In truth, the Ashikaga epoch wasnotorious for neglect of the obligations of consanguinity. Thus re-enforced, the Southern troops, under the supreme command ofTadafuyu, marched against Kyoto in July, 1353, and captured the city. To recover that portion of the island seemed,therefore, a legitimate ambition. The regent (shikken) presided ex-officio.
The shogunreceived the Emperor's sister in marriage. olely for the sake of their ability andattainments, and neither tradition nor convention had any influenceon the appointments he made. o--Hikaru (845-913), son of Nimmyo, accuses Sugawara Michizane; death--Hiromasa (918-80), musician--Ichiman (1200-3), candidate for shogun, killed--Kanetsuna, in Yorimasa conspiracy- erity as Hachiman Taro, Japan's most renowned archer, to whom the pre-eminence of theMinamoto family was mainly due.
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