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ed,and how this supply was to be kept up in the absence of ports ofcall, no one was able to conjecture. Towards the close of August, Takauji causedPrince Yutahito (or Toyohito, according to gome authorities), youngerbrother of Kogon, to be proclaimed Emperor, and he is known as Komyo. In midsummer, 1570, there was fought, on the banks of the Ane-gawa,one of the great battles of Japanese history. Japan was preparing to despatch a second army toManchuria, and pending its shipment the chief duty to be dischargeddevolved upo

r children, was that a thoroughly deserving eldest son,whether of wife or concubine, could claim one-fifth of the estate. ion, at a time when the excesses committed byYoshinaka's troops had provoked much indignation, inducedGo-Shirakawa to obtain from Hie He soughtrather to invite an onset from Hideyoshi, so that, during theprogress of the combat, the garrison might find an opportunity todestroy the embankment. Arai Hakusekiwas able to prove the erroneous character of this report, but hisdemonstration did not impugn any of the above figures.