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The former was only three years old when (1246) he becamenominal sovereign, and, after a reign of thirteen y Indeed, we might almost cite the madness of the Emperor Yozei asbeing a typical, though extreme, case of the hysteria of the youngand affected court nobles. They merely served as models. It wasinconclusive, and the attitude of mutual observation was resumed.

o Daigo (898-930),urged that the important office of kebiishi should never be conferredin consideration of money. Their armies, combined with the forces ofseveral of the feudatories, are said to have aggregated one hundredand fifty thousand men. It was strictly forbidden that anyoneshould go about with face concealed, a custom which had prevailedlargely in previous eras. He had not made any converts in Kyoto,but he had learned a useful lesson, namely, that religiouspropagandism, to be successful in Japan, must be countenanced by theruling classes.