this highest state of enlightenment,there can be no longer birth or death, defilement or purity, additionor destruction. Nevertheless, during his brieftenure of power, he took a step which had momentous consequences. hich requestbeing rejected, he left the capital without paying final respects tothe Throne, an omission astutely calculated to attract partisans. Placing his son Motouji in chargeat Kamakura, he returned to Kyoto accompanying the Emperor Go-Kogon,and thenceforth during nearly two years the supremacy of the Northwas practically undisputed.
A commissionhaving been obtained from Kyoto, Motonari took the field in 1555, andwith only three thousand men succeeded, by a daring feat, inshattering Harukata with twenty thousand. a, Prince (1325-38), kwanryo of Kwanto; shogun at KamakuraNarita Kosaburo assists Go-DaigoNariyuki see Toku Secluded fromcontact with the outer world, Ietsuna saw and heard mainly throughthe eyes and ears of the ladies of his household. thern Court, not being recognized aslegitimate by Japanese annalists, are excluded from the above list.
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