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d appointed his seventh son, Yorinobu, to the Kii fief,while to his eighth son, Yorifusa, Mito was given. Go-Komatsu, having been onlysix years of age at the time of his accession, was in his sixteenthyear when the two Courts came to an agreement. One of these columns marchednorthward from Seoul, won the battle of Pyong-yang, advanced to theYalu, forced its way into Manchuria, and moved Hidetada replied that whilemost unwilling to reject his father's advice, his intention was toallow the feudatories to leave Yedo at once, and if any

Theconditions existing there were shocking. KOREAN COMPLICATIONSufficient reference has already been made in these pages to theseries of events th Imai counselled instant flight eastward. Tokuhon, in his capacity of kwanryo, naturally hadmuch weight with the shogun, but Yoshimasa's conduct on that occasionm