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enature of their employment, and thus such names were found as Carpenter's street, Matmaker's street, and so forth. f foreignnations generally, is essential to clear understanding of a situationwhich subsequently attracted much attention. In these circumstances, a proposal was formallysubmitted recommending the debasement of the gold coinage, but itfailed to obtain official consent. ut the heads of the great military families lostno time in electing Yoshikatsu*, the eight-year-old son o

n at 300 tsuboinstead of at 360 without altering its taxable liability, theofficial revenue derived from the land th s were nominated to the post of governor in thedistricts where they had formerly exercised autonomic power. MatsudairaSadanobu, son of Tayasu Munetake and grandson of Yoshimune, provedhimself one of the most capable administrators Japan had hithertoproduced. To this the King of Korea replied thathe would willingly renew the ancient relations provided that theJapanese authorities seize