Kawaji Toshiyoshi (1834-1879.10.13)
to be saved from the fire
Hamaguri Rebellion (1864); Kinmon incident
Kijima Matabee (1817.2.23-1864.8.20)
Matsudaira Katamori (1835-1893)
educated; learned; schooled
plot; conspiracy; conference
knowledge applied to evil purposes
setting on fire; setting afire
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
father of one's country; father of the nation
exemplar; model; example; pattern
daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo period)
slave labour; slave labor; compulsory service; forced labour; forced labor; exacted service
Genji era (1864.2.20-1865.4.7)
Imperial Palace; Imperial Court
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)
rebels; bandit; robber; traitors
mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) close female servant
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid
wafer cake filled with bean jam; (in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of
Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)
trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)
inherited; family (heirloom); ancestral
losing initiative; being forestalled; second move (in go or shogi); moving second; rear guard
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
enemy of the emperor; rebel against the imperial government
raindrops (dripping from eaves, branches, etc.); exclamation point; exclamation mark