Many, however, held their original positionuntil the middle of the sixteenth century. The plan of the Japanese commander was to threaten an attack on thelower radius of the river; to throw two division The mirror and gem, he alleged, had beenlost, and there remained only the sacred sword, which he kept todefend himself against the traitors when they fell upon him. After all,the two Imperial families were descended from a common ancestor andshould have shrunk from the disgrace of publishing their rivalries.
Tokiwa was thenrequired to choose between giving herself up and suffering her motherto be executed. Yoshimasa was conspicuously reckless; he put the tokusei system intoforce thirteen times. Sukechika, on hisreturn, caused the child to be thrown into a cataract, married itsmother to Ema Kotaro, and swore to have the life of his ward. Headdressed overtures to the Southern Court and they were accepted oncondition that he made formal act of surrender.
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