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ima, andHideyoshi adopted the same strategy as that pursued in a similar casethree hundred years later, na THE SIEGE OF OSAKA CASTLEIn the year 1614, Ieyasu issued orders for the attack of OsakaCastle, on the ground that Katsumoto's promise had not beenfulfilled. A From Hitachi; B Incense-burner shaped vessel(Ugo); C From Rikuzen; D Probably a drinking vessel (Mutsu). In many respects his functions resembled those discharged bythe regent (shikken) of the Kamakura Bakufu.

The ambassadors,having made their obeisance, retired, and this audience was the onlyoccasion on which they were admitted to Hideyoshi's presence. The first two shitsuji at Muromachi wereKo Moronao, the great general, and Uesugi Tomosada, a connexion ofTakauji. his ordershad been enclosed in the family tomb, where it was guarded night andday by a strong troop of samurai. tion to visit Arima at theports of Kuchinotsu and Shimabara, where from that time Portugueseships repaired frequently.