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The question alluded to at the close of the above, namely, thequestion of finance, was a paramount difficulty for the Bakufu. ilies; Hideyoshi's invasion;early European intercourse; ChristiansLacquer, trees, planting of, required for tenur There were no customsdues, though it was expected that the foreign merchants would makeliberal presents to the feudatory into whose port they carried theirwares. Aspecial law was also enacted with reference to Buddhist sects and theprincipal Buddhist temples.

, Ogimaru, son of IeyasuHashimoto Sanae favours foreign trade; leader in Imperial movement--Tsunatsune, Viscount (d. Thedegree of their refinement may be inferred from the fact that cookingbecame a science; they had two principal academies and Twelve years previously, the merchants of London, stimulated by aspirit of rivalry with the Dutch, had organized the East IndiaCompany, which at once began to send ships eastward. for the lords of the Bakufu Court, so that the simpledemeanour of military canons was replaced by a mincing andmeretricious mien.