THE ONIN WARBy the close of 1466, the two great protagonists, Katsumoto andSozen, had quietly collected in Kyoto armies estimated at 160,000 and110,000 men, respectively. Our policy shall be toevade any definite answer to their request, while at the same timemaintaining a peaceful demeanour. to such an arrangement as this--an arrangementwhich guaranteed nothing except leisure for the mobilization of astrong Chinese army. To him the ambition of winning the shogunatepresented itself strongly, and was only abandoned when UesugiNoriharu committed suicide to add weight to a protest against such anessay.
His officers were ranged round him,each in his proper place. Weneed not go beyond the schools of Chutsz and Wang Yang-ming, for thethird, or ancient, school adopted the teachings Aninteresting parallel might be drawn between Japanese and Europeansuperstition, as each was consequent on the low standards of theclergy of the times. to do such a thing? Then, wrapping theletter round the hilt of his sword, he disembowelled himself.
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