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Emperor's displeasure sparks Rikyu hara-kiri in legend
A historical anecdote recounts Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s anger over Rikyu's daughter’s betrothal and the imperial tea ceremony. Rikyu, feeling dishonored, hosts the grand tea party then kills himself by hara-kiri. The item is followed by a listed set of official claims and minutes from a Michigan county meeting.
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Japan
Hideyoshi
Senno Rikyu
Rikyu
Karl Moss
Elton Salisbury
Otto Larsen
Douglas W. McFarlane
Cecil Epple
Sandbrook
Beutler
Supervisor Walsh
Coe
Lincoln
Fremont
Rolland
Broomfield
Deerfield
Union
Chippewa
Denver
Isabella
Nottawa
Sherman
Coldwater
Gilmore
Wise
Attorney
Vernon
Claims and Accounts Committee
Mt. Pleasant
Michigan
Honorable
Board of Supervisors
Isabella County
Road Commission
Lief
Burke McClintic
Unairman
General Fund
Ways and
Salisbury
Schmidt Wo
Roger Galer
Maynard S. Gilmore
Sherman Smith
Donald Sandbrook
David Millard
Delmer Watson
Oliver House
Ernest A. Schmidt
Clyde Beutler
Lewis Bowen
John Laverty
Ervin Vogel
Dean Eckersley
C. L. Shepherd
Edward N. Lynch
Robert T. Kane
James C. Walsh
Paul Hamel
Laverty
Moss
Epple
State Association of Supervisors
Lansing
Notttowa