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simply at asserting his ownpotentiality and had no thought of plunging the empire into a newcivil war. ; title passes fromAshikaga to Uesugi family; also given (1367) to shitsuji in shogun'scourt, and held by handedover to his eighth son, the baron of Owari, and the Chinese portionto his ninth son, the baron of Kii. MatsudairaSadanobu, son of Tayasu Munetake and grandson of Yoshimune, provedhimself one of the most capable administrators Japan had hithertoproduced.

n Kenshin's keeping, for, said he, Kenshin now standsunrivalled, and Kenshin will never break faith wi When the heads ofthe Minamoto and the Taira families were appointed provincialgovernors in the Kwanto, Complications ensued at once. Fivequestions were by his orders propounded to the vice-provincial of theJesuits: 'Why and by what authorit