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d that whateverthe achievement of Nobukatsu's troops, they should at once rejoin themain army in Owari. referred to by foreign writers as a proof ofthe deep religious feelings of Buddhist converts three hundred yearsago. But this did not satisfy Yoritomo. One moved upthe western littoral; another up the eastern, and the third, underYoritomo himself, marched by the inland route.

In November of the following year, he receivedanother step of rank and was nominated gon-dainagon. DEATH OF YORITOMOYoritomo lived only seven years after he had reached the summit ofhis ambition. Sick prisoners were carried to the tamari, which weresituated at Asakusa and Shinagawa, and were under the superintendenceof the hinin-gashira. Two of these, Koretada and Kaneiye,presented one each of their daughters to the Emperor Reizei, andKoretada's daughter gave bi