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This vast domain descended to his son Motohira, and to thelatter's son, Hidehira, whose name we shall presently find in largeletters on a page of Japanese history. Pursuing that policy, he bestowed immense estates upon those thatyielded to him, so that in time there came into existence holders oflands more extensive than those belonging to the shogun himself. Certainly, there is a striking contrast between thesystem of Tenchi and that of Toyotomi. Each sectionconsisted of ten rooms and was capable of accommodating seven hundredpersons.

There is nothing in the world like the Chinese scriptures of theMaha-yana. In Kyushu the office of tandai was held by ImagawaRyoshun, a man ever memorable in Japanese history as the author ofthe precept that military prowess without education is worse thanuseless. In a few months, however, Takakuni, in alliance withthe Rokkaku branch of the Sasaki family under Sadayori, marched intoKyoto in overwhelming force. covered its vitality, a turn of events largely promoted bydissensions in the Northern camp and by the consequent return ofMoronao's forces to Kyoto.