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But there can be no question that he deserves to rank as oneof Japan's leading statesmen in any age, and that he devoted hissignal abilities to the cause of progress and administrative purity. Generally the Ii, the Hotta, or the Sakaifamily supplied candidates for the office. Appreciating fully theeconomical status she had acquired in Manchuria by large outlays ofcapital, they offered to recogniz ButYoritomo, warned of what was pending, effected his escape toTokimasa's manor.

of Shirakawa's abdication, but there can be little doubt thathe had always contemplated such a step. Munemorirefused. nachieved purpose, and the shogun, Yoshimitsu, took no stepto punish him, preferring to accept his overtures--made throughUesugi Tomomune. :ENGRAVING: MATSUDAIRA SADANORUCRIMES AND PUNISHMENTSIn Tokugawa days the principal punishments were; six: namely,repriman