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Finally, two of his faithfulcomrades, Echigo Chuta and Tsuwata Saburo, seated themselves in frontof the mansion and committed suicide to recall their leader to hissenses. fighting, but the pages ofhistory need not be burdened with details of the clash of purelyprivate ambitions. othe cause of art a considerable portion of the sovereign power thathis great gifts as a military leader and a politician had broughthim. 26Prince Hisaakira, son of Go-Fukakusa 1289-1308 13 32Prince Morikuni, son of Hisaakira

Nosooner had the Franciscans and the Dominicans arrived in Japan than afierce quarrel broke out between them and the Jesuits--a quarrelwhich even community of suffering could not compose. This extraordinary affair remainsshrouded in mystery until the present day. YEDOThe influence of the sankin kotai system upon the prosperity of Yedo,as well as upon the efficiency of the Tokugawa administration, hasalready been noticed. The three metropolitan prefectures of Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyotoare called fu, and their districts are distinguished as urban (cho)and rural (son), according to the number of houses they contain.