THE GO-SANNEN CAMPAIGNThereafter the provinces of Mutsu and Dewa were again the scene ofanother fierce struggle which, since But it fared ill with thesovereign's chief confidant, Fujiwara no Suketomo. Hidetadaridiculed these fears. He steadily refused tocancel his veto, and after an abortive sojourn of twenty days atKoshigoe, Yoshitsune returned to Kyoto where his conduct won for himincreasing popularity.
But the last-named ship ran on a rock near Vladivostok andbecame a total wreck in the middle of May, a month marked by manyheavy losses. All this was changedafter the Heiji commotion. With this spirited reply all the assembled daimyo expressed theirconcurrence, and Iemitsu proceeded to distribute his father'slegacies to the various barons and their vassals. The Taiko was not by nature a cruel man.
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