His expectation wasdisappointed in the case of the Spaniards, but, two years later, theDutch flag was seen in Japanese waters. Nobunaga unquestionably had the gift of endearing himself to hisretainers, though there are records which show that he was subject tooutbursts of fierce anger. The Government, after various tentative and futile efforts to correctthis state of depreciation, set themselves to deal radically with theproblem. The feudatoryof Matsumae had his castle at the extreme south of Yezo, but thejurisdiction he exercised was only nominal.
He gavehimself up to debauchery, and being of delicate physique, hisself-indulgence quickly undermined his constitution. But the Ashikagarulers themselves did not confirm their precepts by example. Their father'ssympathies were wholly with Yorinaga, and he ultimately went so faras to depose Tadamichi from his hereditary position as o-uji of theFujiwara. hoguns,the representative of the eighth generation from Chikazane emergedfrom the obscurity of Shinto services a
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