networks, shipping connections, and access to foreign capital. Such firms were important in the rapid growth of Yokohama’s foreign settlement but often disappeared through mergers, failures, or changing trade patterns.

II XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Beato

X XI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Biwa Lake

XVII XVIII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Brin

XXVI XXVII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

British Government

VI

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Bunda

XI XXVII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Cabinet

XXIII XXXII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Camus

VIII IX

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Canton

VII XXI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Captain Josling

VIII

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Chargé d'Affaires

VII XIII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Choshiu

XXXVI

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Colonel Neale

note

Also known as: Neale

Edward St. John Neale. Edward St. John Neale (1812–1866) was a British Lieutenant-Colonel and Diplomat who was active in Asia in the 1860s. He was the Chargé d'affaires of Great Britain in Japan in 1862–1863. Neale, who had been stationed in Beijing from 1860 as Secretary of the Legation following the settlement of the Second Opium War, was transferred to Japan in March 1862, when Rutherford Alcock went home on leave. Alcock returned to Japan in 1864.

VI VIII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Commodore

I XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Cornes & Co

II XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Council of State

III XXXII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Crowdy

X

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Custom House

II

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Daishôji

XX

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Dannoura

X XI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Demy 8vo

XXXVI

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Dent & Co

note

Dent & Co. was one of Jardine Matheson’s principal rivals in the China trade. Like Jardines, it grew wealthy through tea, silk, shipping, and the opium trade. During the 1850s and early 1860s it maintained offices across East Asia, including Yokohama. The firm’s spectacular collapse in 1866 was one of the largest commercial failures in Asia at the time and symbolized the volatility of treaty-port commerce during the period.

II XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Dr Jenkins

V XII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Dr Verbeck

XXXI XXXII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Dr Willis

V XII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Dutchman

V XXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

ERNEST SATOW

V

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Eagle

XXII

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Eastern Capital

XXXII XXXV

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Endo Kinsuké

IX XXII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Esashi

XXXV

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Etchiû

XIX XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

European Dinner

XXXVI

2 mentions, 1 chapter

European Powers

XXXI XXXII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Fletcher & Co

note

Fletcher & Co. was a significant Shanghai-based trading house with interests extending to Japan. Firms such as Fletcher acted as intermediaries between Chinese and Japanese markets, exporting Japanese silk and tea while importing manufactured goods. Although influential in its day, it did not survive in public memory in the way that larger firms such as Jardines did.

II XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Fred

X XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Fuji

XVIII

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Gamaiké

XII

2 mentions, 1 chapter

George Grey

VIII

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Gijô

note

Also known as: glossary_gijô

Head of an administrative department, see p. 297 n.

XXIV

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Girard

XI

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Glover & Co

XXVI XXXII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Gorôjiû

note

Also known as: glossary_gorôjiû

The Shôgun's council, see p. 68.

VI XV

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Gotô Kiûjirô

XXIII XXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Guardian

XXXVI

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Hadano

XI

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Hadano Kingo

XI

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Hagi

X XI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Hall & Co

II XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Hama-goten

XXXV

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Hamamatsu

XVIII XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Harutoshi

XXXII

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Hayes

X XI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Hegt

XIII

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Herald

XXXVI

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Herr von Brandt

VI XV

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Hidéyori

III

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Higashi-Kuzé's

XXXV

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Hoey

note

"The only murder I can now recall of a foreigner by people not of the samurai class was of a man named Hoey, who was killed in his bed at No. 20 about 1868, by, it was thought, a servant. The chief motive in most cases was to embroil the Shōgunate, yet it may sometimes have been partly dislike of foreigners as foreigners."

Full note

Sir Ernest Satow’s Private Letters to Frederick Victor Dickins & his wife. January 1891- December 1905

II V

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Hoffmann

V

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Honda

III XVIII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Hosokawa Riônosuké

XXII XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

House

XXXVI

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Hôki no Kami

XIII

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Ibara Kazuyé

XI

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Ii Kamon

IV XX

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Ijichi

VIII XXVII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Iki no Kami

XXIII

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Ikébé Goi

XXXIV XXXV

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Imaichi

XXXII

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Inaba

XII

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Inouyé Iwami

XXXII

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Inshiû

XXVIII XXXIV

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Ioxy

XXXVI

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Itô

XI XXII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Itô Shunsuké

IX XXII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Iyo

IX X

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Iyo no Kami

XXII XXVIII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Iyétsuna

III

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Japan Times

XIV XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Jardine, Matheson & Co

note

Jardine Matheson was one of the most powerful British trading companies in East Asia during the nineteenth century. Based in Hong Kong after the First Opium War, it operated a vast network linking Britain, India, China, and later Japan. By the time Yokohama opened in 1859, Jardines was already a dominant force in regional shipping, finance, insurance, tea, silk, and import-export trade. Its presence in Yokohama reflected the integration of Japan into the wider Asian commercial system centered on the China coast.

