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It is evident from these words that the project of invading Korea andChina was entertained by Hideyoshi nearly twenty years before--aswill presently be seen--he attempted to carry it into practice. But, in truth, the empire was on the thresholdof a century-long struggle compared with which the Onin War proved abagatelle. Such is by no means the case. Thegovernor of the island was much moved by the boy's affection, but,fearful of Kamakura, he refused

's title of ownership in all theland throughout the realm, a system diametrically opposed to thespirit of feudalism. Theirheads, together with that of Hidetsugu himself, were buried in thesame grave, over which was set a tablet bearing the inscription, Tomb of the Traitor, Hidetsugu. gh the intervention of Hosokawa Tadaoki, and he had learned thathis own life was immediately threatened by the seven generals. He is said tohave addressed to Asano Nagamasa and Ishida Katsushige orders to goin person to the peninsula, and to provid