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r to obtain blessings, and perform ritesin honour of the bad gods in order to avert their displeasure. vate contributions, thecontributors being held to have shown merit entitling them to rankor office or both. egging him to come andpersonally direct the capture of the fort and the shattering ofTerumoto's army. But it chanced that among the rear vassals of the Imagawathere was one, Nagauji, who, during many years, had harboured designsof large ambition.

vided that Keiki was appointed shogun; theimportant fact being thus established that domestic politics hadtaken precedence of foreign. Sanetomoperished in his twenty-eighth year. A seven-years' fight (1460-1467) ensued in Kawachi and Yamato. It mustbe observed that the character of Ishida has been portrayed forposterity mainly by historians who were under Tokugawa influence.