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 *Asukai, court family, hereditary accomplishment, iv. 6.
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 * Bando soldiers, origin, i. 163; control, 169, ii. 9, 13; moral decline, 25. See also Military class.
 * Banking, mediæval rice exchanges, vi. 180; development, 187–190; early banknotes, 187.
 * Banzan, Kumazawa, on rights of sovereign, ii. 206; political philosophy, iii. 135–137, iv. 130; practical reforms, iii. 136; disciples, 137.
 * Barrows of primæval Japan, i. 40–44.
 * Barter, early, vi. 130; rice as standard of value, 135; in foreign trade, 172.
 * Bathhouses, public, of Tokugawa epoch, iv. 117–119.
 * Beggars, kinds, ii. 45.
 * Benkei, Yoshitsune's follower, iii. 36.
 * Bills of exchange, introduction, vi. 149.
 * Bonin Islands, acquired, i. 3.
 * Book of Changes. See Divination.
 * Bow and arrow, chief weapon, ii. 128; skill in using, 128, 130–133; size and material, 130, 282; method of using, 133; kinds of archery, 134; superstitions, v,v. [sic] 193.
 * Bribery, iv. 250–252.
 * Brigandage in Heian epoch, i. 231.
 * British, accuse Catholic priests of political intrigue, iii. 125; warned off, 160, 162; bombard Kagoshima, 218; and the extra-territorial tribunals, v. 30, 36–38; occupy Wei-hai-wei, 67.
 * Bronze age, represented by barrows, i. 41, 45.
 * Buddhism, introduction, i. 89; reception, 90, 91; original creed, 90, 129, 176, ii. 227, v. 142, 258; armed propagation, i. 92; early zeal of court and nobles for, 92, 93, 97, 134, 181, 251; imperial monks, 94, 184, 251, 257; reason for favourable reception, 90; shares in the administration, 93; results of introduction, 97, 103, 183; and the basis of sovereign power, 94–97, 129; union with Shintō, 96, 129, v. 143, 171, 182; character of priests, i. 97, 189, 235, v. 165, 170; interest in welfare of the people, i. 124, 135, 185; music, 154; temporal and militant power, 159, 161, 163, 184, ii. 6, 12, 13, 31, iii. 110–112, 115, 120; mercenary motives, i. 184; and superstition, 176, 178, 180; Tendai sect, 180, v. 143, 258; Shingon sect, i. 180, v. 144–147; opposition to Christianity, ii. 32; Zen sect and the military class, ii. 61, 227, v. 150; Japanese attitude toward, ii. 173, v. 152–162, 165, 174; and the development of the drama, iii. 23–31, 48; Nobunaga's enmity, 112; denounced, 136; Fuke-shu and the komuso, iv. 51; influence on private opinion, 106; adaptability, v. 140, 151; sects of