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In other respects theKamakura polity retained the form it had under Yoritomo: a Hyojo-shu(Council), a Hikitsuke-shu, a Monju-dokoro, a Samurai-dokoro, andvarious bugyo. Tradition has handed down some incidents which illustratethe ethics of that time as well as the character of the man. This distinction between the special interests of the contractingparties and the interests of China herself, as well as o Hideyoshi urged the advisability of pushing on at once toKatsuyori's capital, but Nobunaga hesitated to m

an squadron with the heavy guns of his battle-ships at arange of eight thousand yards, and succeeded in inflicting It is necessary, now, torevert to the incident which precipitated his fate, namely, thecapture of Kamakura by Hojo Tokiyuki. He therefore obtained from the cloistered Emperorthe commission of tai-shogun (great general) and hastened to Settsuto take command. Thus the Kwanto became thearena of warring factions.