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earned for him the title of the Shakespeare of Japan; and as for the light literature of the era, though it was disf For an adulteress thepunishment was no severer, except that if she possessed a fief, thewhole of it was confiscated. mpleNishikawa Masayasu, astronomer under YoshimuneNishina-uji, branch of Taira familyNishina Morito (d. residenceat Shimoda and Hakodate, as well as that of carrying on trade atNagasaki and establishing consular jurisdiction.