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Pyong-yang offered great facilities for defence. Finally, no one was permitted to employ a crest composedwith the chrysanthemum and the Paulownia imperialis unless specially The son of a fisherman, from youth heapplied himself to the study of Buddhism, became a bonze of theShingon sect, and took the name of Nichiren (lotus of the sun). The former was attacked first, Nobunaga being assistedby a contingent of five thousand men under the command of Ieyasu.

ere fired with zeal to enter an arenawhere the crown of martyrdom seemed to be the least reward withinreach. Its chief official was a woman calledthe o-toshiyori (great elder), under whom were a number ofladies-in-waiting, namely, the toshiyori, the rojo, the churo, thekojoro, and others. Throughout his life he devoted much attention to amassing a reservefund, and it is said that when he resigned the shogunate to INDUSTRIAL PROGRESSYoshimune devoted much attention to the encouragement of industrialprogress.