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330 HONDA THE SAMURAI. Constitution, and proclaim pardon to all those who, since the year 1858, through the Premier li, or other- wise, had suffered imprisonment for their political opinions. In addition to this joyful news for many honorable and upright men, pensions were awarded to the families of those who, like the brother of Doctor Sano, had been put to death for their loyal sentiments. The honorable duty of repairing and beautifying the tombs of the Mikado's ancestors was also performed by the bakufu. Yet though Kyoto was so prosperous, the means of the imperial court were limited, the Mikado hav- ing very little revenue. One day, however, a procession of two hundred and fifty ox-carts entered the city, bearing fifty-five thousand bushels of rice done up in twenty thousand straw bags, a gift to the Mikado from the prince of Satsuma. This prece- dent was soon followed by the prince of Choshiu, who made a like gift. Having no longer large yashikis to support in Yedo, the loyal daimios were well able to be thus generous. The kuge", or im- perial court nobles, even went so far as to rebuke a daimio for going up to Yedo instead of Kyoto; the daimio turned back and came to the whereupon true kio, or capital, where eighty daimios and their retainers now dwelt, crowding the city beyond what had ever been known. Meanwhile in Yedo the good work of the prince of Echizen went on. The memory of Sakuma Ei was vindicated in his proposal, made ten years be- fore, by the Yedo government's sending an order
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330 HONDA THE SAMURAI.<br />
Constitution, and proclaim pardon to all those who,<br />
since the year 1858, through the Premier li, or other-<br />
wise, had suffered imprisonment for their political<br />
opinions. In addition to this joyful news for many<br />
honorable and upright men, pensions were awarded<br />
to the families of those who, like the brother of<br />
Doctor Sano, had been put to death for their loyal<br />
sentiments. The honorable duty of repairing and<br />
beautifying the tombs of the Mikado's ancestors<br />
was also performed by the bakufu.<br />
Yet though Kyoto was so prosperous, the means<br />
of the imperial court were limited, the Mikado hav-<br />
ing very little revenue. One day, however, a procession<br />
of two hundred and fifty ox-carts entered the<br />
city, bearing fifty-five thousand bushels of rice done<br />
up in twenty thousand straw bags, a gift to the<br />
Mikado from the prince of Satsuma. This prece-<br />
dent was soon followed by the prince of Choshiu,<br />
who made a like gift. Having no longer large<br />
yashikis to support in Yedo, the loyal daimios were<br />
well able to be thus generous. The kuge", or im-<br />
perial court nobles, even went so far as to rebuke<br />
a daimio for going up to Yedo instead of Kyoto;<br />
the daimio turned back and came to the<br />
whereupon<br />
true kio, or capital, where eighty daimios and their<br />
retainers now dwelt, crowding the city beyond what<br />
had ever been known.<br />
Meanwhile in Yedo the good work of the prince<br />
of Echizen went on. The memory of Sakuma Ei<br />
was vindicated in his proposal, made ten years be-<br />
fore, by the Yedo government's sending<br />
an order