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TheConfucian doctrine, which had passed into the bushi's code, forbade aman to live under the same sky with his father's slayer. Hence, the presence of Spanish orPortuguese ships in Satsuma suggested danger of an exceptionaldegree. It wasfor him to nominate a new shogun in lieu of the fugitive Yoshitane. DEATH OF SHIBATA KATSUIYEIt has been already stated that Nobunaga's sons, Nobutaka andNobukatsu, were

Meanwhile, the shogun, who had been ill for some time, died, and hisdecease was pleaded as a pretext for postponing discussion with theAmericans. dictated solelyby the upper class, and neither merchants nor artisans wererecognized as possessing any social or literary influence whatever. But, as a matter of fact, the greatstatesman and general was called in his childhood Nakamura Hiyoshi;his adu He was, however, induced not to prosecute his quarrel with the MiddleKingdom, and he turned his anger entirely against Korea.