He granted asylum to his granddaughter, butreplied to her prayer by ordering a renewal of the attack upon thecastle. An order was accordingly issuedagainst slaughtering dogs or taking life in any form, the resultbeing that all wild animals multiplied enormously and wrought greatdamage to crops. Other fugitives from China,notably an able scholar named Chu Chi-yu, settled in Japan at thistime, and contributed not a little to the promotion of art andliterature. Historically, therefore,Ryukyu formed part of Japan, but its rulers maintained a tributaryattitude towards China until recent times, as will presently be seen.
For tens of days they can runwithout showing fatigue. Moreover, to facilitate the ends of justice,the shogun revived the ancient device of petition-boxes(meyasu-bako), whi To that fact is to be attributed the numerousestablishments of soldier-priests maintained at Enryaku-ji, onHiei-zan, and at Kofuku-ji, in Nara. ventor of sakeSukune family, growth of its power; see also Takenouchi-no-SukuneSulphur tradeSumida, river bridgedSumidu-gawa, grovesSumitada see Omura SumitadaSumiyoshi
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