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Amodern historian speaks justly when he says: In this respect the descendants of the great Tokugawa statesmanfound themselves reduced to a position precisely analogous to that ofthe emperor in Kyoto. JAPANESE LITERATURETsunayoshi did not confine his patronage to Chinese literature; hedevoted much energy to the encouragement of Japanese classicalstudies, also. Yoritomo trusted this man implicitly. **A model letter-writer.

THE FALL OF KAMAKURAThese things happened at the close of June, 1333, and immediatelyafter the fall of Rokuhara, Nitta Yoshisada raised the Imperialstandard in the province of Kotsuke. He shares with Tametomo thefame of having exhibited the greatest prowess in the Hogen and Heijistruggles. Simultaneously, a number of Court officials, including all that hadbeen connected with Yoshitsune and Yukiie, lost He seems to have clearly foreseen that if he himselfmoved eastward to Yedo, Momo-yama would be assaulted in his absence.