truction, it went on without check, and presently the second lineof parapets began to follow the first. Inouye Tetsujiro) the ethics of the bushi are charged withinculcating the principles of private morality only and ignoringthose of public morality. By way of giving point to hisordinances inculcating frugality, he himself made a habit of wearingcotton garments in winter and hempen in summer--a custom habituallypractised by the lower orders only. Therefore, he was put out of theway.
The Bakufu madeseveral futile legislative essays to amend this state of affairs, andfinally, in the year 1297, they resorted to a ruinous device calledtokusei, or the benevolent policy. y had fallen to his eldest son, Ujizane, a man altogetherinferior in intellect to his gifted father. The decade ofcomparative quiet that ensued on the main island proved to be thecalm before the storm. SUPERSTITIONTurning to the inner life of the people in the Heian epoch, we maysay with little fear of exaggeration that the most notable thing wasthe increase of superstition.
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