Their wants are few and they are easily ruled. As a furthermeasure of precaution, Hideyoshi interposed one of his own family,Hidetsugu, between the Kwanto and Kyoto, and wi Yasutoki's loyalty was of a muchmore whole-hearted type: he recognized the occupant of the throne asaltogether sacrosanct. Chiefly concerned in the compilation of the Dai Nihon-shi were AsakaKaku, Kuriyama Gen, and Miyake Atsuaki.
It is true that thefiefs (hari) had been converted into prefectures (ken), and it isalso true that the daimyo had become mere governors. The elevation of an aliendeity to a pedestal above the head of the ancestral Kami seemedspecially shocking to the soldier class. At thattime the policy of the empire was free trade. The mansion was surrounded by a deep moat which he couldnot cross.
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