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vourable to disturbance, in which contrivance heborrowed and extended the ideas of Nobunaga and Hideyoshi. He disclosed allhis ambitions to Hojo Tokimasa, and found in him an able coadjutor. It ended in the resignation ofits author and the complete defeat of its purpose. Of course, a child offour years who held the office of shogun for the brief period ofthree years could

g the qualification to ten yen forelectors; dispensing with it altogether in the case of candidates;inaugurating secret ballots; exte Butby this time the two great southern clans, having learned the madnessof appealing to force for the purpose of keeping the country closed,had agreed to work together in the interests of the State. PREFACE TO THE ONIN WARWe now arrive at a chapter of Japanese history infinitely perplexingto the reader. This obsession in favour of theImperial metropolis left its mark upon many campaigns; as when, inthe spring operat