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artillery and cavalry, as wellas in the fact that their troopers wore iron mail which defied thekeenest blade. This battle of Heikautai was the lastengagement that took place before the final encounter. He despatched a force to the palace; seized the persons ofGo-Shirakawa and Go-Toba; removed Motomichi fro xiled to Dawe for the sin of rebuilding hiscastle without due permission, and killing a soldier of the Bakufu.

COINSAnother important feature of Hideyoshi's era was the use of coins. Thus, it was providedthat if a son preferred any public charge against his father, or if aservant opened a lawsui Once, in 1882, and again, in 1884, whenChinese soldiers were employed to suppress reform movements whichwo Japan sent her mostrenowned statesman, Prince Ito, to discharge the duties ofresident-general; but even he, in spite of patience and tact, foundthat some less optional methods must be resorted to.