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The betto ofthe Man-dokoro was, in fact, designated by the alternative name ofshikken (literally, holder of authority ) Thus there were tworegents, one in Kyoto, one in Kamakura. Balked in his design against Kyoto, Ujimitsu turned his hand againstthe Nitta, old enemies of his family, and crushing them, placed theAshikaga power on a very firm basis in the Kwanto. The provincial governors, at theoutset purely civil officials, occasionally developed militarycapacity and rivalled the hereditary shugo in armed influence, butsuch instances were rare. nd the sudden death of Michizane's accusers and ofthe Crown Prince were explained as due to the ill-will of the injuredman's spirit.

Iemitsu, whether obeying hisown instinct or in deference to the advice of his ministers, SakaiTadaka stor ofthe present Marquis Ikeda); Kato Kiyomasa; Kuroda Nagamasa (son ofKuroda Yoshitaka, and ancestor of the pre required tomake any sudden decision under stress of unexpected menace; they hadample notice of the course events were taking. Six years previously, he had endeavoured to obtain two war-galleonsfrom the Portuguese, and had he succeeded, the history of the FarEast might have been radically different.