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region, as well as all coal mines in the said regionbelonging to or worked for the benefit of the railway. He introduced his daughter, Toku, into the Household and verysoon she was made Empress, under the name of Kenrei-mon-in. He had taken up arms against the Imperial cause at theoutset, and even in the assault on Rokuhara he had been of littleservice. Nothing now remained for Yorimasa and Mochihito exceptto make a desperate rush on Kyoto or to ride away south to Nara,where temporary refuge offered.

His instructions to his sonUjitsuna were characteristic. Man with steelhelmet and coat of mail. Hideyoshi, however, was much too astute to betempted by such tactics. The importation of books from theOccident having been strictly forbidden by the third shogun, Iemitsu,Yoshimu