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THE FEUDAL SYSTEM OF THE TOKUGAWAIt has been shown that in distributing the fiefs Ieyasu aimed atparalyzing the power of the tozama daimyo and vitalizing that of thefudai barons. Neither Katsumoto nor Sozen cared anythingabout the succession itself. On the right bankof the Yalu, at the point of its junction with the Ai, the groundrises so as to command the position taken by the Russians. There is, therefore, no such thing as ignorance, andtherefore none of the miseries that result from it.

As for the jito, from themiddle of the Kamakura epoch their posts became mere sinecures, theemoluments going to support their families, or being paid over to atemple or shrine. ng raiment and food,freedom from all worldly concerns and influences, promotion of allvirtuous desires, and They always advance in single rank at a slow pace, andthus their extension is miles long. It might have been supposed that she would then rest content with theassurance of safety her prowess had won.