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1881), Russian commander in FarEast, claims (1858) SaghalienMurdoch, J. The Englishman became master-shipbuilder to the Yedo Government; wasemployed as diplomatic agent when other traders from his own countryand from It was further arranged, at this time, that eachof the above four clans should furnish a contingent of troops toguard the sovereign's person and to form the nucleus of a nationalarmy. LOYALTY AND FILIAL PIETYIn the eyes of the Tokugawa legislators the cardinal virtues wereloyalty and filial piety, and in the inculcation of these, evenjustice was relegated to an inferior place.

All these, exceptMaeda embraced the anti-Tokugawa cause of Ishida Katsushige, and itthus becomes easy to understand the desire of Ishida to win overMaeda Toshinaga, son of Toshiiye, to his camp. But it was not so with his son andsuccessor, Ujimitsu. Then a grand councillor (dainagori) charged thecloistered Emperor, Kameyama, with being privy to the attempt, andFushimi showed a disposition to credit the charge. Another record, however, represents Ieyasu as following the exampleof the Taiko and conjuring his most trusted retainers to devote theirstrength to the support of the Tokugawa family.