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which had been growing current for thepast two or three years, namely, that concerted action on the linesof maintaining Ch DECADENCE OF THE BAKUFU ADMINISTRATIONThe era of this fourth Tokugawa shogun, Ietsuna, was remarkable forthings other than the lawlessness of the wave-men. Moronao had sixty thousand men at his disposal; Masatsuraonly three thousand. tion in conformity with the aboveprinciples and shall take by common accord the measures necessary tocar

t of all dogs ownedby the people, strict investigations being made in the event of thedisappearance of a regist 1857), Japanese admiral, attacks Russianfleet at Port Arthur; blocks entrance to harbour; defeats Russians atT Trials shall be conducted and judgments renderedpublicly. 58DECADENCE OF FUJIWARA AUTOCRACYDuring two centuries the administrative power remained in the handsof the Fujiwara.