His principal duty was to communicate direct with the Throne. Theschedule of reforms was practically endless. the principal fiefs, refuse to credit the Japanesewith capacity for large conceptions and competence to carry them intopractice. The question wasvehemently discussed at Kamakura, Go-Daigo being represented byFujiwara no Fujifusa, and Go-Fushimi by another noble.
o of Mito, who opposed the conciliatoryforeign policy, soon to be described, of Ii Naosuke (Kamon no Kami). It is on record that the menace of a Spanish invasion seemed soimminent to Matsukura and Takenaka tha ecelebrated Takeda Shingen, while on the north it was threatened bythe Saito and on the west by the Asai, the Sasaki, and theKitabatake. The crucial point of the siege-operations was thecapture of a position called 203-Metre Hill.
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