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Her intercourse with the Asiatic continent in those ages was confinedmainly to an interchange of visits by Buddhist priests, to industrialenterprise, and to a fitful exchange of commodities. Under thesway of the Oda and the Toyotomi, fitful efforts were made to renewthe custom, but it was left for the Tokugawa to re-establish it. ed themselves thoroughly capable ofenforcing, and before the year closed peace and order were restore Iemitsu, and of Ietsuna--Norimura, minister of Yoshimune, drafts code (1742); succession toYoshimune--Sadanobu (1758-1829), revises code; minister under Ienari; sumptuarylaws; educational reforms

andof touch; casting away hindrances; harmonizing the faculties, and meditating upon absolute truth. xit from serious dilemmas and the wisest means of utilizing greatoccasions, he has had few equals in the history of the world. ty of great China,but it was understood, at the same time, that the consequences oftheir own acts must rest upon their own heads. Imprisonment meant death orpermanent disablement for a man of means.