He escaped disaster by obtaining succour fromHideyoshi, but the Otomo domain was reduced to the single province ofBungo. His mountedbowmen dashed into the river* and crossed it with little loss. Strange dogs were to be well fed, and any person neglecting thisobligation was to be reported to the authorities. Takakuni found himself in a difficult position.
a plateau withthree sides descending one hundred feet perpendicularly to the seaand with a swamp on the fourth side. ge, had been refused the post of chunagon, theclaim of a twelve year-old son of Motofusa being preferred. One of theearliest acts of the new Government was to invite the foreignrepresentatives to the Imperial city, where th Fujiwara Kanezanewas the first occupant of this post.
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