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At theclose of August, 1339, his Majesty falling ill, and feeling that hisend was near, resigned the Unquestionably the Wokou were a terriblescourge to the Chinese on the eastern littoral. t permissionfrom the authorities: and there are others who by permission of theauthorities exercise that privilege. One ofTsunayoshi's first orders was that this huge vessel should be brokenup, and when his ministers remonstrat

The same penalties were extended to women and children,and to the five neighbours on both sides of a convert's abode, unlessthese became informers. YOSHIHISAIn 1474, Yoshimasa retired from office and, at the close of the year,his nine-year-old son, Yoshihisa, succeeded h planation of his act was accompanied by a stirring appealto the better instincts of his pupil and ward. hirteenth century, marked theconsummation of great political programmes in which religiousinfluence acted a strong part.