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The latter course was chosen, inspite of Yorimasa's advice. Itwill be remembered that after the murder of Minamoto Sanetomo by hisnephew Kugyo, in 1219, some difficul There are here two Emperors competing for thethrone, and the combat must be conducted in a fair and dignifiedmanner. Not that there was any outward or visible sign of diminishingimportance.

In vain therecipient of these orders pleaded inability to execute them. But not until 1549 wasany attempt made to proselytize Japan. The Kusunoki family stood for everything loyal and devoted inthe bushi's record, and Masanori was a worthy chief of the sept. His idea of setting up a giganticidol in the capital marked his final substitution of a conciliatoryprogramme for the fiercely destructive methods of Nobunaga.