see Soga UmakoUmashimade, ancestor of MononobeUmeda Genjiro, pen-name Umpin (1816-59), promotes Imper Six Court nobles accompanied them from the South;twenty went out from the North to receive them, and a numerous bodyof troops formed the escort. On parting, the Minamoto chief gave him as souvenir a cat chiselledin silver, which the old ascetic held in such light esteem that hebestowed it on the first child he met. During two and a half centuries she remainedwithout breathing the atmosphere of international competition, orderiving inspiration from an exchange of ideas with other countries.
He surrounded his youthful charge withliterary and military experts, and secured to him every advantagethat education could confer. In the following year, Motoyasu changed his nameto Ieyasu, and subsequently he took the uji of Tokugawa. Few events have received wider historical comment inJapan. An order was accordingly issuedagainst slaughtering dogs or taking life in any form, the resultbeing that all wild animals multiplied enormously and wrought greatdamage to crops.
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