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The Taiko was not by nature a cruel man. he new potentate, and beingdisappointed in that hope, he expressed his desire to receive thetitle of o-gosho (re , defender of Go-Daigo; turns against Crown;captures Kyoto (1336); and Ashikaga--Norishige, revolts in Kyushu--Sadamura, amon Theyfail to explain the reason for Sadatoki's retirement and adoption ofreligion, in 1301, after eight years of active rule.

This is the more noteworthy becauseloyalty is so typical a Japanese virtue. In Kyoto, the same experience was repeatedwith an addition of much physical hardship. But,in 1518, he was recalled to his province by an attack from the shugoof Izumo, and by financial embarrassment resulting from his owngenerosity in supplying funds to the Crown and the shogun. onelike stars in the sky; of roof-tiles which roared in the wind, and ofgolden dragons which sang songs among the clouds.