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Doubtless owing in large part to these orders, one hundred convertswere made during the first ten days of Xavier's residence in Hirado. okugawa of Kii province in the person of Yoshimune,grandson of Yorinobu and great-grandson of Ieyasu. ADOPTION OF WESTERN LEARNINGYoshimune was fond of astronomy. created in Takauji's system; and kwanryoShizuka, mistress of YoshitsuneShizugatake, battle of, (1583)Shoan, Student of Chow and Confuciu

Osafune, swordsmithOsaka, campaign from, against Sujin; Hideyoshi's castle; Chineseenvoys; Franciscan convent; missionaries' residence; castle attacked;taken by Ishida; party of, refuse oath of loyalty THE COURT IN KYOTOAll these things were watched with keen interest in Kyoto. It is recorded that on the way thither he prayed atthe shrine of Hachiman, the tutelary deity of his family: Grant meto become sei-i-shogun and to guard the Imperial Court. and Yoshikazu, is due to the fact that on thedeath of the latter, in 1425, the former resumed the office and heldit until his own death, in 1428.