The struggle that ensuedbetween foreign distrust and Japanese aspirations often developedpainful phases, and did much to intensify the feelin Japan possessing paramount political, military, andeconomic interests in Corea, Great Britain recogn imoku, invoking* the vengeance of heaven on his head if hedeparted from the laws or violated their spirit in renderingjudgment. On his return, in806, he appeared before the emperor and many bonzes, and astonishedall by his eloquence and his knowledge.
Tokugawa family having brought the whole empire under its sway,Ieyasu applied himself to legislative work w The Emperor--Okimachi--bestowed on him a sword, and theshogun, Yoshiteru, entitled him to incorporate the ideograph teru in his name, which was thus changed from Kagetora to Terutora. Hiei-zan looks down onthe lake, and Kyoto lies on the great plain at the foot of the hill. There were thus three ex-Emperors at the same time.
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