Hedenounced such a system as opposed to the instincts of humanity, andhe advised not only that certain princes should But we have to remember that itwas addressed ultimately to the Kyoto nobles, whose resentment wouldhave been at once excited by the use of friendly or self-effacinglanguage. Ultimately it became necessary to enact a law empoweringthe police to banish persons of doubtful character from Tokyo withoutlegal trial, and even to arrest and detain such persons on suspicion. A much commoner outcome of the situation was thegrowth of powerful families which regulated their affairs by means ofa council of leading members without reference to Kamakura, Kyoto, orYoshino.
of theHosokawa family converted Kyoto once more into a battle-field andreduced a large part of the city to ashes. Saiko and his two sons were beheaded; Narichika was exiled andsubsequently put to death, and all the rest were banished. Nevertheless, forpurposes of trade, prices of staples were fixed in terms of coin. If we be pardoned, we can end our lives in mountainforests.
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