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... Court , eight high courts , a district court in each prefecture , with the exception of Hokkaido , which has four , and many sum- mary ( informal ) courts . Family courts also abound . The Supreme Court is by any standard the most impor ...
... Court , eight high courts , a district court in each prefecture , with the exception of Hokkaido , which has four , and many sum- mary ( informal ) courts . Family courts also abound . The Supreme Court is by any standard the most impor ...
Page 59
... court and that the Emperor gave them a gold seal . The " state of Nu , " located around what is now Hakata Bay , in Kyushu , was one of more than 100 states into which Wo was divided . This account was confirmed by a gold seal ...
... court and that the Emperor gave them a gold seal . The " state of Nu , " located around what is now Hakata Bay , in Kyushu , was one of more than 100 states into which Wo was divided . This account was confirmed by a gold seal ...
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... court pas- time . For the poets of the Kokin - shū and the later court an- thologies , originality was less desirable than perfection of language and tone . The critics , far from praising novelty of effects , condemned deviations from ...
... court pas- time . For the poets of the Kokin - shū and the later court an- thologies , originality was less desirable than perfection of language and tone . The critics , far from praising novelty of effects , condemned deviations from ...
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