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RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATESJapan now began to make the acquaintance of American citizens, who,pursuing the whali )Korekimi see Fujiwara KorekimiKoretaka, Prince (844-97), Buddhist monk and poetKoreyasu, Prince, shogun, (1266-89)Korietz, Russian gunboat at ChemulpoKoriyama, in Yamato, castle commanding Izumi and KiiKoromo, tunic, and na Portuguese and Spaniards; aid inreduction of Christian revolt in Shimabara; trade at Nagasakirestricted; Western learning; refuse gr ative presentedhim with a steed, a suit of armour, a gold-mounted sword, and a whiteflag, this last being a

Nothing now remainedexcept an appeal to force. Hideyoshi, who was well served by spies, soon learned ofthese plots, and thinking to persuade Nobukat It was not until the middle of May thatthe Kinchou isthmus and Dalny came into Japanese hands, nor was thesiege army under General Nogi marshalled until the close of June. Very different wasthe case in the days of the four literati quoted above.