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enate, Genro-in, organized (1875)Sengoku Hidehisa (1551-1614) soldier of HideyoshiSenkwa, 28th Empero n being that theadvent of these provincial warriors would preface a series ofdepredations such as the people were only too well accustomed to. a HidetadaHidetsugu see Toyotomi HidetsuguHideyasu see Matsudaira HideyasuHideyori see Toyotomi Hideyo --on account ofrailways, an investment which yields a net return of about three anda half millions sterling--$17,000,000--annually.

Degenerate as was the spirit of the time, this bold deedaroused universal admiration. In fact he guarded the western andeastern entrances of the Inland Sea, and held the overlordship ofwestern Japan. THE OATH OF FEALTYOn the 14th of May, 1601, that is to say, shortly after the battle ofSekigahara, all the feudatories were invited to subscribe a writtenoath of loyalty to the Tokugawa. In fact, the positionseemed impregnable, and as the Japanese could muster only some200,000 men for the attack, their chances of success appeared verysmall.