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andremove to a secluded palace, (the Kokideri); where-after he causedhis own daughter to become the Imperial consort Driven fromKyushu, the Taira chiefs had obtained a footing in Shikoku and hadbuilt fortifications at Yashima in Sanuki, which became thenceforththeir headquarters. He forgot, however, that no bond could be trusted tohold them permanently together in the face of their habitual rivalry,and it was here that his scheme ultimately broke down. to the soldiers who had fought sogallantly and doggedly to beat off a foreign foe was comparativelypetty.

It has been observed by several critics that ifHideyoshi, instead of moving by Korea, had struck at China directoversea, he would i There were six ofthese battalions, large or small, and they were commanded by Akakura,Ogawa, Kuchiki, Wakizaka, Kohayakawa, and Kikkawa. The extremity of distress was reached during the Kyoroku era(1528-1531), when the struggle between the two branches he new potentate, and beingdisappointed in that hope, he expressed his desire to receive thetitle of o-gosho (re