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d that theBuddhist faith had come, not to destroy the native Shinto, but toembody it into a higher and more universal system. END OF THE PORTUGUESE TRADE WITH JAPANIn the year 1624, the expulsion of the Spaniards from Japan tookplace, and in 1638 the Portuguese met the same fate. Hitherto, the whole of the eastern region had remained loyal to theHojo; but the people were growing weary of the heavy taxes andrequisition But the daughter of his elder brother,the late Michitaka, already held that position.

The casualties on the Japanese side were 318 killed, including fiveofficers, and 783 wounded, including thirty-three officers. Ishikawa Jinshiro, who commanded at Nijo Castle, immediatelydistributed a thousand koku of rice from the Government's store torelieve the distressed citizens. The mirror and gem, he alleged, had beenlost, and there remained only the sacred sword, which he kept todefend himself against the traitors when they fell upon him. LAWAs stated above, the original principle of the Bakufu was to avoidcompiling any written criminal code.