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to, who, from his youthful days,devoted attention to Japanese learning, and, assembling a number ofeminent scholars, composed the Foreigners were forbidden to enter, exceptthe Dutch traders who were confined to the little island of Deshima. under the title ofchugu,* her residence being fixed in the Fujitsubo, which was therecognized palace of the Empress. She had no interest in the ownership ofManchuria, and she professed herself a warm friend of Japan.

Should they openhostilities, all must at once take up arms and fight strenuously forthe country. the opinion of theminority showed no sign of being dictated by personal interests, itshould be duly considered. But they have failed to find in the regime of aprotectorate sufficient hope for a realization of the object w Under the Ashikaga, the tokusei received a stillwider import.