s with a total tonnage of 17,948, the correspondingfigures in 1910 were 6436 and 1,564,443 respectively. With difficulty theCourt kept peace between them. Go-Saga's testament hadclearly provided the order of succession to the throne, yet theBakufu had ventured to set that testament aside and had dictated thesystem of alternate succession. By April, 1185, they hadbrought together a squadron of seven to eight hundred; whereas, inthe sequel of Yashima and minor engagements, the Taira fleet had beenreduced to some five hundred.
gutenberg. He forgave the guilty man inconsideration of his advanced age, and the incident is said to haveclosed with the suicide of the old officer. The first assembly convened in obedience to the oathconsisted of nobles and samurai only, and was found to be a virtuallyuseless body. The war thuscame to be known as that of Komaki.
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