an squadron with the heavy guns of his battle-ships at arange of eight thousand yards, and succeeded in inflicting Henceforth the war assumed thecharacter of a struggle for the succession to the shogunate. He showed himself a veritable exampleof those whom the gods wish to destroy. As for Taira Kiyomori, he willfall if I do but shake the sleeve of my armour.
Yoshimochi, however, who was then shogun, seems to have associatedChina with the invasion, for a Ming envoy, arriving just at the timeof the contest, was indignantly refused audience. Japan sent her mostrenowned statesman, Prince Ito, to discharge the duties ofresident-general; but even he, in spite of patience and tact, foundthat some less optional methods must be resorted to. He could not mustermore than three hundred men, and in a short time Yoshitsune rode intothe city at the head of a large body of cavalry. kyu war;captures the capital; explains treatment of ex-Emperors; one of firsttandai; in regency; thrift a
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