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s andassigning them to Chinese priests of the Sung and Yuan eras whoreached Japan as official envoys or as frank propagandists. But neither was there any progress. ed;the third escaped in a dilapidated condition, and the transport,refusing to surrender, was sent to the bottom. In the remaining twoforts the garrisons were to be composed of the best troops in theOwari army, and over these strongholds were to be flown the flags ofNobunaga himself and of his chief general.

nce of the administrative power passed intothe hands of a minister, its shadow alone remaining to the shogun. urb them in Shikoku or Kyushu, nordid it in any way cripple the great fleet which gave them a signaladvantage. Even the Buddhist and Shinto priests in Osaka andits territories were independent of the Bakufu authority, and therewere cases tle in the far north, he became apprehensivelest the secrets imparted to him by his teacher should die with him.