. The history of Japan, giving an account of the ancient and present state and government of that empire : of its temples, palaces, castles and other buildings, of its metals, minerals, trees, plants, animals, birds and fishes, of the chronology and succession of the emperors, ecclesiastical and secular, of the original descent, religions, customs, and manufactures of the natives, and of their trade and commerce with the Dutch and Chinese : together with a description of the kingdom of Siam . d by the common people. The Imatto Canna, or rather JamattoCanna characters are in ufe only at the cou
. The history of Japan, giving an account of the ancient and present state and government of that empire : of its temples, palaces, castles and other buildings, of its metals, minerals, trees, plants, animals, birds and fishes, of the chronology and succession of the emperors, ecclesiastical and secular, of the original descent, religions, customs, and manufactures of the natives, and of their trade and commerce with the Dutch and Chinese : together with a description of the kingdom of Siam . d by the common people. The Imatto Canna, or rather JamattoCanna characters are in ufe only at the court of the Dairi, or Ecclefiafti-cal Hereditary Emperor, and are fo calld from the Province Jamafijro,in which lies Miaco, the refidence of the Dairi. In every fourth column,beginning from the right hand, the found of thefe characters hath beenexprefsd in Latin Letters. In the two laft columns, to the left, arefome fpecimens of compound characters, taken out of a Dictionaryprinted in Japan. Thofe markd 1, are the Sfin characters, as they callthem, being the characters of the fignificant or learned languageof the Chinefe and Japanefe, exprefsd after the Chinefe , 3, 4, Are three different forts of the Common characters, as theJapanefe call them, which they, as well as the Chinefey make ufe of intheir feals. The middle ones, (markd 3,) and alfo the mod angular,are likewife calld Taf. 5. Are the Sfo characters, or the characters ofthe learned language, as exprefsd by the 5^/v XXI
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