INDEX
- 260; of outcasts, ii. 50; modern lower class conditions, vi. 21. See also Concubinage, Divorce, Morality.
- Masa, Hojo, Yoritomo's wife, character, i. 234; seizes administrative power, ii. 11.
- Masakado, Tairo-no-, rebel and tutelary deity, ii. 284, vi. 12, 14.
- Masakage, Nagao, and Kenshin, ii. 191.
- Masamune, Date, chief of Sendai, and Iyemitsu, iii. 98.
- Masashige, Kusunoki, imperial general against Takauji, ii. 18; character, 21; death, 22; deified as Minatogawa, v. 260.
- Masatoki, Tsuruta, famous archer, ii. 132.
- Masatoshi, Hotta, Shōgun minister, political philosophy, ii. 207, iii. 135; foils conspiracy against shogunate, 133.
- Masayuki, Shintō revivalist, iii. 138.
- Masayuki, Sanada, and his sons, ii. 212.
- Matsu, Yoshinaka's mistress, ii. 218.
- Matsudaira Sadanobu, Shōgun minister, attempts to enforce Chinese philosophy, iii. 154, iv. 2, 132; patron of the Yedo University, 133.
- Mayeda, chief of Kaga, wealth, iv. 9.
- Measure, mat as unit, i. 258; units, ii. 117, 281, vi. 128; Hideyoshi's reforms, 154, 237.
- Medicine, and religion, i. 178; early efforts to learn Occidental knowledge, iii. 158. See also Superstitions.
- Meiji epoch, i. 173. See also Government.
- Mencius. See Confucianism.
- Miai Ganyemon, wrestler, iii. 72.
- Michinaga, Fujiwara noble, foundation of his fame, i. 179; power, 255.
- Michizane, Sugawara no, career, i. 178, 256; legend, v. 206; deified as Temman, 260.
- Military class (samurai or bushi), development, i. 161, 163, 169, ii. 1, 2, 116, 178–180; ancient metrical precepts, 174–176; rules of conduct, 180, 181; contempt for money, 182, 183, iv. 142; pay and advancement, ii. 182; courage, 183, 193; suicide, 184; motives of suicide, 185–192, 225; punishments, 186, iv. 65, 76; loyalty to chiefs, ii. 187–190, 192, 194, 222; disloyalty and treachery, 194–197; ethics, 197201, iii. 18; patriotism, ii. 201–211, 222; fealty and consanguinity, 212–214, 222; ambition and consanguinity, 214; cruelty, 215–217, iv. 144; vice, ii. 217–221; guiding principles, 221–228; "associated death" forbidden, 225, 285; decline, iii. 140, 142, 148, 151, 152, iv. 144, 150; attempt to restore character, iii. 145; antagonism to foreigners, 191, 193; judicial privileges, iv. 65, 76, 142, 145; vendetta and duels, 142–145; extravagances of character, 145–147;
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