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Meanwhile Prince Tsunehito, already an oldman, showed signs of declining health, and the Imperial Court pressedYedo to reply. Loyalty to the Throne, however, took precedence among moralobligations. By wholesale oaths, swornin the most solemn manner, he had endeavoured to disarm thesuspicions of his intended victim, an succeeded by Fushimi's son, Hanazono, who, in twelveyears, made way for Go-Uda's second son, Go-Daigo.

Under the name of Cho Densu--theAbbot Cho--he acquired perpetual fame by his paintings of Buddhistsaints. Running inland from thecircumference of the fan are Shinano and Kotsuke, in which twoprovinces, also, a powerful Minamoto resurrection synchronized with,but was independent of, the Yoritomo movement. In the extreme north were the Nambu who, however, lived too remotefrom the political centres to occupy historical attention. Thus Kanemichi became chancellor and acting regent.