In this dispute,Ishida Katsushige, the chief actor in the Hidetsugu tragedy, took aprominent part. No one could pass this barrier without apermit. This political coupfailed signally, and from that time the ardent advocates of theanti-foreign policy began to be regarded as rebels. Thence he pushed rapidly northward with the intention ofattacking Uesugi.
There arrested, he was brought into thepresence of Ieyasu, and his own record of what ensued is given in alette He therefore distributed hisarmy on a line of thirteen redoubts, keeping a reserve of fifteenthousand me In these newly won provinces Yoritomo placed militarygovernors and nominated to these posts Doi Sanehira and KajiwaraKagetoki, heroes, respectively, of the cryptomeria forest and thehollow tree. Hadnot Chinese conservatism been imported into Japan and had it notreceived the homage of the bushi, independent
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