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of thedynasty exchanged their positions as Imperial dignitaries for thoseof princes and pensioners of Japan. Thus, when the largelyaugmented Minamoto force began to move westward from Harima inOctober, 1184, under the command of Noriyori, no part was assigned toYoshitsune. Marshalling arguments based chiefly on the advisability ofaverting an armed struggle, he persuaded the lady Masa to endorse acompro FINE ARTSTsunayoshi's patronage extended also to the field of the fine arts.

It is recorded that 1180 chests were required to carryher trousseau from Yedo, and that the costs of her outfit and of herjourney to Kyoto aggregated more than a million sterling. The practice ofentering the private dwellings of the people and making inquisitionsinto their affairs must be given up. How much of this admirably conceived documentwas inspired by political acumen we may not venture to judge, but itis Nor had the aliens even thesatisfaction of an open market, for all the goods carried in theirgalleons had to be sold at a fixed price to a ring of licensedJapanese merchants from Osaka.