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Such magnates as YamanaTokiuji held from five to eleven provinces. face of this humiliatingdisavowal of Bakufu authority, the shogun had no alternative exceptto resign. The explanation given of this extraordinary act by amodern historian is that Japan was suffering at the time from anattack of hy Nobunaga had crushed the Imagawa,for though his victory had not been conclusive from a military pointof view, it had place

Therefore, the precaution was adopted of confining the English andthe Dutch to Hirado, the domain of a feudatory too petty t The Courtrefused his application, whereupon he resigned his office and, like atrue bushi, hastened to the war. He alwaysextended clemency to a defeated enemy if he deemed the latter'ssubmission to be sincere, and throughout his whole career he showed astrong respect for justice. Kaneiye's third son, Michinaga, succeeded to the regency.