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Russia might at once havegained an overwhelming advantage had she seized and controlled thelines of communication between the Japanese islands and the continentof Asia. By unflinching industry and skilled processes, the total yield ofrice has been raised to an annual average of about fifty millionkoku; that is to say, two hundred and fifty million bushels. Accordingly, on receiptof Peking's notice as to the sending of troops to the peninsula,Japan gave corresponding notice In his celebrated prose work, Weeds of Tedium(Tsure-zure-gusa), he seems to reveal a lurking love for the vices hesatirizes.

Thither Yoritomo marched from Kamakura, and by the beginning ofNovember, 1180, fifty thousand Taira troops were encamped on thesouth bank of the river and twenty-seven thousand Minamoto on thenorth. even as he sat in his palanquin;under his patronage Ichijo Kaneyoshi wrote the Shodan-chiyo and** theBummei Ittoki; Fujiwara Noritan **See Murdoch's History of Japan. ving of their official ranks and possessions all Court nobleswho had assisted at the ceremony of the fugitive monarch'scoronation.