576 APPENDIX. taffetas, paper, stamped gold of the country, varnish, wax, chestnuts peaches, raisins, barrelled figs, trained horses. 10. Siiguui (eight district.-*); cities, Odawara, Tamanawa ; productions, safflower, shrimps (the coast abounds with fish). 11. Moosasi (twenty-one districts); cities, Jedo, the second capital of the empire, andthe residence of the Seogun or military em- peror of Japan ; Kawagobe, Iwatski, Osi ; productions, melons, fish, oys- ters, divers shell-fish, moss, cotton, human hair, lime. 12. Awa (four dis- tricts) ; cities, Yakata-yama, Tosio, Fosio ; productions,. cotton, moss, fish. 13. Kadzuja (eleven districts) ; cities, Odaghi, Sanuki, Kooruri ; produc- tions, safflower, moss, oysters (in the baj^of Ootaki-ura very fine rock spari are taken). 14. Simoosa (twelve districts) ; cities, Seki-yado, Sakra, Kooga, Yughi ; productions, moss, chestnuts, gauzes and other silk fabrics. 15. Fitats (eleven districts); cities, Mils, Samodats, Kodats, Kasama ; productions, large paper, carp, and many other fish. III. Tosando, or way of the eastern mountains, consists of eight prov inces : 1. Oomi (thirteen districts); cities, Fikoneh or Sawa-yama, Zezeh ; pr ductions, bones of snakes, dead grasshoppers, yellow dye-root (kariasu). lime, rush mats, spiders' webs, hempen cloths, a variety offish, paper made of grass, earthen dishes, timber for building, grindstones, stones for grinding ink, porcelain of Sikara-ki, arrow-heads, tobacco-pipes, parasols, models (sisineh), rock crystal, saddles, whips, crupers, lamp-wicks, kettles, meas- ures, ink, inoxu (a substance to burn, made from the tops and leaves of a species of artemesia), asbestos, cotton thread, peas and beans, paper, pins and needles, calculating boards (abacus). '2. Mino (eighteen districts); cities, Oogani, Kanora, or Kanara ; productions, silk manufactures, various sorts of paper, melons, knives and daggers, carp, birds of prey fur hunting. 3. Fida (four districts); capital, Taka-yama ; productions, cotton, saltpetre, silver, copper, fish, silk goods. 3. Sinano (ten districts); cities Uyeda, Matsumoto, lyi-yama, Takato, Omoro, lyida, Takasima ; productions, ninsi or ginseng (a small species, and of inferior quality), buckwheat, hempen garments, salt, tobacco. 5. Kootskeh (fourteen districts); cities, Tatsfayan, Miiyi-bas, Numsda, Yasinaka, Takeseki ; productions, silk manufactures of various qualities, lacker, celebrated carp from the river Neg:iwa. 6. Simo- tskeh (nine districts) ; cities, Ootsu-miya (containing the temple of the Sin- tos, in high repute), Kurafa, Mifu, Odawara (also Mount Nikwii-san, with a celebrated Budilhic temple); productions, paper (strong and of a large size), lacker, fine taffeta, straw hats, fans, umbrellas, copper from Mount Rowo- yama. 7. Moots (fifty-four districts), the largest province in Japan : cities, Senday, the capital of an almost independent prince; Sim-issi, Waku-mats, Nipbon-mats, Morioka, or Great Nambu, Yatsdo, Tana-koora, Taira, Sirakawa, Nakamura, Fook-sima, Minuwaru, Firo-saki (in the district of Tsugar), tna-basi, and, lastly, Matsmai, at the southern extremity of the island of Jeso ; productions, provisions, silk fabrics, summer garments made of paper, ashes and potash, gold-dust, hawks for bunting, grain, large sea-bhells
KLAPROTH'S ACCOUNT or JAPAN. 57? salted fish, bear-skins, trained horses, horse-tails, lacker, wax, wooden bowls, rock-crystal, amber, red earth ; the best horses in Japan are from the district of Nanbu, where are extensive pastures ; the productions of Jeso, in particular, are as follows : konbu, or sea-cabbage, birds of prey for hawk- ing, whales and other sea-fish, skins of otters, beavers, seals, and stags, cas- toreum, gold, silver, adamantine spar. 8. Dewa (twelve districts) ; cities, Yone-sawa, Yama-gata, Onewe-no-yama, Sinsio, Sionay, Akita ; productions, sea-cabbage, safflower, a very large kind of hemp, wax, lacker, oiled