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DEATH OF YORITOMOYoritomo lived only seven years after he had reached the summit ofhis ambition. Further, these magnates compelled all jito and go-keninwithin their jurisdiction to serve as their vassals. In the year 1570, when the events now to be relatedoccurred, the Hojo sept was under the rule of Ujimasa, and with himShingen e Osaka army through the mountains and rivers whichconstituted natural defences for the fief of Satsuma.

As for me, he concluded, I leavemy descendants entirely in the hands of the Hojo. In 1744, Aoki Konyo received official orders toproceed to Nagasaki for the purpose of seeking instruction in Dutchfrom Dutch teachers. Theoriginal document threw open to the English every port in Japan; therevised document limited them to Hirado. Yoritomo'slife in the episode of the hollow tree.