414 Sino-Iranica 



comprises nearly a hundred and sixty species, and of the cultivated fig 

 there is a vast number of varieties. 



According to the Yamato-honzd 1 of 1709, figs (iUjiku) were first 

 introduced into Nagasaki in the period Kwan-ei % 3K (1624-44) from 

 the islands in the South-Western Ocean. This agrees with E. Kaem- 

 pfer's 2 statement that figs were brought into Japan and planted by 

 Portuguese. 



1 Ch. 10, p. 26 b. 



2 History of Japan, Vol. I, p. 180 (ed. reprinted Glasgow, 1906). 



