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onju-dokoro to the Hyojoshu, and the betto of theformer became in effect the finance minister of the shogun. But in Yoshimasa's timethere Were nine of such fetes in five years, and four of them had nowarrant whatever except pleasure seeking--as a A word may here be saidabout the marriage between Hideyori and the granddaughter of Ieyasu,the bride and the bridegroom alike being mere children. Even during her husband'slife she had wielded immense influence, and this was now greatlyaugmented by the situation.

n) no Tsunemoto, commander-in-chief of local Governments | Mitsunaka | Barely amonth had elapsed since the great battle at Liaoyang, and it stillremains uncertain what had happened in that interval to justify theissue of such an order. The ex-Emperor, who had truly estimatedShigemori's value as a pillar of Taira power, judged that anopp secured by Hojo rule, found nomeans of gaining honours or riches in the field, and who sawthemselves obliged to mortgage