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d-will of the Jesuits, and for that purpose notonly accorded to them entire liberty to teach and to pr It had longbeen proverbial that white the eight provinces of the Kwanto coulddefy the whole empire, 0-U (Oshu and Ushu-Mutsu and Dewa) could defythe eight provinces. THE FIRST FOREIGNERSIt must be conceded, too, that the nineteenth-century foreigner didnot present himself to Japan in a very lovable light. In fact, the 13th of November had been indicated as the probabledate.

Shigehira, Kiyomori's fifth son, was taken prisoner. anresentment inasmuch as many Christian converts espoused Hideyori'scause, and in one part of the field the troops These he despatched on a secret tour of inspection through theprovinces, instructing them at the same time to canvass for adherentsamong the local samurai. Shiro-uji of Mutsu, Dewa, Shinano, and Echigo, descended fromShigemori and Koremochi Nishina-uji