II XIV

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Jaurès

IX XIII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

John Russell

IX XII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Josling

VIII

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Kakégawa

XVIII

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Kambara

XVIII

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Kanasugi

XXXIII XXXIV

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Keppel

XIX XXXI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Kido Junichirô

XV XXII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Kidzukawa

XXX XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Kienchang

XIII

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Kimpeirô

XXXIII

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Kingston

X

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Kishiû

XXIV XXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Kobayashi Kotarô

VI XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Komatsu Tatéwaki

XV XXII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Koméda

XX

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Koméda Keijirô

XX XXII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Kubota

XXIV

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Kubota Sentarô

XIV XXIV

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Kuroda Shinyémon

XXIV

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Kushi saki Point

XI

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Kôchi Bay

XXII XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Lime Point

XI

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Little Peddlington

II

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Lowder

X XI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

M. Outrey

XXXII XXXV

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Macpherson

II XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Mamiya Hajimé

XIII XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Manila

XXXIII

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Mansei

XVII XXIII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Marco Polo

III XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Marshall & Co

II XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Matsushita

XVIII XXVII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Matsuyama

X XXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Mayéno

XVIII XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Minamoto

III

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Mita

XVII XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Moji

XI

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Moji Point

XI XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Mrs Borradaile

VII VIII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Môri Heirokurô

XXIII XXIX

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Môri Nagato

XV XXIII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Nagai

XXII XXV

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Nagai Gemba

XXIII XXV

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Naka

XX XXVIII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Nakasendô

XVIII XXVII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Nambu Yahachirô

XVII XXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

XXII XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Nei

XXI

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Netherlands

XIII

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Nippon

note

Also known as: glossary_Nippon

Same as Nihon, the Japanese word which we have corrupted into Japan.

III XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Nishi

XXXI XXXV

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Nishi Hongwanji

XXVIII XXXI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Nobunaga

III XVIII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Nosuland

XXXVI

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Odawara

XVII XVIII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Oji

VI XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Oshima

XXXI XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Osumi

XXII XXIII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Ota Nobunaga

III XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Palace

XXX

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Power

IX XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Quin

XXIV XXXI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

R. Alcock's

IV XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

R.E

IX XI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

R.N

XIV XXXV

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Rokugô

VI XIV

2 mentions, 2 chapters

S. R. Brown

V

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Sahei

XXV XXVII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Saigô Kichinosuké

XIII XXI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Saigô and Gotô

XXIV XXVII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Saionji Yukiyé

XXIII XXVII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Sakai Hida

XIII XXIII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Sasaki Sanshirô

XXII

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Sengakuji

XXXII XXXIII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Shiba

VI XXIV

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Shibata Sadatarô

VII

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Shimadzu Sachiû

XIII XV

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Shimbô

XX

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Shiraishi Shimôsa

XIX XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Shishido

XI

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Shishido Giôma

XI

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Shishinden

note

Also known as: glossary_shishinden

Name of the Emperor's hall of audience.

XXX

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Shiwo

XX XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Shogun

V XVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Shunsuké

XI

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Smith

II XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Stephenson

XXI

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Sugi Tokusuké

XI

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Suther

X

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Séta

XVIII XX

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Takabataké Gorô

XX XXII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Takamatsu

XXVI XXVII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Takao-zan

XIV XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Takaoka Kanamé

V VI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Takasai Tanzan

V XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Taki Zenzaburô

XXVIII XXXII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Taku

I IV

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Takémoto Kai

VII

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Tenriû

XVIII XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Tera-machi

XVII XXIII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Tetsu

XXIII XXVII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Thalbitzer

XVI

2 mentions, 1 chapter

The British Legation

XVII XX

2 mentions, 2 chapters

The Japanese Government

VII XVII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Tokudaiji

XXX

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Tracey

X XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Tsugaru

III XXXII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Tô-zen-ji

note

Also known as: Tozenji, Tozen-ji

Tozenji, Yedo. Residence of Sir Rutherford Alcock - Picture, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

Full note

"The Tozen-ji is a Zen Buddhist temple at Tokyo (fomerly Edo). The first British legation to Japan, headed by (Sir) Rutherford Alcock from 1858 to 1864, was housed in a residence in its grounds from 1859. The temple became famous for an incident on 5 July 1861 in which the legation suffered an attack by a group of anti-western samurai connected with the Mito fiefdom. This was repulsed by Alcock's staff but sword nicks, and bullet holes from the British defence, are still visible on the former legation building."

