They aggregated twelve hundred. Ienobu is said to have acknowledgedthe wisdom of this advice, and its immediate result was theestablishment of the prince and sei-i tai-shogun, presenting to him at thesame time the conventional ox-chariot and military baton. Besides the six-stringed harp orwagon, much more complex harps or lutes of thirteen or twenty-fivestrings were used, and in general there was a great increase in thenumber and variety of instruments.
Most of the dances wereforeign in their origin, some being Hindu, more Korean, and stillmore Chinese, according to the usual classification. After the great fire in Yedo, he contributed 160,000 ryofor the relief of the sufferers; he rebuilt Yedo Castle, and hereconstructed the Imperial palace of Kyoto twice. The occasion was utilized by Hideyoshi for an important ceremony,which amounted to a public recognition of his own supremacy. Under thesway of the Oda and the Toyotomi, fitful efforts were made to renewthe custom, but it was left for the Tokugawa to re-establish it.
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