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During the next ten years the teachings of experience took deeperroot, and when the great combat with Russia commenced, the Japanesenavy included four ironclads and six armoured cruisers. There can be no doubt that Ieyasu, sofar from seeking to save Hideyori's life, deliberately planned hisdestruction. Early in 1598, afresh army of forty thousand men reached Seoul from China, and for amoment the situation seemed to threaten disaster for the Japanese. This was graduallyaccomplished, and after an unsuccessful attempt upon the part ofSasaki Shotei of Omi to capture a castle (Choko-ji) which was unde

ad of o-uji; inferior title in Temmu's peerageMurakami, 62nd Emperor (947-67)Murakami Genji, branch of Minamoto--Yoshihiro, of Iyo p ust two yearslater, his own sickness began to develop alarming features, heresolved to place all his trust in Ieyasu. ring a snow-storm after theHeiji disaster, and, with her three children, succeeded in reaching avillage in * Hidetsugu, then inhis twenty-fourth year, had literary gifts and polite accomplishmentsmuch above the average.