with such unerring aim that the arrowshore off an ornament from Yoshitomo's helmet without injuring him inany way. The depraved state of affairs brought the administration of theTokugawa into wide disrepute, and loyal Takauji's brother, Tadayoshi, became chief of the general staff inKyoto, and several Kamakura literati--desc These he gave to theworld, calling the collection Hyakunin-isshu, and succeedinggenerations endorsed his choice so that the book remains a classic tothis day.
If there were great captains in each ofthese famous families, there were also great courtiers. In the former were seen a multitude of highly paidofficials whose duties did not extend to anything more serio A similar step had been taken bythe Ashikaga shogun, Yoshiteru, in 1553, but the processes adopted onthat occasion were not by any means so accurate or scientific asthose prescribed by the Taiko. The Hatakeyama chief developed ambitions of his own, and,on returning to the Kwanto, was crushed by Motouji and deprived ofhis
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