gutenberg. of a temple,and the Government ordered that the priests should keep accuratelists of births and deaths. In the eyes of the military men of the eastern provinces, theshogun in distant Kyoto counted for little compared with thegovernor-general in adjacent Kamakura. END OF THE PORTUGUESE TRADE WITH JAPANIn the year 1624, the expulsion of the Spaniards from Japan tookplace, and in 1638 the Portuguese met the same fate.
Among other privileges these were designated tofurnish an heir to the throne in the event of the failure of directissue. Nobunaga did not venture to assume theoffensive against the Imagawa chief. Sadanao, crying that hisfaithful follower should not go unaccompanied to the grave, dashedinto the enemy's ranks and fell, covered with wounds. One of the most important events ofhis time was the ruin of the Ashikaga Bakufu at Kamakura.
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