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It existsbecause of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations frompeople in all walks of life. It is, however, certain that the closure of the English factory atHirado was voluntary; from the beginning to the end no seriousfriction had occurred between the English and the Japanese. It has already been shown that theywelcomed the foreign priests as channels for obtaining informationabout the neighbouring e YAMAGA SOKOThe affair of the forty-seven ronins helped to bring into eminencethe name of Yamaga Soko, a firm believer in Confucianism and anardent follower of military science.

Four years later,he received the title of Dewa no Kami and his revenue was increasedto 100,000 koku. The Owari baronreceived this envoy with marked respect. They alsorespectively engage not to take any military measures which mayimpede the free navigation of the Straits of La Perouse and Tartary. FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES AND THE BAKUFUAn indirect consequence of these disputes between the Throne and theCourt nobles, on