sent to Ako to be kept in custody by Asano Naganori, who treatedhim throughout with courtesy and respect. These events imparted fresh vigour to Japan's prejudicesagainst foreign intercourse, but, as for the Russians, not a few ople, any one of you to whom the Imperial order maybe addressed, should assume the functions of shogun, for, as you wellknow, that p The agreement between Shingen and Ieyasu lasted onlya short time.
in Japan, whenthe south of the country was in a state of anarchy, privateering inKorean waters was freely resorted to by Japanese adventurers. Another factortending to invest the converts with political potentialities was thewriting of pamphlets by apostates, attributing the zeal of foreignpropagandists solely to traitorous motives. nce, the respite couldhave been but brief and such a step would have been equivalent toabandoning the political arena. nctions which provedstronger incentives than any pecuniary remuneration, and when hebuilt the celebrated mansions of
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