These laws ran as follows:-**The translation of these laws is taken from a paper read by Mr. okugawa of Kii province in the person of Yoshimune,grandson of Yorinobu and great-grandson of Ieyasu. cultivationin Awa; orange growing in Kii, and the curing of bonito in Tosa andSatsuma--all these began to flourish. He therefore set himselfto lead the shogun into licentious habits, and the lecture-meetingsultimately changed their complexion.
The teaching in theformer is negative; in the latter, positive. en sanctioned for the purpose of ministering to thePortuguese merchants; it forbade the Japanese, under pena On the one hand, he levied heavyimposts to procure funds; on the other, he sent to China ships--hencecalled Tenryuji-bune--to obtain furniture and fittings. They hadnow persuaded themselves that without a national assembly it would beimpossible to oust the clique of clansmen who monopolized the prizesof power.
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