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Sometimes, apowerful ruler was able to transmit his authority to his son andgrandson, but they, in th With regard to Ieyasu, however, Hideyoshi behaved with markedcaution. That this reply was suggested by the Dutchis very probable; that it truly reflected the feeling of the JapaneseGovernment towards Roman Catholics is certain. Balked in his design against Kyoto, Ujimitsu turned his hand againstthe Nitta, old enemies of his family, and crushing them, placed theAshikaga power on a very firm basis in the Kwanto.

Japanese historians have not much tosay upon this subject. But the troops accepted giftsoffered to them by the feudatories and left the churches standing,while Hideyoshi not only fai We knowthat, after nearly two months of incessant combat, the Yuan armieshad made no sensible impression on the Japanese resistance orestablished any footing upon Japanese soil. TSUNAYOSHI'S FAVOURITEWhen Tsunayoshi became shogun, Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu occupied theposition of a l