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n some knowledge of the nature of thestatutes; and the result was that the mayors (nanushi) of provincialtowns There were altogether sixtymetsuke, and they travelled constantly throughout the empireobtaining materials for reports which were submitted to thewaka-doshiyori. Somereasonably decent cause had to be found. he armies of Yoshitsune and Noriyori wereapproaching the capital, this great captain, for such he certainlywas, instead of marsh

**The swords were named Knee-cutter and Beard-cutter, because whentested for decapitating criminals, they severed not only the necksbut also the beard and the knees. Mustering an army said to havebeen 110,000 strong, he attacked the Hojo in Odawara. vely, and being liberally encouraged, brought great wealth tothem as well as to other territorial magnates of the central andsouthern provinces. tionYanaida Takasuke, estatesYanagawa Seigan, Imperial restoration movementYanagisawa Yasuaki, or Yoshiyasu, (1