Kagetoki wished to equipthe war-junks with sakaro. The problem of restoring the palace presented much difficulty in theimpoverished state of the country, but the Bakufu di oney whichwas handed to him on leaving the refuge, and this example of charitywas obeyed widely by the feudatories. Finally, they were incomparable horsemen, and in the early encountersthey put the Japanese cavalry out of action by raising with drums andgongs a din that terrified the latter's horses.
Moreover, in addition tocomparative weakness, he was hampered by local inconvenience. As concrete examples may be cited the facts thathe restored the shrines of Ise, and reinstituted the custom But Hideyoshi was well understood to favour Samboshi'ssuccession, and this sufficed to array in opposition several of thebarons habitually hostile to Hideyoshi. ); festivals; ceremonial (ill.
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