Japan and the Japanese illustrated . xchanged courtesies ; in reality,the temporal prince did not alienate a particle of his usurped power ; while tlic Mikadopublicly abdicated every ulterior pretension to the resumption of secular government. Such a result was well worth attaining by the Siogoun, at the cost of a j^oliticalgenuflexion. The great day had a final touch of meaning. Minamoto Yemitz convoked thepopulace of Kioto to the courtyard of his own citadel. In Japan, as elsewhere, hewho pays, rules. The crowd, formed into lines by the troops, knelt down in perfectorder. The Siogoun command
Japan and the Japanese illustrated . xchanged courtesies ; in reality,the temporal prince did not alienate a particle of his usurped power ; while tlic Mikadopublicly abdicated every ulterior pretension to the resumption of secular government. Such a result was well worth attaining by the Siogoun, at the cost of a j^oliticalgenuflexion. The great day had a final touch of meaning. Minamoto Yemitz convoked thepopulace of Kioto to the courtyard of his own citadel. In Japan, as elsewhere, hewho pays, rules. The crowd, formed into lines by the troops, knelt down in perfectorder. The Siogoun commanded his treasurer to open cofiers filled with packets ofmoney, in the presence of the people, and to empty the contents into trays which were THE SIOGOUNH POLITIC LARGESi^E. 99 placed on the verandah. Whin all was ready, several officers, each carrying one ofthese trays, went through tlie ranks of the people, inviting everyone to ijeJD himself,and taking care that no indi\iduul was excluded from the largesse of the A IUKTESS l,iK KIOTO. BOOK IIIKAMAKOUEA
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