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f 1337, his daring projectbeing the capture, first, of Kamakura, and next, of Kyoto The natureof this gallant enterpri Asked for the reason of hisabstention, Mori replied that he happened to know the exact number ofthreads, having counted them on a previous occasion when admiring thesword. In no country were class distinctions morescrupulously observed than in Japan. Again, in 1622,the prime minister, Honda Masazumi, lord of Utsunomiya, lost his fiefof 150,000 koku and was e