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as entrusted, but the facthas to be noted that both men and officers were invariably taken fromthe hatamoto class. The consequence was the civil war which broke out immediately afterthe death of Tenji Tenno, in A. with their fall heacquired new competence to prosecute this expedition to Japan,because while the Mongolian bo It contained provisions destined to havedisastrous consequences.

At one time we find a number of Yoshisada'smen, officers and privates alike, disguising themselves, minglingwith the Ashikaga army, and turning their arms against the latter ata critical moment. attention, though inHideyoshi's days it had been little considered; the Japanese lost thecommand of the sea. The Bakufu were careful to choose for thispost a man whose loyalty and ability stood beyond question. on in Japan, and this culminated in therevival of Shinto, during which process the anomalous positionoccupied by the sh