andof touch; casting away hindrances; harmonizing the faculties, and meditating upon absolute truth. The new-comerslanded at Kagoshima and found that the Satsuma baron was as keen asever in welcoming foreign trade, although his attitude towards thealien religion continued antipathetic. In it he wrote: 'An officerin command of an army should respect the sovereign; treat hissubordinates with clemency but decision; leave his fate in heaven'shands, and not blame others. Exactly what part this remarkable man acted in the episodes ofYoritomo's career, can never be known.
The Bakufu had fallen into thehabit of modelling their systems and their procedure after Kyotoexamples. Yielding to the anger ofthe moment, he directed the Otomo troops to attack the Satsumaforces, and the result was disastrous. On the 5th of the sixth month thisagreement was carried into effect. Meanwhile, at Kamakura, the Bakufu regents, Yasutoki, Tokiyori andTokimune, earnest disciples of Buddhism, were building temple
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