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The Imperial Court is the forbidden precinct. Happily, the line descended from Amaterasu has possessed hereditary authority for the countless generations. Accordingly, even though a military general [the Tokugawa Shogun] has grasped the power and directs government and letters within the four seas, this is nevertheless for the reason that he has been commanded to oversee all state affairs on behalf of the Imperial Court, and his serving of the Imperial Court diligently, without the slightest negligence, is in accordance with the great propriety obtaining between lord and subject. ¹

—Yamago Sogo, explaining why the Shogun rules