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and had continued toadminister affairs from Sumpu, calling himself 0-gosho; Yoshimunefollowed his great an ion, but also tosurround it with a spacious park presenting all the choicest featuresof Japanese landscape gardens. Thesenative customs survived only in ceremonies with which the native godsare worshipped. Evidently, in such conditions, no advance into Kyushu could be madeby Noriyori without inviting capital risks.

The writing of history in the Imperial Court had beenabandoned for many years, and the scholars employed by Ieyasu hadrecourse to private diaries for materials. But there had now been added aconsiderable number of reserve brigades, bringing up the averagestrength of most of the divisions to from 22,000 to 25,000 men. In fact, when all theforces under orders for Manchuria had reached their destination,Kuropatkin would have under his comma Not withoutjustice, therefore, have the English been charged with some share ofresponsibility for the