en asked during the past fewyears, whence comes the Japanese fine ethical standard, the answer isthat it und At their head stood UmedaGenjiro, who practised as a physician and wrote political brochuresunder the nom de plume of Umpin. anto under theguardianship of Uesugi Noriaki as shitsuji, and the oldadministrative machinery of the Hojo was revived in the main. ing against such pursuits, he resigned office,took the tonsure, and turning his back upon his wife and children,became a wandering bard.
r whichbreach of court etiquette rather than for the deed of violence, theAko baron was condemned to commit suicide and his estates wereconfiscated. Some Japanese historians describe this event as an accessof weariness on the shogun's part towards the duties ofadministration. The prominent leaders of national reform at that time wereSanjo and Iwakura, originally Court nobles;* Saigo and Okubo, samuraiof Satsuma, and Kido, a samurai of Choshu. Yoshinaka pushed on and, in August, reached Hiei-zan; while Yukiiye,the pressure on whose front in Noto had been relie
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