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If the first great protagonists inthe struggle between the Northern and the Southern Courts were PrinceMorinaga and T There is reason to believe that the shogun himself knew nothing ofthis ordinance until a multitude of complaints and remonstrancesfound their way, in part, to his ears. The united parties called themselvesConstitutionists (Kensei-to). If there is nomisery, decay, or death, there is no such thing as wisdom, and nosuch thing as attaining to happiness or rest.

Such were the existing conditions when, in 1587, Hideyoshi calledupon the Korean monarch to explain the cessation of the old-timecustom of exchanging envoys. He caused the Christian churches to bedestroyed and the crosses to be thrown down; he ordered the Jesuitsto quit his dominions, and he required the converts to return toBuddhism. aterials so costly that the outlaytotalled six hundred thousand strings of cash;* and he built for hismother, Shigeko, At this stage, however, amemorable incident occurred.