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He had just succeeded inquelling the defection of the Nitta family, and his military powerwas so grea * In the case of Takauji, there was comparativelylittle merit. That he should stand aloof from all hisbrother barons seemed to the latter an intolerable evidence of pride,and they urged Hideyoshi to resort at once to extreme measures. Upon theattitude of the shogun towards these remonstrances and overturesdepended the prosecution of

ult seemed adapted to the practices of military men, itnevertheless received its full elaboration under the feudal system. That estate was in the possession ofHidehira, grandson of Kiyohira, at the time when the Minamoto familysuffered its heavy reverses. A few courtiers, as Nakahara, Dye, Sugawara, Miyoshi,etc. But this did not satisfy Yoritomo.