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Under such a system of family autocracy itfrequently happened that men were ousted from all share in theirpaternal estates, and these men, DEATH OF MITSUHIDEIt was plainly in Hideyoshi's interests that he should figurepublicly as the avenger of Nobunaga's murder, and to this end hisspeedy arrival in Kyoto was essential. CLAN REPRESENTATIONIt may well be supposed that the ambitions of the great clans bywhich this revolution has been effected proved somewhat difficultto reconcile. Fifty-eight years before the date of this occurrence, Xavier hadconveyed to Charles V a warning that

They were able ultimately to guide the Osakaarmy through the forests and mountains on the north of Kagosh To theseunions the Court nobles were impelled by financial reasons and themilitary men by ambition. THE FIVE CENTRESAmong the welter of warring regions glanced at above, five sectionsdetach themselves as centres of disturbance. nations in China;(c) The maintenance of the territorial rights of the High ContractingParties in the regio