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ed, truly oruntruly, that his own office of high constable was destined to bebestowed on this favourite. a mansion concerning which it is recorded that twoof the sliding doors for the interior cost twenty thousand strings. The edicts,especially their financial provisions, imposed a heavy sacrifice. Notice was duly given to the Tokyo Government, which nowdecided that Japan's vital interests as well as the cause ofcivi

This was due in part at least to thegrowth in Japan of the power of Buddhism, and, be it understood, ofBuddhism of a degraded and debased form. The issue of the new coins took placein the year 1710, and at the same time the daimyo were strictlyforbidden to issue paper currency, which veto also was imposed at thesuggestion of Arai Hakuseki. *It has always been a common custom in Japan for the head of a familyto retire nominally from active life after he attains his fiftiethyear. Fifty-eight years before the date of this occurrence, Xavier hadconveyed to Charles V a warning that