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But at Oyama in Shimotsuke news reached him thatIshida and his partisans had drawn the sword in the west, and In several provincesofficial nominees of both Courts administered simultaneously, and menwere requisitioned for aid, to-day, to the Northern cause, to-morrow,to the Southern. would be as easy to procure one, whereas if one ofthe shogun's lineage were nominated, he would be difficult todisplace. They captured two castles, and Ieyasu thereupon pushed hisvan to an isolated hill called Komaki-yama, nearly equidistant fr

*One incident of the fight has been admiringly handed down toposterity. At the sight of them our menflee. Therefore, eventhough a sovereign abdicated, he should continue to take an activepart in the administration of State affairs. The Japanese, beingstraightforward, could do without teaching.