See

II VI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Tôdô

XVIII XXV

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Uraga

note

Uraga

I VII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Uwajima Bay

XV XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Uyésugi

III XXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Von Brandt

XXIV XXVIII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

Vries Island

note

Also known as: Izu Islands

Izu Islands. The Izu Islands are a group of volcanic islands stretching south and east from the Izu Peninsula of Honshū, Japan. Administratively, they form two towns and six villages, all part of Tokyo Metropolis. The largest is Izu Ōshima, usually called simply Ōshima.

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Vyse

V XV

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W. G. Jones

XIII XIV

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W. M. Dowell

IX X

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Wade

I

2 mentions, 1 chapter

Wakasa

XXIV XXXIV

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Walsh

II XIV

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Watanabé Kurata

XI

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West

III IV

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William Willis

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William Willis (physician). William Willis was an Irish medical doctor who joined the British mission in Japan in 1861. (1837-1894) was an Irish physician and Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons who served as a foreign adviser to Meiji Japan. He joined the British mission in 1862 and became a prominent medical educator, establishing hospitals and training physicians including Takaki Kanehiro. Willis headed medical operations during the Boshin War for the Satsuma Domain before returning to England in 1881.

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Wilmot

VIII

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Wray

IX XI

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Yamagata

XXII

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Yamagata Keizô

XI XXII

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Yamashita

XXXIII

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Yamazaki

XXV XXVII

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Yanagawa

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anti-Tycoon

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bund

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hatamoto

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Also known as: glossary_hatamoto

Name of lesser vassals of the Tokugawa family, see p. 36.

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hikido kago

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Also known as: glossary_hikido kago

A palanquin with sliding doors, see p. 206.

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jin-gasa

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kago

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Also known as: glossary_kago

A palanquin.

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kari-ginu

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Also known as: glossary_kari-ginu

Gala dress of a noble.

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kiki-yaku

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Also known as: glossary_kiki-yaku

Agent for the sale of a baron's produce as rent paid in kind.

XXII XXXVI

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kinsatsu

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Also known as: glossary_kinsatsu

Gold-note, paper-money so-called.

XXXIII XXXVI

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kwai-sho

XXIII XXXVI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

lotus

VI XX

2 mentions, 2 chapters

rei-hei-shi's

XVIII

2 mentions, 1 chapter

sherry

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shibukami

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Also known as: glossary_shibukami

Thick paper rendered tough by being soaked in the juice of the unripe persimmon fruit.

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tai

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Also known as: glossary_tai

Serranus marginalis, sometimes called sea-bream.

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the Daté of Uwajima

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the Dutch Political Agent

XXVIII XXX

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the Far East

VII XXXI

2 mentions, 2 chapters

the French Military Mission

XIX XXXV

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the Japanese Foreign Department

XVIII XXIV

2 mentions, 2 chapters

the North German Confederation

XXIV XXVI

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the Prince of Awa

XIV XXIV

2 mentions, 2 chapters

the corps of guards

XXXVI

2 mentions, 1 chapter

the ex-Tycoon

XXIV XXXII

2 mentions, 2 chapters

tsutsushindé oru

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Also known as: glossary_tsutsushindé oru

Used to express the retirement of a personage in order to signify his acknowledgment that he has committed an offence against his superior.

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yaku-biô

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Also known as: glossary_yaku-biô

Official indisposition.

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A. B. Mitford

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Also known as: Mitford

Bertram Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale. Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale, was a British diplomat, collector and writer, whose most notable work is Tales of Old Japan (1871). Nicknamed "Bertie", he was the paternal grandfather of the Mitford sisters.

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Entering the Foreign Office in 1858, Mitford was appointed Third Secretary of the British Embassy at Saint Petersburg. After service in the Diplomatic Corps in Shanghai, he went to Japan in 1866 as second secretary to the British Legation at the time of the migration of the Japanese seat of power from Kyoto to Edo (modern-day Tokyo), known as the "Meiji Restoration". There he met Ernest Satow whom he travelled with across the hinterland of Japan. He later wrote Tales of Old Japan (1871), a book credited with making such Japanese Classics as "The Forty-seven Ronin" first known to a wide Western public. He resigned from the diplomatic service in 1873.

Following the 1902 Anglo-Japanese Alliance, in 1906 Mitford accompanied Prince Arthur on a visit to Japan to present the Emperor Meiji with the Order of the Garter. He was asked by courtiers there about Japanese ceremonies that had disappeared since 1868.

From 1874 to 1886, Mitford acted as secretary to HM Office of Works, involved in the lengthy restoration of the Tower of London and in landscaping parts of Hyde Park such as "The Dell". From 1887, he was a member of the Royal Commission on Civil Services. He also sat as Member of Parliament for Stratford-on-Avon between 1892 and 1895.

According to W. S. Gilbert, Mitford served as a consultant on Japanese culture to Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan during the development of their 1885 Savoy Opera The Mikado. A traditional Japanese song hummed by Mitford to Gilbert and Sullivan during a rehearsal was used in the opera for the march accompanying the Mikado's entrance.

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