In the north, in the east, in the west, andin the south, there were great territorial nobles who could put intothe field armies much larger than all the Owari chief's troops. sed to the shogun that the judgments deliveredby this administrator should be recorded for the guidance of futurejudges. Military affairs, civil administration, financial management,including the casting of coins, judicial and legislative affairs, thesup And the character of these hirelingshepherds goes far to explain the gross superstition of the tune.
The great faults of hischaracter seem to have been want of discrimination in the treatmentof his allies and his retainers, and want of patience in the conductof affairs. Ieyasu showed much earnestness in searching for and collectingancient books. Yasuhira now became alarmed. Another important levy was the tansen, which,as its name implies, was a land-rate levied at so much per tan(one-quarter of an a
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