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Yoshimune had to fly to Echigo with a petty remnant of followers, andYoshioki and Yoshiharu, evacuating Kamakura, took refuge in theKawamura fortress. He thought, inshort, that the Jesuits would be followed by merchant ships, and whenPortuguese trading ve Sometimes, also, the three bugyo met at the Hyojo-shomerely for purposes of consultation. Some erected simpleedifices under the pine trees; some set up a monster umbrella for aroof, and some brought portable pavilions.

Thus, in effect, thegovernment of the country, taken out of the hands of the shogun andthe feudatories, fell into those of their vassals. roduced between the two Courts a breach which contributedmaterially, though indirectly, to the ultimate fall of the Tokugawa. SANKE AND SANKYOWhen Ieyasu, after the battle of Sekigahara, distributed the fiefsthroughout the Empire, he gave four imp REMOVAL OF THE ROJUWhat has thus far been written depicts the bright side ofTsunayoshi's administration.