Uwagima Shoshô. [seal.] to Note. —In the present case Hiki Tatewaki is condemned to be put in confinement, and Taki Zenaburo to commit hara-kiri, as shown by the enclosed document, March 2, 1868

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Sir: I have received his Majesty’s command to apologize to you, for the unprovoked attack by the retainers of Bizen, upon the ministers and subjects of foreign powers, which offense is all the more grave from its being committed just at a time when the new government of the Imperial Court is being constituted. I am also commanded to state to the R. R. that the clans will be informed of the intention to cultivate mutual good faith, and strictly enjoined to abstain from such outrages upon our intercourse, and that consequently the Imperial Court holds itself responsible for all such acts.

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