This latter isa phrase invented by the so-called 'holy men' to justify murderingsovereigns and seizing their dominions. amely, the buildingof a church at Nagasaki, in order that Portuguese commerce might havea centre and the Christians an assured asylum. and administrative metropolis; theother, to preserve the unity of the Minamoto clan in allcircumstances. rinaga in possession of Yoshino Castle, and AkamatsuNorimura of Harima blocking the two highways called the Sanindo andthe Sanyodo.
They consisted of five householders each,being therefore called gonin-gumi, and their main functions were torender These menwere Kada Azumamaro (1668-1736), Kamo Mabuchi (1697-1769), MotooriNorinaga (1730-1801), and Hirata Atsutane (1776-1834). and the supreme command of the nation's armaments wereessential to the end they had in view, namely, strength derived fromunity. Why, then, did the former never dare to take up armsagainst the Bakufu, whereas the latter never ceased
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