Thus, duringthe shogunate of Hidetada, no less than forty changes are recorded tohave been made among the feudatories, and in the time of Iemitsuthere were thirty-five of such incidents. There were also ladies who attended solely tovisitors; others who kept the keys; others who carried messages topublic officers, and others who acted as secretaries. This incident led, however, to an agreement under which each ofthe great clans, Satsuma, Choshu, Hizen, and Tosa, should beequally represented in the Government. A large part of the work of the Japanese architect consisted inselecting rare woods and uniquely grown timber, in exquisite joinery,and in fine plastering.
That the shogun, Yoshihisa, and his successor, Yoshitane, turnedtheir weapons so resolutely against this magnate was due to a causeillustrative of the abuses of the era. Leading representatives of these classesbegan to hold conclaves in Kyoto. Therefore, he passedover to Yoshinaka, who welcomed him, not as an enemy of Yoritomo, butas a Minamoto. awn from the mouth of the river Anping to theestuary of the Liao, together with the islands of Formosa an
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