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His Majesty Kokaku rewardedthe shogun with an autograph letter of thanks as well as a verse ofpoetry composed by himself, and on Sadanobu he conferred a sword andan album of poems. From them the successorto the shogunate was chosen in the event of failure of issue in thedirect line. Fujifusa was instructed toclaim that the usufruct of the Chokodo estate should alternate in thesame manner as the succession, or that the latter should beperpetually vested in the junior branch. ogonYuzu or Yutsuki, Chinese imperial prince, and Chinese migration toJapanZejobo, mathematician and surveyorZekkai, scholar, adviser of Yoshimit

But there had now been added aconsiderable number of reserve brigades, bringing up the averagestrength of most of the divisions to from 22,000 to 25,000 men. The leaders of progressfelt that the time had now come to make these measures compulsory,and, accordingly, two edicts were issued in that sense. permitted by the Taiko, who used this design himself, thoughoriginally it was limited to the members of the Imperial family. o forgetthat these very Portuguese, who professed to attach so muchimportance to religious ministrati