The burden of his spiritual functions as high priest of Shinto and the tasks of administration led the emperor to welcome an early abdication, frequently to retire to a life of Buddhist meditation and scholarship.
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The emperor was exhausted by his religious and political obligation, and abdicated early.
( ( The emperor ) ( ( was ( ( ( ( exhausted ( by ( his ( religious ( and ( political obligation ) ) ) ) ) ) , ) and ) ( abdicated early ) ) ) . ) )
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