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Fortunatelya man of genius was found to grapple with the situation. Already, in 1854, the Dutch Government hadpresented to Japan her first steamship, the Kanko Maru. financial questions directly affecting theBakufu, and the former had to perform a similar function in caseswhere outsiders were concerned. In the case ofsamurai the chief punishments were detention (hissoku), confinement(heimon or chikkyo), deprivatio

iIwaki-uji, branch of TairaIwakura Tomoyoshi, Prince (1825-83), leader of moderate partyIware, life-time name of J to such an arrangement as this--an arrangementwhich guaranteed nothing except leisure for the mobilization of astrong Chinese army. knowledged his defeat,adopted Christianity, and invited his vassals as well as his familyto follow his example. ing manyconcubines were obviously inspired with the purpose of averting arepetition of the Hidetsugu catastrophe.