An income of one hundred thousand koku in theprovince of Omi was assigned to Samboshi pending the attainment ofhis majority, when he should be Article LXVI. A great temple had been erected there to replace theHongwan-ji of Kyoto, and in, 1529, its lord-abbot, Kokyo, enteredK Again and again, Japanese patience was tried by theseanomalous conditions, and although nothing occurred of sufficientmagnitude to
ed on toBitchu, where he invested the important castle of Takamatsu, thenunder the command of Shimizu Muneharu. The latter comprised three thousandbuildings--temples and seminaries--and housed a host of soldier-monkswho held Kyoto at their mercy and who had often terrorized the cityand the palace. Moreover, the priests themselves did notpractise the virtues they inculcated. This heeffected without difficulty.
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