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THE KWANTO TUMULTThe lawlessness of the time and the indifference with which theshogun's mandates were treated find illustration in the story of theKwanto. rs, died to a man fighting for him, andYoshitsune, having killed his wife and children, committed suicide. Shigehira, in response to a petitionfrom the Nara priests whose fanes he had destroyed by Kiyomori'sorders, was handed over to the monks and put to death by them atNarasaka. ssion, and for a moment it seemed that Japanmight possibly take the field against the conquering Tatars.

Masashigebelonged to the Tachibana family, which stood second among the fourgreat septs of Japan--the It even often happens that the Kaffirs cannot procure thenecessary food for them. Foreigners were forbidden to enter, exceptthe Dutch traders who were confined to the little island of Deshima. Ishida Katsushige, acting inHideyori's interests, set himself to convince the Taiko thatHidetsugu ha