This thesis has been transcribed from a hand written document, some Japanese and Latin words were differentiated by printing them, these are shown in italics. Plates have been moved to the start of the paragraph which they illustrate. Titles, notes and labels from the plates have been transcribed at very end of the book Footnotes have been moved to the end of the paragraph to which they refer. Inconsistent hyphenation, variant spelling and the author’s romanization of Japanese words have been retained. No changes have been made to correct grammar, but minor changes have been made to punctuation. Other changes that have been made are listed at the end of the book. |