He caused no lessthan six temples* to be built of special grandeur, and to theprincipal of these (Hosho-ji) he made frequent visits in state, onwhich occasions gorgeous ceremonies were performed. By this victory the maritime route to China lay open to Japan. But the abbot refused to listen. Article LII.
The first was to avert adoptionshaving the effect of combinations; the second, to prevent adoption ofImperial princes into other families. The fortunes of the Taira at that moment appeared to beagain in the ascendant. But the latter died--somehistorians say that dissipation destroyed him--in two years, andhaving no seco system is in full working order, shewill be able to put something like a million and a half of men intothe fighting line.
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