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ENGRAVING: TOKUGAWA IEYASUTOKUGAWA IEYASUThe battle of Okehazama led to another incident of prime importancein Japanese history. Thus the sept as a whole preserved its possessions, in part atany rate, whichever Court triumphed. This chimera is unthinkable by anyone really familiar withthe trend of Japanese sentiment, but it may encourage in China adangerous mood, and it helps always to foster an unquiet feeling. The Fujiwara had used the military leadersfor their own ends; Kiyomori supplemented his military strength withFujiwara methods.

The latter was organized with seven departments, namely, Religion,Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Army and Navy, Finance, Justice, andLaw. oing Yasuhira obeyed theorders of Yoritomo himself; he executed the disloyal retainer whotook Yasuhira's he At hisown request he was transferred, first, to Tosa, and then, to Awa. This Shimonoseki Expedition, as it was called, enormously strengthenedthe conviction which the bombardment of Kagoshima had established.