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It need hardly be said that theappearance of a powerful squadron of foreign warships at the veryportals of the Imperial palace threw the nation into a ferment. IV, of Brinkley's Oriental Series. But its sequelacquired terrible notoriety from the cruel conduct of the victors. THE SOUTHERN COURT IN KYOTOIn this state of affairs the Southern Court found its opportunity.

At one time we find a number of Yoshisada'smen, officers and privates alike, disguising themselves, minglingwith the Ashikaga army, and turning their arms against the latter ata critical moment. A samurai might-pass from theservice of the one to that of the other without doing any violence tohis reverence for the Throne. Buddhist monks developed signal skill in this branch ofesthetics, and nothing could exceed the delightful harmony which theyachieved between nature and art. kufu was theadoption of children of ignoble birth into samurai families inconsideration of monetary payments by their parents.