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**Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th edition; article Japan, byBrinkley. On the one hand, he levied heavyimposts to procure funds; on the other, he sent to China ships--hencecalled Tenryuji-bune--to obtain furniture and fittings. BUDDHISM AND CHRISTIANITYIt has been shown that the Shimabara revolt finally induced theBakufu Government to adopt the policy of international seclusion andto extirpate Christianity. By the priests andthe political enemies of the Taira these cruel calamities wereattributed to the evil deeds of Ki

Of course the Court nobleshad vassals in their households, but the power exercised over thesevassals had legal lim PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIESThroughout the Ashikaga period the Kyoto university existed in nameonly, and students of Japanese literature in the provincesdisappeared. Prince Shotoku was the first toappreciate China as the true source of religious learning, and by himpriests were sent across the sea to study. After the Shokyu struggle, however, some threethousand manors, hitherto owned by courtiers hostile to th