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omthe castles of Inu-yama and Kiyosu, in Owari, which he entrenchedstrongly, and there awaited the onset of the Osaka army. Nobuhiro, being the Emperor's younger brother, wasable to exert much influence, and finally the ex-Emperor gave hisconsent. AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRYAgriculture was, of course, greatly interrupted by the longcontinuance of mili The signatories of this oath solemnlybound themselves to respect eternally the estates and possessions ofthe members of the Im

His Majesty Kokaku rewardedthe shogun with an autograph letter of thanks as well as a verse ofpoetry composed by himself, and on Sadanobu he conferred a sword andan album of poems. His last days were tormented by the thought that all hisskill as an organizer and all his power as a ruler were incompetentto devise a system such as would secure the succession to his child. (672)Article VII. t hewas thenceforth known as Koga Kubo; that the Muromachi shogun,Yoshimasa, then sent his younger brother, Masatomo, to r