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His procedure, however,constituted a slight to the Bakufu, for the change of sovereign wasaccomplished without any reference whatever to Kamakura. He was not even theoriginator of its new methods, namely, the abbreviation of the tanand the expansion of the rate. There were the Sano-uji ofShimotsuke, Mutsu, and Dewa; and there were the Kondo, the Muto, theKoyama, and the Yuki, all in different parts of the Kwanto. His son, Katsuyori, inherited none ofhis father's great qualities except his bravery.

ara, he recognized,from his place in Mutsu and Dewa, that an attitude of aloofness couldno longer be maintained with safety. in order was the Tendai, introduced from Chinaby Dengyo in 805, and established at Hiei-zan in the templeEnryaku-ji; while In 1632, Iemitsu made another military demonstration at Kyoto, and onthis occasion the Emperor would have conferred on him the post ofprime minister (dajo daijiri). standing up to do battlewith the samurai, could hold its own against the flower of the bushi,as the Satsuma men undoubtedly were.