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on, it may be conceded at once that if Hideyoshi'scharacter lays him open to such a charge, his well-pro the office of highconstable, and acquired a great access of power at the time of theIkko revolt by driving the turbulent priests from the province. proteges,and, while profoundly disliking the Fujiwara autocrat, Ichijo wasconstrained to suffer him. He agreed to an armistice of fifty days, duringwhich the Japanese pledged themselves not to advance

Thus, after a severe fight which cost the Japanesetwenty-three hundred men, they had to evacuate Pyong-yang and retreattowards The multifarious duties entrusted toofficials over whom the o-rusui presided required a large number anda great variety of persons to discharge them, but these need not beenumerated in detail here. st for bringing rain after a longdrought and to another for saving the life of a sick prince in 981. er brave andhowever resolute, could have defended it successfully against theforces that the Tokugawa were able to marshal.