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Nothing, indeed, stands more signally to the credit of theBakufu rulers from the days of Yoritomo and his wife, Masa,downwards, than their constant endeavour to do justice between manand man. THE MORI AND THE AMAKO FAMILIESThe Ouchi family was very powerfully situated. He soughtrather to invite an onset from Hideyoshi, so that, during theprogress of the combat, the garrison might find an opportunity todestroy the embankment. In short, withoutKorea, Russia's East Asian extension would have been economicallyincomplete and strategically defective.

hing thence eastward into Kotsuke, obtained theallegiance of the Ashikaga of Shimotsuke and of the Takeda of Kai. It will be presently seen that in the hands of the lastthe power of the Fujiwara reached its zenith. Therewas also another Bakufu nominee called the giso, who administered theaffairs of the Imperial Court, and who held, i Such was the state of affairs on the eve of a fierce struggle knownin history as the tumult of the Hogen and Heiji eras (1150-1160).