mentwas the practice of frugality, Sadanobu caused rules to be compiledand issued which dealt with almost every form of expenditure. A struggle for the extension of thefranchise commenced immediately, and, after nearly ten years, theGovernment framed a bill lowerin he revenues of the former fiefs were locallyexpended, no part of them, except a doubtful surplus, finding its wayto the Imperial treasury. where an excellent series of text-books was used, the Iroha-uta* theDoji-kyo, the Teikin-orai** and the Goseibai-shikimoku.
Three days of repeated assaults failed to reduce the castle, andduring that interval Nagamasa and Yoshikage were able to enter thefield at the head of a force which greatly outnumbered the Owariarmy. Japan must haveocean-going vessels, and these cannot be procured in a moment. No less than fifty-threeposting stations were established along the road from the Bakufucapital to the Imperial city, and at several places barriers were setup. But importeddances, adaptations of foreign dances, and the older native styleswere all more or less pantomimic.
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