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ed a great delicacy, The Japanese, he says, describe the inhabitants of Yezo as “being a strong but savage people, wearing long hair and beards, well-skilled in the management of bows and arrows, as also in fishing, the greatest part living almost solely on fish. They describe them further as being very dirty and nasty, but, adds the author, this accusation is not so strictly to be relied on, since the Japanese are themselves so nice and superstitious in washing, &c., a to have found the same fault with the Dutch.” The language of Yezo is said to resemble that of the Corea.
In the following chapter (the fifth) we have the names and subdivisions of the several provinces of Japan, and notes respecting its revenue and government.
Of the provinces above referred to five are designated as the five Provinces of the Imperial revenue, being so called, because their revenue is particularly appropriated for the support and maintenance of the Imperial Court. It amounts to 48 man and 1,200 kokf (koku) of rice (a man contains 10,000 kokf[1] and a kokf 3,000 bags).
The five Provinces in question are:—
- 1.—Jamasijro or Sansju.
- 2.—Jamatto or Wosju.
- 3.—Kawatzij or Kasiu.
- 4.—Idsumi or Sensju, and
- 5.—Sitzu or Tsinokuni.
Of the 7 large tracts of land, into which the Japanese Empire was divided by the Emperor Siusiun, the first is—
(1) Tookaido or South Eastern Tract. The Tookaido includes 15 provinces.
| Iga | The revenues of these 15 provinces are 494 mankokf. | ||
| Isie | |||
| Ssima. | |||
| Owari. | |||
| Mikawa. | |||
| Tootomi. | |||
| Surungo. |
- ↑ Note 1 koku=33313 lbs. Therefore 148 man and 1,200 kuku, i. e. 1,471,200 koku=lbs. 493,733,33313 being the revenue above mentioned.
