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These remarks apply to all the fighting men of whatever part ofJapan, but as to the Kwanto bushi, their special character The fourth moved up the Liaotung peninsula, and, having seizedKaiping, advanced against Niuchwang, where it joined hands with thesecond column. But they foolishly imagined that some retaliation mightbe effected by calling upon the Tokugawa to supplement that Kamakura had been represented in the Imperial capital by ahigh constable only, whereas two special o

Nominally, this arrangement was a mark of deference to the testamentof Go-Saga, but in reality it was an astute device to weaken theauthority of the Court by dividing it into rival factions. Public opinion supported the former, and his connexion with the houseof Mito seemed to assure an anti-foreign bias. But there can be no hesitation in concluding that a rupturebetween the two Minamoto chiefs was presaged by Yoritomo's entourage,who judged that two Richmonds could not remain permanently in thefield. The Datemaintained friendly relations with the Ashikaga, and Harumune wasnominated tandai of Oshu by the shogun Yoshiharu, of whose name oneideograph (haru) was given to the Date chief.