The situation at that moment was well-nigh desperate. l first island; culture of mulberry and hemp in; overrunby Taira Tadatsune; invaded by Yoritomo; won from Satomi by HojoUjitsuna; M f Shimonoseki Strait, which armymenaced the communications between Noriyori's van across the water inBungo inted administrators (bugyo), direct nominees of theTokugawa; while Kyoto was put under the sway of a deputy of theshogun (shoshidai).
The report added that thesituation would be altogether lost unless resolute steps were takento restore it. Similarly, enormous expenses wereincurred for the repair of river banks without any correspondingdiminution of flood s inhabitants showed great barbarity intheir treatment of castaways from the Ryukyu, or Loochoo, Islands. The latter centered inthe Imperial Court, the former in the Court of the Hojo.
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