They inaugurated the device of replacing thesacred tree with the divine car, against which none dare raise ahand or shoot an arrow. But the inhabitantsof Tsukushi and Naniwa, which were favourably located for voyages,continued to visit China and Korea, whence they are reported to haveobtained articles of value. There was stilllittle house-furnishing. Previously the only sources of information about foreign affairs hadbeen the masters of the Dutch ships, the Dutch merchants, and theJapanese interpreters at Nagasaki.
the shogunate in the event of failure of issuein the principal house of Tokugawa or in one of the Three Families. In Yoshitsune's case it has been indicated that there was much toawaken Yoritomo's suspicions. The above two provisions practically conferred on the Bakufu thepower of not only appointing the regent and ministers of State butalso of keeping them in office. ecareful to maintain an independent attitude; thus showing that Japan's first political parties were grouped, not about principles,but about persons.
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