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Rai Sanyo (1780-1832), the great Japanese historian, says: Isaw a letter written by Yoshisada with his own hand for the purposeof admonishing the members of his family. The fleet which they provided to hold the command ofKorean waters did not include one vessel of any magnitude; itconsisted simply of some hundreds of row-boats manned by seventhousand men. In the presence of a practicallyacknowledged conviction that no territorial baron of that era mightventure to engage in an enterpris He endeavoured also toenforce strict obedience to the economical precepts of the Kemmucode, and altogether the ethics he favoured

and the ex-Emperor's household (Sendo),and by contriving that only young and delicate princes should succeedto the throne. Kamakura was to be his capital and he assumed thetitle of shogun. It was now thecommencement of winter. UesugiNoriaki served as shitsuji in the time of the first kwanryo, and thesame service was rendered by N