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Blind men or beggars who offended against the law were handedover to the chiefs of their guilds, namely, the soroku in the case ofthe blind, and the eta-gashira in the case of beggars. Thethird shogun, Iemitsu, petitioned the Court in that sense, andassigned an estate in Yamashiro as a means We read, also,of officials sentenced to transportation for clipping a horse orfurnishing bad provender. a in Shimosa; their sphere ofjurisdiction was reduced to four provinces, namely, Shimosa,Shimotsuke, Kazusa, and Awa; their official

cally carried toher Court from neighbouring States, but so soon as there arose anyquestion of discharging His intention was to purchase his father's pardon by hisown surrender, but on reaching Kyoto he found the Hogen tumult justbreaking out, and, of course, he joined his father's party. t bring an access ofstrength to the Imperial forces, and he strenuously urged that a dashshould be made for Kyoto at once. 653, and its principal place of worshipwas the temple Kofuku-ji at Nara.