MEMOIRS

OF THE

LITERATURE COLLEGE,

IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN..

No. I.

THE LANGUAGE, MYTHOLOGY, AND GEOGRAPHICAL NO-
MENCLATURE OF JAPAN VIEWED IN THE LIGHT
OF AINO STUDIES.

BY

BASIL HALL CHAMBERLAIN,

PROFESSOR OF JAPANESE AND PHILOLOGY IN THE IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY;

INCLUDING

"AN AINU GRAMMAR,"

BY

JOHN BATCHELOR,

CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY;

AND

A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS RELATING TO YEZO AND THE AINOS.

1887 (20TH YEAR OF MEIJI).

PUBLISHED BY THE IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY,

Τόκιο;

PRINTED AT THE 'JAPAN MAIL" Office, YokoHAMA.

With the Compliments of

H. WATANABE,

President of the Imperial University,

Tokyo, Japan.

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