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254) Taira Masakado lost the aid of agreat lieutenant in his revolt because he forgot to bind up his hairproperly before he received a visitor. Through one of his officers, Funada Yoshimasa, he obtained a mandatefrom Prince Morinaga, and then, feigning sick ized by his orders on the PinePlain (Matsubara) of Kitano a cha-no-yu fete of unprecedentedmagnitude. and English confined to; Dutch factory; Russians come to(1804); Glynn and the Preble; Americans allowed

s, and nothingcan have seemed less likely than that a creed thus lightly embracedwould be adhered to in defiance of torture and death. Of course, much of theresulting expense had to be borne by the great feudatories, but theshare of Hideyoshi himself cannot have been inconsiderable. At this stage of the campaign Hideyoshi behaved with remarkablemagnanimity and foresight. d by 214 feudatories, each having anannual income of at least 10,000 koku (omitting minor landowners).