An attempt was made to set up a rival candidate forthe throne in the person of the Imperial lord-abbot of the Uenomonaste He went toNagoya towards the close of 1592 and stayed there until the beginningof 1594, and it was generally understood that he intended ultimatelyto assume direct command of the oversea armies. The card was then cut along the line, and a moiety was given to thetrader, the corresponding moiety being kept by the superintendent. Hebelieved until the end that Yukiiye's heart was in the Minamotocause.
He expired a fewdays afterwards at the age of seventy-five and was apotheosized asTosho Dai-Gongen (Light of the East and Great Incarnation). As for thenational debt, it had its origin in the commutation of thefeudatories' incomes and the samurai's pensions. Therefore every possible effortwill be made to prepare means of defence. The brave men who engaged in this perilous enterprise werestrengthened by worshipping at the shrine of Hachiman in the
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