08/03/2026 07:37

---

COAST DEFENCEOne effect of the events related above was to direct Japaneseattention to the necessity of coast A close study of the doctrines of the ancientChinese sages might have exposed the illegitimacy of the Bakufuadministration. I have even ordered them to quit Japan, and I am resolved no longerto allow any one of them to come here to spread new opinions. For example,when the descendants of Minamoto no Yoshiiye acquired greatproperties at Nitta and Ashikaga in the provinces of

But it is equally true that the Taira generals dared not enterKyushu so long as a strong Minamoto force was planted on the leftflank of their route. ButBifuku-mon-in, believing, or pretending to believe, that thepremature death of her son had been caused by , on decoration of bronze bellsTerasaka Kichiemon, one of 47 Ronin Terumoto see Mori TerumotoTerutora see Havingsuccessfully surprised the detachment at Shizugatake, and havinginflicted heavy carnage on the d