All thesewere propagandists of Zen-shu doctrine. One of its members,Nakahara Chikayoshi, received from Minamoto Yoritomo the office ofhigh constable of the Dazai-fu, and to his son, Thereafter, the Ashikagafell, and their successor, Oda Nobunaga, made no attempt to re-opencommerce with China, while his suc His Majesty, as will presently be seen, was seeking to contrive thedownfall of the Bakufu, and the idea of associating one of his ownsons with its fortunes must have revolted him.
OADMIRAL TOGO***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A HISTORY OF JAPAN********** This file should be named 27604. side by side, and that had the Tokugawa leaderrejected Nobukatsu's appeal, he would not only have suffered inpub e thepeninsula might well allow itself to be now used as a basis ofJapanese operations against China. His Majesty Kokaku rewardedthe shogun with an autograph letter of thanks as well as a verse ofpoetry composed by himself, and on Sadanobu he conferred a sword andan album of poems.
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