1.1 Francis Xavier in the court of Ōtomo Sōrin. Hazart, Cornelius. Kerckelycke historie van de gheheele wereldt. Antwerp: Michiel Cnobbaert, 1667, p. 23 37
1.2 Ōmura Sumitada’s destruction of the Buddhist temples and Shintō shrines. Hazart, Cornelius. Kerckelycke historie van de gheheele wereldt. Antwerp: Michiel Cnobbaert, 1667, p. 34 38
1.3 The departure of the Tenshō embassy to Europe from Nagasaki Harbor. Hazart, Cornelius. Kerckelycke historie van de gheheele wereldt. Antwerp: Michiel Cnobbaert, 1667, p. 63 39
1.4 The Jesuit Japan letters, a sedimentary archive 40
1.5 Christ Child, ivory, Philippines, 17th c. Museo de América, Madrid (Credit: P. Schwemmer) 50
3.1 The plays performed in colleges belonging to the Jesuit provinces of France (table) 100
3.2 French-speaking Jesuit colleges where Japanese drama was performed (map) 103
5.1 Timeframe (table) (the names of the completely preserved texts are marked in bold, italics indicates synopses; the plays in brackets are known only from secondary sources) 191
5.2 Numbers of plays staged by individual grades 192
5.3 Numbers of plays staged at individual schools 193
5.4 Timeframe of stories of the plays 196
6.1 List of Croatian school drama performances related to Japan 238
6.2 Chronological grouping of Croatian school plays pertaining to Japan (table) 240
7.1. The plays connected with Japan according to: Dramat staropolski od początków do powstania sceny narodowej. Bibliografia (vol. I and vol. II part I) (in chronological order) 260
8.1 Charles Spinola, copper print by Schelte a Bolswert (credit: public domain) 279
8.2 Three saint martyrs of the Jesuit Society from Nagasaki, Wolfgang Kilian, copper print, Augsburg, 1628 (credit: public domain) 280
9.1 Allegorical figures in the comedy by Sebastião Gonçalves (Goa, 1565): Mwenemutapa, Ygnambane, Socotra, the Jaffna Kingdom, Trincomalee, and Prester John 292
9.2 Allegorical figures in the comedy by Sebastião Gonçalves (Goa, 1565): Japan (Kyushu), China, Ternate, Hormuz, Bassein, Daman, Kanyakumai, Kollam, Melaka, Cochim, Goa 295