Throughout the dialogues, there were words used to mimic accents of the speakers. Those words were retained as-is.

The illustrations have been moved so that they do not break up paragraphs and so that they are next to the text they illustrate.

Errors in punctuations and inconsistent hyphenation were not corrected unless otherwise noted.

As stated in the text, the superior figures throughout the text refer to the notes in the appendix. If you click on the "superior figures" it should take you to the appropriate note, and if you click on the number of the note it should take you make to the text.

On page 100, there was conflict between one instance of the name Katsu and one instance of the name Kotsu, both referring to the same person. Katsu Yoshikuni was a loyal retainer of the Tokugawa regime and served in the navy. Therefore, Kotsu was replaced with Katsu.

On page 126, a period was added after “leaned back in silence.”.

On page 160, a period was added after “to still the cares of men”.