Thus, to the Bakufu theconsequences of a war which should have strengthened allegiance andgratitude were, on the contrary, injurious and weakening. For his sonand successor, Chokei, failing to appreciate the situation,immediately planned an extensive campaign against Kyoto from the eastand the south simultaneously. The facts that many ofthe gods are invisible now and have never been visible furnish noargument against their existence. Thus, the claimsof the Southern dynasty were ignored twice consecutively, and itspartisans made armed protests in the provinces, as has been alreadynoted.
Takatoki, being of highest rank, wasthe last to kill himself. This alluded to an old-time Chinese king (Kou Chien) who, aftertwenty years of exile, was restored to power by the efforts of avassal (Fan Li). efore the arrival of an Imperial mandate at the Dazai-fu, noofficial cognizance could be taken of it. a plateau withthree sides descending one hundred feet perpendicularly to the seaand with a swamp on the fourth side.
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