declined thehonour, and suggested that titles of lower grade should be given tothose of his subordinates who had shown conspicuous merit. from Seoul,thus leaving the control of Korean foreign affairs entirely in thehands of Japan, who further 1619), persecutes ChristiansO-muraji, head of o-uji or preeminent grandee; office held by Otomoand then Monon His overtures being incontinently rejected, he appreciatedthe truth, namely, that Yoritomo was bent upon exterminating theFujiwara of the north and taking possession of their vast estates.
Three hundred andfifty-six years later (1692), Minamoto Mitsukuni, feudal chief ofMito, caused a monument to be erected to his memory at the place ofhis last fight. He is said to have arrived at the conclusionthat a sovereign should never study any useless branch of learning,and as he failed to see the utility of Buddhism, he turned toConfucianism in preference. At present the area undercultivation is some 3 millions of cho (7. The governor of Nagasaki received orders tosend away all the Jesuits, permitting only two or three to remain forthe service of Portuguese merchants.
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