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In those days men believedin the power of disembodied spirits for evil or for good. Go-Daigo refused,and thereafter the lady Ren and the Ashikaga chief, whose influenceincreased daily, entered into a league for the overthrow of PrinceMorinaga. reat temple Nishi Hongwan-ji, which became the wonder of after-generations of men and which hasoften been erroneously It is onlyour land whose foundations were first laid by the divine ancestor.

This provision was important as a means of enfeebling the barons. his office, was obliged to swear that he would minutely andunreservedly report to the Bakufu everything coming to his knowledge. He refused. He escaped disaster by obtaining succour fromHideyoshi, but the Otomo domain was reduced to the single province ofBungo.