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The latter centered inthe Imperial Court, the former in the Court of the Hojo. It was not unnatural that history should have been expected torepeat itself in 1867, especially since the clan mainly responsible,Satsuma, overshadowed all its associates with one exception. Loyalty to the Throne, however, took precedence among moralobligations. Motokata'sdisappointment proved so keen that his health became impaired and hefinally died--of chagrin, the people said.

Without entering into details of the fight thatensued, it will suffice to state briefly that the result of thesortie was to deprive For, in order to ensure thearmed assistance of a certain feudatory, a professing Christian,Nobunaga seized the Jesuits The first to essaythat task was Teika. These two captains argued that as Ieyasu had massed a large force atKomaki and at the Obata entrenchments in the same district, he hadprobably left his base in Mikawa comparatively undefended.