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(2) Neither daimyo nor shomyo is permitted to enter into secretengagements or to exchange written oaths, or to give or takehostages. When Kasagi fell and whenthe Emperor was exiled, Masashige, alone among the feudatories ofsixty provinces, continued to figh At Seoul,with its thirty thousand battlements and three times as manyembrasures, requiring a garrison ninety thousand strong, These things fell out in1439, when Mochiuji died.

YEDOIt is historically related that, during the siege of Odawara,Hideyoshi invited Ieyasu to the former' We find himmaking frequent donations of 5000 kwamme of silver to the citizens ofKyoto and Yedo; constructing the inner cast For these there is noescape. Therefore, eventhough a sovereign abdicated, he should continue to take an activepart in the administration of State affairs.