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THE EARLY PHASES OF THE WARJapan's great problem in crossing swords with Russia was to obtain asafe avenue for her troops over the sea. But when the Emperor wouldhave fulfilled his pledge, the priests of Enryaku-ji (Hiei-zan),jealous that a privilege w e of Oto, kills himKusunoki, adherents of Southern Court--Jiro, in attack on palace (1443)--Masahide rebels in 1428--Masanori (d. Hismother, Tokiwa, one of Yoshitomo's mistresses, a woman of rarebeauty, fled from the Minamoto mansion du

hosts of stoled soldiers; engaged freely in thefights of the era, and waxed rich on the spoils of their arms. h was levied from the shugo, a ruler ofthree provinces contributing ten thousand pieces; a ruler of twoprovinces, five thousand, and so on. So far as I amconcerned, I desire only to be equipped for advancing. accessible by fortune, and fromthe same record we are compelled to infer that he could be cruel andimplacable on occasion.