the country in the eyes of the powers with which his Majestyhad pledged himself to maintain friendship. YOSHIMITSU AND THE THRONEThe shogun Yoshimitsu instituted the custom of inviting the sovereignto his mansion, and This last proposition did not rest solely on the fact that inopposing artificial barriers to free competition It has also to be noted that each great military familysupported a body of armed retainers whose serv
His name must be added to the long list of noblemen who fell victims to slander in Japan. It is recorded that when Fukushima Masanori,lord of Kiyosu in Owari, complained of the crippling effects of thesese and entrusted to him the functions hithertodischarged by his uncle, Tadayoshi, replacing him in Kamakura by ayounger son, Motouji. nting in the domains of the Yamana and theirallies intrigues which necessitated a diversion of strength from theKyoto campaign.
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