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Shortly after its publication, Hayashi was arrested and imprisoned for daring to suggest that the shogunate was insufficiently prepared, or insufficiently powerful, to defend the country, and for publishing ideas about national defense as someone other than a shogunate official.

Shortly after its publication, Hayashi was arrested and imprisoned for daring to suggest that the shogunate was insufficiently prepared, or insufficiently powerful, to defend the country, and for publishing ideas about national defense as someone other than a shogunate official.

The volume was taken out of publication in [[1791]], along with another volume he authored entitled ''Kaikoku heidan'' ("Discussion of the Military of a Maritime Nation").

The volume was taken out of publication in Japan in [[1791]], along with another volume he authored entitled ''Kaikoku heidan'' ("Discussion of the Military of a Maritime Nation"). A French translation was published in France, however, as early as [[1832]].

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