1780-1816)In default of a direct heir it became necessary to have recourse toone of the Four Princely Families, and the choice fell upon PrinceTomohito, representing the Kanin house. These things happened in 1439. The Bakufu prime minister, Sakai Tadakiyo, proposed thatthe example of Kamakura should be followed, and that an Imperialprince should be invited to assume the office of shogun. Almostimmediately, Ashikaga Takatsune with an army of twenty thousand menlaid siege to Kanaga-saki.
It may here be mentioned that three years later, in 1568, Hideyoshisucceeded in inducing all the territor The chief importance of these events isthat they laid the foundation of the Minamoto family's supremacy inthe Kwanto, and thus permanently influenced the course of Japanesehistory. Throne to the military families, and when, after theShokyu struggle, the shugo and the jito came into actual In short, both offices becamehereditary in the Hojo family, who thus acquired virtually all thepower of the Bakufu.
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