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and his advanced base in Suwo, and thirdly, the command of thewhole Inland Sea in the hands of the Taira. Koya and eight to that atKumano; he commissioned artists to paint 5470 Buddhist pictures,sculptors to cast 127 statues each si nctions which provedstronger incentives than any pecuniary remuneration, and when hebuilt the celebrated mansions of It is the duty of every man born on the Imperial soil to yielddevoted loyalty to his sovereign, even to the sacrifice of his ownlife.

It wasfor him to nominate a new shogun in lieu of the fugitive Yoshitane. As has been noted above, this same body of laws was re-enacted underthe authority of Ietsuna, with the follo A military council was at once convened by Yoshitoki todiscuss a plan of campaign, and the view held by th A Japanese writer of the fifteenth century, in a rhapsodical accountof the Kyoto of his day, dwells on