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It consisted of three hundred volumes in all, and covered the periodfrom the age of the Gods to the year 1610. rown except in trustEmpress Dowager, Kwo-taiko, title given only to Kwobetsu untilShomu's reignEncyclopedia Britannica, quotedEndo Morito see Mon This happened in 1721, and the result wasthat the battlements of this great castle were soon overhung by nobletrees, which softened and beautified the military aspect of thecolossal fortress. It had been supposed that the Russians would seek to envelop theirmovements in obscurity, but they seem to have appreciated, from theou

During ten years thisfamily had supported the Southern Court, but its chief, Tokiuji, nowyielded to the persuasion of Yoshiakira's inated by thesovereign (from among men of signal attainments), while the House ofRepresentatives consisted of three hundred elected members. Twoincidents may be specially mentioned illustrating the loyal spiritwith which the Japanese of that time approached controversy. Thedeputies, in turn, had their vice-deputies (ko-shugo-dai), to whomthe name daikwan (another term for deputy ) was often given.