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life of a bandit if the latter restore a child taken as a hostage,refuses subsequently to inflict any punishment whatever on therobber. 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. revolt (1637-8), puts end to Portuguese tradeShimada Yuya, judgeShimazu in Kyushu; defeated by Hideyoshi--Ei-O-Hisamitsu But when they examined the problem more closely, theyrecognized that a universally operative system of laws, a centraltreasury,

* In justice it has to be noted that Go-Shirakawadid not himself conceive these merciless measures. ecelebrated Takeda Shingen, while on the north it was threatened bythe Saito and on the west by the Asai, the Sasaki, and theKitabatake. Towards dark the detachments return to headquarters and hand intheir loot, never making any concealment. t bring an access ofstrength to the Imperial forces, and he strenuously urged that a dashshould be made for Kyoto at once.