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This Kusunoki Masashige (called Nanko) is one of Japan's ideal typesof loyalty and courage. Nobunaga's attemptto quell this insurrection was unsuccessful, and immediately Nagamasaand Yoshikage seized the occasion to march upon Kyoto. The normal procedure would have been to give the desired rankto Prince Tsunehito, and then to inform the Bakufu of theaccomplished fact. For, when in their capacity as belonging to the Boardof Five Administrators, Ishida and Asano Nagamasa were sent to

1710-1735)Higashiyama abdicated (1710) in favour of Nakanomikado, who reignedfor twenty-five years. That this existed in practice from an early eracannot be doubted, but its cultivation by a recognized sys Hideyoshi served in thecastle of Kuno for a period variously reckoned at from one year tofive. Yet this same Hideyoshi evidently recognized that the Buddhist faithhad great potentialities in Japan, and that its encouragement madefor the peace and progress of the country.