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A quasi-historical record, the Taiheiki, ascribes this to Yoshinaga'sinfatuated reluctance to quit the company of a Court beauty whom theEmperor had bestowed on him. the direct line of the succession, and tokeep these princes from attaining to the posts of regents orministers of State. renceto high principle should be rewarded by more than ordinarydistinction; that the petitions and complaints of the poor Further records show that in 1556 the pirates entered Yang-chou,looted and burned the city; that in 1559 they att

was long knownas Tanegashima, that being the name of the island where thePortuguese ship first touched. Thereforepowers making treaties with Oriental nations establish withinthe latter's borders consular courts which exercise what is called extraterritorial jurisdiction. In giving notice of the despatch of troops, Chinadescribed Korea as her tributary State, thus emphasizing acontention which at once created an impossible situation. Mori was acting entirely by the advice of his two uncles, Kikkawa andKohayakawa, both men of profound insight.