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In these newly won provinces Yoritomo placed militarygovernors and nominated to these posts Doi Sanehira and KajiwaraKagetoki, heroes, respectively, of the cryptomeria forest and thehollow tree. But theAshikaga leader stood firm. The import of such an injunction was notlost on the people, and general disarming of the agricultural and theartisan classes marked the success of Hideyoshi's policy. administration should be handed over to the Court, and all theirranks and estates restored to the Emperor's followers.

14Absolute accuracy is not claimed for these figures, but they arecertainly close approximations. Yet the chief reason was very simple. toharboured designs against Owari was well known to Nobunaga, for inthose days spying, slander, forgery, and deceit of ev ss to dissuade these same traders and sailors fromoutrages which would have disgraced any religion.