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tudyingliterature and military art, and taking lessons in statecraft fromthe ex-regent, Ichijo Kaneyoshi. Accordingly, on receiptof Peking's notice as to the sending of troops to the peninsula,Japan gave corresponding notice No modification of the Imperial House Law shall berequired to be submitted for the deliberation of the Imperial Diet. On a subsequent occasion in the same campaign, Yoshiiye had Sadato athis mercy and, while fixing an arrow to shoot him, composed the firstline of a couplet, The surcoat's warp at last is torn.