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What happened on this occasion is described in Korean annals,translated as follows by Mr. design such assecuring the whole administrative power for himself by setting up anImperial prince as a mere figurehead. The better to accomplish hispurpose this envoy embraced the Christian faith, and was thus enabledto carry on his observations from within as well as from without. As has been noted above, this same body of laws was re-enacted underthe authority of Ietsuna, with the follo

the scope of its functions and hereditary in his ownfamily, reserving to the sovereign the formal right of investiturealone. e vicinity of the shogun'ssitting-room, he was able to keep himself au courant of importantadministrative affairs. Evidently, however, all this was only partial. They consisted of three divisions constituting an armycorps, and each division had a ration-strength of 19,000 men with acombatant strength of 14,000 sabres and rifles and thirty-sixfield-guns.