But the latter, insteadof adopting this disloyal counsel, despatched a large army underHatakeyama Kunikiyo to attack the Southern Court. The great family of Shiba beingwithout a direct heir, a relative was appointed to the headship in1452. Thus, there were taxes onbusiness; taxes for post-horses and post-carriers; taxes in the formof labour, which It may fairly be assumed, however,that Takauji had never intended to return to Kyoto except asdictator.
These many days 1 have lain here and could not gaze upon mybrother's face. It happened, however, that thecapital was then suffering sharply from the effects of internecinestrife, and the two missionaries failed to obtain access to eitherthe sovereign or the shogun. Two years later, the Minamoto'spower having been shattered, Kiyomori gave another of his daughtersto be the mistress of the kwampaku, Fujiwara Motozane. The moralphilosophy of the Chutsz school in Japan compared with that of theother two schools was moderate in tone, free from eccentricities, andpractical in a rare degree.
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