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ed off Yashima on the 25th of March with some four hundredwar-vessels, he found only the ashes of the Taira palaces andpalisades. Kiyomori saw that thegauntlet had been thrown in his face. Thus MoriTerumoto's domain, originally covering eight provinces and yielding arevenue of 1,205,000 koku, was reduced to the two provinces of Suwoand Nagato, yielding 300,000 koku. l interests mentioned in the preamble ofthis Agreement, the other Contracting Party will at once come to

mother, Tokiwa,and, afterwards, by the impression her dazzling beauty produced uponthe Taira leader. Thereafter, the story of thesiege followed stereotyped lines except that the colossal nature ofthe fortifications entailed unprecedented sacrifice of life on thebesiegers' part. Yoritomo's wife being prostrated by the intelligence,Noriyori bade her be reassured since he, Noriyori, survived. The Ashikaga adopted a similar system and applied itruthlessly in their own families.