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tion should not ultimately begathered in Japan's new province as plentifully as they are in Japanherself. to the Government, that is to say,to Hideyoshi, his wealth suddenly received a conspicuous increase. cursorily alluded to more thanonce in these pages, and who, from the tenth century, acts aprominent role on the Japanese stage. At what time this practice had its origin therecords do not show, but during the reign of Kwammu (782-805,) theb

There were the Sano-uji ofShimotsuke, Mutsu, and Dewa; and there were the Kondo, the Muto, theKoyama, and the Yuki, all in different parts of the Kwanto. If the Miyoshi vassals plottedagainst their chiefs, so did the latter against the Hosokawa; so didthe Hosokawa against t Nothing could have been moreremarkable than that these men should have quietly acquiesced in thesurrender of legislative and financial autonomy by their chiefs. Never mind the praise or blame of fellow men, but act so that youneed not be ashamed before the gods of the Unseen.