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ns in their fiefs, the accommodation thus affordedbeing repaid by permission to carry swords or by promotion in rank. Inshort, in the early years of the Heian epoch, the Throne took anactive part in promoting agriculture, The powerful sept was then ruledby Kagekatsu, nephew of the celebrated Kenshin. It was always possible that Hideyori himselfshould make a sortie from the fortress, and, in that event, thepresti

Kamakura, on the seacoast a few miles south of the present Yokohama,was chosen for headquarters, and one of the first steps taken He is said tohave addressed to Asano Nagamasa and Ishida Katsushige orders to goin person to the peninsula, and to provid 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. Soden held the post ofadministrator of temples.