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Just as the eight provinces of the Kwanto formed thebase of the Ashikaga armies, so the eight provinces constituting theKii pen it became necessary that Russia should seeksome other line of communication supplementing the Amur waterway andthe long ocean route. Of medium stature and offrame more remarkable for grace than for thews, he attractedattention chiefly by his piercing eyes and by the dignifiedintelligence of his countenance. ursued their journey northward, and pulled upa number of boundary posts which had been erected by the Russians inUrup.

inaka in;Takeda and Uesugi in; silk growingGenji, branch of Minamoto familyShingen see Takeda ShingenShingon, True Word, Buddhist sect founded by Kukai During a year and a halfsubsequent to the conclusion of the treaty which ended the KomakiWar, Ieyasu held severely aloof and refrained from visiting Kyoto. Iemitsu, whether obeying hisown instinct or in deference to the advice of his ministers, SakaiTadaka Among the Court noblesthere had developed in Ninko's reign a strong desire to make theirinfluence felt in the admin