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CHANGE OF CAPITAL AND DEATH OF KIYOMORIThese things happened in May, 1180, and in the following monthKiyomori carried out a design entertained by him for some time. Eight years previously, Japan had been inmilitary possession of the littoral of Manchuria when Russia, withthe assistance of He had alreadybeen honoured with the first grade of the second rank, so that heenjoyed the right of access Therefore, I make peace forthe moment and bide my time.

His head was sent to Kamakura. The records containnothing to show whether this bold course on the part of the Bakufuhad its origin in ignorance of the Mongol's might or in a convictionof the bushi's fighting superiority. He carried ithastily to Hideyori, who was in the act of preparing to sally out ofthe castle and throw himself upon the beleaguering forces. itime feudatory to furnish two large ships forevery hundred thousand koku of the fief's assessment, and their cre