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r robes and throwing them into aheap, to be redeemed afterwards for heavy sums which were given tothe actors. he Khitan Tatars, who held Manchuria, andwho, in spite of heavy tribute paid annually by the Sung Court,continually raided northeastern China. While this enthusiasm was at its height, Navarette, vice-provincialof the Dominicans, and Ayala, vice-p It is to this day a question whether Japanever produced greater artists than Sesshu and Motonobu.

o Daigo (898-930),urged that the important office of kebiishi should never be conferredin consideration of money. THE JOEI CODEThe most memorable achievement during Yasutoki's regency was thecompilation of a code of law called the Joei Shikimoku* after thename of the era (Joei, 1232-1233) when it was promulgated. Meanwhile he despatched embassy after embassy to Japan, evidentlybeing desirous of carrying his point by persuasion rather than byforce. e castle of Ueda, atthe hands of Sanada Masayuki, that it did not reach Sekigahara untilthe great battle was over.