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the pillarsof the Minamoto family, and by his elder brother, Yorimitsu, whocommanded the cavalry of the guards in Kyoto. If the evidence sufficed toconvict him, it does not appear to have been transmitted toposterity. The alliancewas strengthened by intermarriage, Nobuyasu, the eldest son ofIeyasu, being betrothed to a daughter of Nobunaga. On theoccasion of a dispute between two of his vassals about the boundariesof a manor, the defeated litigant bribed one of Nobunaga's principalstaff-officers to appeal for reversal of the judgment.

g, in music and dancing, incalligraphy and other forms of drawing, and in taste in landscapegardening. It is thus evident that Hideyoshi's share inthe disaster was of a most indirect character. inting inhis stead Manabe Norifusa to the office of personal assistant (sobayoniri), and by reposing full confidence in Arai Hakuseki. But in their hearts theydeeply resented the usurpation of the shogunate, and the latter,fully cognisant of that sentiment,