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ably grew out of the situation inManchuria, her relations with Japan became somewhat strained in theearly part of 1909. iman (the god ofWar), patron deity of the Minamotos' great ancestor, Yoshiiye, sowhen Takauji, himself a Minamoto, organized the Fortunately for the Bakufu, the regent's son,Yasutoki, proved himself a ruler of the highest ability, and hisimmediate successors were not less worthy of the exalted office theyfilled. , while his own son, Nobutaka, with Niwa Nagahide forchief of staff, had been sent to subdue Shikoku.

The struggle that ensuedbetween foreign distrust and Japanese aspirations often developedpainful phases, and did much to intensify the feelin But though they deliberated, they did not decide. and the whole calculated to educate an absorbing aspirationfor the transcendental virtues, to possess which is to attain toperfect Buddhahood. Seizing the occasion offered by Chachamaru'scrime, he constituted himself Masatomo's avenger, and marching intoIzu, destroyed the Horigoe mansion, and killed Chachamaru.