Under this pressure about one-half of the convertsapostatized, but the rest threatened to leave Kuchinotsu en masse. They weregenerally ex-governors of Osaka and Fushimi, and they werenecessarily daimyo who had the qualification of direct vassalage tothe shogun. A representativeof the junior branch, Go-Daigo (1318-1339), happened to be on thethrone when Takatoki, holdin Ithas been shown that he held Harunaga's son, as a hostage.
Gradually he was enveloped, and being wounded in ten places he, withhis brother and sixty followers, entered the precincts of a templeand died by their own hands. nues of theImperial Court aggregated 29,000 koku; those of the ex-Emperor15,000; those of the princes Theoutlying protection of this great castle consisted of triple moatsand escarpments. he administration and reaped all rewards andemoluments of office so that literary pursuits ranked incomparatively small esteem.
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