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d the procuring of funds todefray the cost of his vast extravagance--these things occupied hisentire attention. e forthe favours he had received at the hands of the shogun, and declaringthat only by taking the life of Masatoshi could any adequate returnbe made. This inscription had been composed andwritten by a high Buddhist prelate, Seikan, reputed to be one of thegreatest scholars and most skilful calligraphists of his time. Hence he built at Fukuhara a spacious villa andtook various steps to improve the harbour--then called Muko--a

But Yoshitoki understood that such a measure would convicthim of having contrived the downfall of Yoritomo's progeny in Hojointerests. In fact, the difficultiesencountered by Nobunaga in his attempts to bring the whole empireunder the affec They built for it five great temples in Kamakura, and thatexample was followed by the Ashikaga in Kyoto. Onboard the Liefde, serving in the capacity of pilot major was anEnglishman, Will Adams, of Gillingham in Kent.