paper, madder, tin, lead, silver, sulphur, deer-skins, horses. IV. Fookoorokudo, or way of the^northern districts, comprehends seven provinces : 1. Wakasa (three districts); capital, Kobama ; productions, white rice pionies, pulp of lotus-flowers, perfume-bags, cloths, mosses, paper, saki , pen cils, stones for grinding ink, black stones for draft or chess boards, lime, many kinds of fish. 2. Yetsisen (twelve districts); towns, Fookie, Foo- cheu, Maruoka, Ono, Sabafe, Katsu-yama ; productions, lead, different sorts of paper, cloths, silk fabrics, cotton goods, hats woven from the filaments of herbs, grindstones, oil extracted from the seeds of the dryandra cordata, much fish. 3. Yetsiu (four districts); capital, Toyama ; productions, salt- petre, yellow lotus, lead, cotton cloths, taffetas, fish. 4. Yetsingo (seven districts) ; cities, Takata, Naga-oka, Simbota, Mura-kami, Itsumo-saki, Moramats ; productions, lead, lacker, wax, white mustard, various cotton fabrics, white hares, sturgeons and other fish, deal and larch wood. 5. Kaga (four districts); cities, Kanazawa ,(with the celebrated Buddhic temple Dai'siu-si), Komats ; productions, paper, skins for drums, small thread, wine of mother- wort, yellow lotus, sulphur, silk, satins. 6. Noto (four districts) ; this province has no cities ; the most considerable towns are Soos-no-misaki, Kawa- siri, Nanao ; productions, sea-fish, divers kinds of mosses, colored stones washed up by the sea. 7. Sado (three districts); the capital of this isle is Koki ; productions, gold, silver, yellow lotus, deal and larch-wood. V. Sanindo, or way of the northern sides of the mountains, contains eight provinces : 1. Tango (five districts) ; cities, Miyazu, Tanabeh ; productions, hemp, baskets, silk, taffetas, fish and shell-fish, umbrellas, iron, timber for build- ing. 2. Tonba (six districts) ; cities, Kame-yama, Sasa-yama, Fooktsiyama ; productions, China-root, wax, quinces, chestnuts, tobacco, cloths, tea, topazes, sheaths for knives and sabres. 3. Tasima (six districts); cities, Idzusi or Daisi, Toyo-oka ; productions, small ginseng, pionies, yellow lotus, medicinal and edible herbs, cotton, hawks for hunting, pepper, silver, grind- stones. 4. Inaba (seven districts) ; capital, Totstori ; productions, vege- table wax, paper, melons, dried fish, ginger. 5. Foki (six districts); capital, Yonego ; productions, iron, steel, bear's-gall, a medicine greatly in repute among theJapanese, pans to fry fish. 6. Idzumo (ten districts); capital, Matsugeh ; productions, iron, steel, sabres, fish, shell-fish, melons, cloths. 7. Iwami (six districts); cities, Tsoowano, Famada ; productions, 49
second capital of <strong>the</strong> empire, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> residence of <strong>the</strong> Seogun or military em-<br />
peror of <strong>Japan</strong> ; Kawagobe, Iwatski, Osi ; productions, melons, fish, oys-<br />
tos, in high repute), Kurafa, Mifu, Odawara (also Mount Nikwii-san, with a<br />
celebrated Budilhic temple); productions, paper (strong <strong>and</strong> of a large size),<br />
lacker, fine taffeta, straw hats, fans, umbrellas, copper from Mount Rowo-<br />
yama. 7. Moots (fifty-four districts), <strong>the</strong> largest province in <strong>Japan</strong> : cities,<br />
Senday, <strong>the</strong> capital of an almost independent prince; Sim-issi, Waku-mats,<br />
Nipbon-mats, Morioka, or Great Nambu, Yatsdo, Tana-koora, Taira, Sirakawa,<br />
Nakamura, Fook-sima, Minuwaru, Firo-saki (in <strong>the</strong> district of Tsugar),<br />
tna-basi, <strong>and</strong>, lastly, Matsmai, at <strong>the</strong> sou<strong>the</strong>rn extremity of <strong>the</strong> isl<strong>and</strong> of<br />
Jeso ; productions, provisions, silk fabrics, summer garments made of paper,<br />
ashes <strong>and</strong> potash, gold-dust, hawks for bunting, grain, large sea-bhells
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