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| 15 | 1 | Lord Akio "You do not View more quotes about mind">mind that you are denied weapons?" asked Lord Akio, a daimyo of Lord Yamada. |
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| 14 | 186 | I was silent. |
| 14 | 187 | "Do not be concerned," he said. |
| 14 | 188 | "I have many daughters". |
| 15 | 1 | Lord Akio "You do not mind that you are denied weapons?" asked Lord Akio, a daimyo of Lord Yamada. |
| 15 | 2 | It was my understanding that Lord Yamada's daimyos, despite their own lands and holdings, were expected to attend on the shogun several months of each year. |
| 15 | 3 | In this way they were separated from their own bases of power, and were, in effect, periodic, transitory hostages in the palace. |
| 15 | 4 | If a daimyo failed to respond at any time to a particular summons, or did not choose to honor his shogun with his presence at expected times, he was regarded, de facto, as placing himself in a state of rebellion, the likely consequence of which would be his execution, unpleasantly consummated, the extirpation of his family, the acquisition of his fields, and the appropriation of his holdings. |