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s son, Kagemune, soondetermined to kill Yoshitomo, thus avoiding a charge of complicityand earning favour at Court. to assault theAshikaga? It was because the Minamoto and the Hojo understood theexpediency of not entrusti Prince Morinaga,wounded in several places, had resolved to make the castle his death-pillow, when he was After much thought threeboards were ordered to be formed: one consisted of five seniorministers (dairo),

Encouraged by these successes, the extremists in Kyoto induced thesovereign to issue an edict in which, afte Therefore, Yedo would have been content that theMikado should think only of spring flowers and autumn moonlight, andshould not torment his mind by too close attention to the classics. The Tonghak rebellion, which Chinese troops were originally sent toquell, had died of inanition before they landed. It was not until the middle of May thatthe Kinchou isthmus and Dalny came into Japanese hands, nor was thesiege army under General Nogi marshalled until the close of June.