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Thus the dynasty of sovereigns, which had continued in an unbrokenline from 1392, came to an end with the i Gen-e, a bonze of the temple Hiei-zan, adopted the commentaries ofthe Sung savants, Chengtzu and Chutsu, rejecting those of the earlierHan and Tang writers. theneighbouring provinces of Bizen and Mimasaka under the suzerainty ofMori Terumoto, espoused Nobunaga's cause without fighting. He knewwell that Takauji's surrender had not been sincere, but he counted onan access of strength from the partisans of Tadayoshi, and he lookedfor some occasion capable of being turned to advantage.

SINGING AND DANCINGOne of the chief contributions of the military era to the art ofsinging was a musical recitative pe His mountedbowmen dashed into the river* and crossed it with little loss. Moreover, the three barons who had beenappointed with Hideyoshi to administer affairs in Kyoto in turn, sawthat Hideyoshi's power was too great to permit the peaceful workingof such a programme. They were Kennin-ji,Tofuku-ji, Nanzen-ji, Tenryu-ji, and Shokoku-ji.