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Yedo, or Yeddo; old name for Tokyo. By a curious mistake the locality Yedo on old 



labels, or in museum catalogues has several times been corrected to Yezo, causing 



great confusion. 

 Yezo, or Yesso; northernmost of the four principal islands of Japan. It is a geogi-aph- 



ical term applied to the island alone and is consequently not exactly synonymous 



with Ilokkaido. 

 Yodogawa; river in southwestern Hondo, draining Lake Biwa, and emptying into the 



Bay of Osaka. 

 Yokohama; large city at the entrance of Tokyo Bay. 



YoKo SHiMA, orYoKOATE SHiMA; SOU thommost island of the Tokara group, Riu Kiu. 

 YoNAGUNi SHIMA; Westernmost island of Yaeyama group, Riu Kiu. 

 YoRON SHIMA; southernmost island of the Amami-o-shima sul^group, Riu Kiu. 

 YuMOTo; watering place, near Nikko, north of Chiizenji Lake, about 5,000 feet above 



the sea. 



