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These two captains argued that as Ieyasu had massed a large force atKomaki and at the Obata entrenchments in the same district, he hadprobably left his base in Mikawa comparatively undefended. Evidently the Japanese would nothave acted wisely in patiently awaiting the coming of these troops. ds that their inventive genius,quickened by suffering, suggested a device for coping with theseformidable adversaries. Japanese annalists, however, relegate the taxationgrievance to an altogether secondary place, and attribute the revolts

They sent brothers to parade the streets, ringing bells, andchaunting litanies; they organized bands of boys for the sam The soldier was required to remember that his body hadbeen given to him by his parents, and that he must never bringdisgrace upon his family name or ever disregard the dictates ofhonour. ina, and that their success induced their feudal lord,Nabeshima, to seek the Central Government's permission for We learn that slavery still existed in the thirteenthcentury in Japan; but the farmer was guarded against cruel processesof tax-collecting and enjoyed freedom of domicile when his dues werepaid.