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... Japan . By Sir Rutherford Alcock , K.C.B. , Her Majesty's Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary in Japan . London , 1863 . 3. Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan in the Years 1857 , 1858 , 1859. London , 1859 . 4.
... Japan has not been stagnant for ages , like that of China , but is quite distinct from that of any other Eastern nation , and indicates progress rather than immobility . There has ... Japan . peopling of Japan, however, must have been an ...
... Japanese acknow- ledge but one Emperor , namely , the Mikado . The term Em- peror , as applied to the Tycoon , is one to which the Japanese strongly object , although they do not deny that in him the tem- poral power is ... Japan . 451.
... Japan formerly paid an annual visit of ceremony to the Mikado , but it is now paid only once in seven years . Embassies and presents are now resorted to as substitutes for journeys which occupied an inconvenient portion of the Tycoon's ...
... Japan , while Tycoon , during his life as one State ; but the numerous princes must have gradually regained a considerable portion of their original inde- pendence . Of the two hundred and sixty - four Daimios , the greater number ...