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He himself remained in Japan throughout the whole war. Article XLIX. At this stage, an event occurred which probably moved the Governmentto greater expedition. The Taira chief, Kiyomori, happened to be then absentin Kumano, and Yoshitomo's plan was to attack him on his way back toKyoto before the Taira forces had mustered.

Thegovernor of prisons was known as the roya-bugyo. Kuroki disposed his troops so that their frontextended some twenty miles along the Yalu, the centre being atKiuliencheng, a walled town standing about 180 feet above the river. as banished to the island in1156, and certainly the inhabitants of the archipelago are a raceclosely allied to the Japanese. f the Mongols, and he may not have been averse to acting as amedium of information between China and Kamakura.