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the Kamakurakwanryo, Mochiuji's fate caused him such remorse that he attempted tocommit suicide and finally became a priest. The course of subsequent events seems to prove that Ieyasu, in takingthe field on this occasion, aimed Yet they had onlyobeyed the doctrine of Confucius, and the shogun thereforeendeavoured to save their lives. It was a mere formality.

but in graver cases and where theinterests concerned were not limited to one jurisdiction, theHyojo-sho became th of members ofthe Imperial Family, of Nobles, and of Deputies who have beennominated by the Emperor. Ieyasu now had recourse to intrigue. THE SECOND ASHIKAGA SHOGUNTakauji was succeeded in the shogunate by his eldest son, Yoshiakira,of whom so much has already been heard.