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Victory rested with theMiyoshi. All these considerations induced the Ashikaga chief not only to issueorders for the restraint of the corsairs, gh to formulate the astute maxim that aruler, in choosing his instruments, must remember that they, too,choose him. THE KYOTO DAIBUTSUThe erection of a colossal image of the Buddha at Nara, in the eighthcentury, and at Kamakura, in the t

A comet made itsappearance and was regarded with anxiety by the astrologists ofKyoto, who associated its advent with certain misfortune. One corner of OsakaCastle alone remained intact, and there the mission was received. Yoshimochi alsohanded over the magnificent edifice at Kita-yama to the Buddhistpriesthood. Again and again, with almost pitiable iteration, the Taiko conjuredthe thirteen nobles forming these boards to protect Hideyori and toensure to him the heirship of his father's great fortunes.