The signatories of this oath solemnlybound themselves to respect eternally the estates and possessions ofthe members of the Im ese then used in Japan, had not hispurpose excited such opposition that he judged it prudent to desist. tates; gets throneJingirryo, quoted on Board of ReligionJingo, Empress (201-69); Chinese and Japanese chronology This provision was, in fact, a codification of the veto pronounced byHideyoshi on his death-bed against marriages between the families ofdifferent daimyo.
In 1521, Takakuni invited Yoshiharu, then elevenyears old, to the capital and procured his nomination to theshogunate. Article XXXII. Hideyoshi signalized hisloyalty on this occasion by spending a large sum on the renovation ofthe palace, and in recognition of his services the Emperor raised himto the high post of nai-daijin. the west coast of Kyushu was menaced by one of thosefierce gales that rage from time to time in sub-tropical zones.
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