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1407?), ancestor of MatsudairaHidetada (1579-1632), shogun (1605-22); anti-Christian edict (1616);orders declined the invitation, declaring that a change of allegiance atsuch a moment would be unworthy of a bushi. Very soon manybushi flocked to the Imperial standard and Funanoe was stronglyentrenched. PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIESThroughout the Ashikaga period the Kyoto university existed in nameonly, and students of Japanese literature in the provincesdisappeared.

e capital, burning thetwenty-one temples of the Nichiren and butchering three thousand oftheir priests. Go-Daigo fled to Hiei, carrying the sacred insignia withhim, and on the 24th of February, 1336, the Ashikaga armies marchedinto the Imperial capital. But in the year (1225) of her death,Yasutoki, who had just succeeded to the regency, made an importantreform. The Chinese for ages past have had asuccession of different dynasties to rule over them, but Japan hasbeen faithful to one uninterrupted line of sovereigns.