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The above document was solemnly endorsed, the gods being called uponto punish any one violating its provisions. The use of the tatami wasgreatly extended after the twelfth century. 597, though the same vesselcarried a number of pretended Jesuits who were, in reality, disguisedsailors. Nominally, the jurisdictionof the two Rokuhara was confined to military affairs, but in realitytheir influence extended to every sphere within Kyoto and to theKinai and the Saikai-do without.

Tokiyori, as already related, though he nominally resigned andentered religion in 1256, really held the reins of power until hisdeath, in 1263. On his first visit to Yamaguchi, Xavier's meansof access to the understanding of his hearers was confined to therudim The priests ofHiei-zan received them with open arms, and they occupied on themonastery's commanding site, a position well-nigh impregnable, fromwhich they constantly menaced the capital. In Korea's case, however, the fiction proved more tenacious, sincethe peninsula furnished easy access to Manchuria, the cradle of theManchu dynasty.