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The troops were a body of useless mercenaries. Here it will suffice to state that Sadanobu did not retire indisgrace. This separation of the civilizations of the east (Kwanto) and thewest (Kyoto) resulted ultimately in producing asceticism andreligious reform. Yoritsugu alone was stripped of office while still in histeens.

Their success was due to observingfrugality, treating the people with kindness, meting out strictjustice, and faithfully obeying the ancestral behest to abstain fromseeking high titles. A new and powerful party was thus formed underthe designation of Friends of the Constitution (Rikken Seiyukai). dictated solelyby the upper class, and neither merchants nor artisans wererecognized as possessing any social or literary influence whatever. But very little intelligence had been exercised in planningit.