ifteen years later, when Saga reigned, tea plantswere brought from overseas and were set out in several provinces. This expedition failed, and with its failure the prestige ofthe Hojo fell in a region where hitherto it had been untarnished--thearena of arms. Then the Bakufu took an extraordinarystep. He encouraged commercial voyages by hiscountrymen to Macao and to Cambodia, to Annam, and to other places.
ebrated Kinoshita Junan), Muro Nawokiyo, and other eminent men ofletters, and appointed them to give periodical lectures. China now formulateda protest. There were also heads of guilds (kumi-gashira) andrepresentatives of farmers (hyakushodai) who participated inadministering the affairs of a village. of seventeen, known as PrinceHokuriku, because he had founded an asylum at a monastery inHokuriku-do after hi
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