Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan, vol. 1-2

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Table of contents :
Volume 1
Preface
Historical Introduction
I. Period of Autocracy (660 BC —1192 A.D・)
II. Feudal Period (11924868)
III. Imperial Restoration
Dictionary (A-N)
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
M
N
Volume 2
Dictionary (O-Z)
O
P
R
S
T
U
W
Y
Z
Supplement. Principal Foreigners connected with Japan before the Restoration
Appendixes
I. Alphabetical Index
II. Alphabetical Index of the Forenames (referring to the family names under which heading the biographical notices are collected)
III. Table of Provinces and their Departments
IV. Table of the departments, (ken) with their area, population, etc. (December 31,1903)
V. Table of the districts (kori = gun) by provinces with the departments to which they belong
VI. Generations of mythological times (jindai or taiko)
VII. Chronological list of Emperors
VIII. Genealogical table of the Emperors
IX. Princely Families (shi-shinno-ke)
X. Chronological list of the Shogun
XI. Chronological list of Nengo
XII. Buddhist sects
XIII. Fiefs (han) of the daimyo in 1867
XIV. Ministries since 1885
XV. Korea
XVI. China
XVII. Ancient Computation of years, months, etc.
XVIII. Japanese, French, and English Measures