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The latter agreed to the Owari chief's proposals, and inFebruary, 1562, proceeded to the castle of Ki Theoriginal document threw open to the English every port in Japan; therevised document limited them to Hirado. ENGRAVING: FIVE STRING BIWA (JAPANESE MANDOLIN)ENGRAVING: KOTO, 13-STRINGED HORIZONTAL HARPCHAPTER XXVIIIART, RELIGION, LITERATURE, CUSTOMS, AND C YASUTOKI'S EXPLANATIONThere had not been any previous instance of such treatment of theImperial family by a subject, and public opinion was not unnaturallysomewhat shocked.

Yoritomo trusted this man implicitly. The twelfthshogun, Ieyoshi, had died in 1853, and was succeeded by Iesada, aphysically incompetent ruler. So long asYoshimune lived, his strong hand held things straight, but after hisdeath, in 1751, the incompetence of his son became very marked. This requestbeing granted, he sent messengers to Sakai, who informed the citizensthat Nobunaga contemplated the destruction of the town by fire.