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Then the Sumimoto branch of the Hosokawa, taking advantageof Ouchi's absence, mustered a force in Shikoku and moved againstKyoto. He sent to Kamakura a secret envoy withinstructions to attribute to Kameyama an abiding desire to avenge thewrongs of Go-Toba and wipe out the Shokyu humiliation. Yoshinaka emerged, but it was too late. 1565 (14) Yoshihide 1565 1565 .

It has been well said thatthe torch of religion burns brightest among dark surroundings. a mere figurehead, the practical functions ofGovernment being discharged by the cloistered sovereign. Out of the three thousandmanors that came into his hands as spolia opima of the Shokyu war, hemight have transferred as ENGRAVING: KAMO MABUCHIENGRAVING: MOTOORI NOBINAGAIt was reserved for four other men to lay bare the facts of theMikado's divine right and to rehabilitate the Shinto cult.