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Shoshun did not waste any time. When Toshikane,lord of Chikugo, appeared at the Kamakura Court in a magnificentcostume, Yoritomo evinced his displeasure by slashing the sleeves ofthe nobleman's surcoat. In Nagasaki, Sado, Hakodate, Niigata, and other importantlocalities, bugyo were stationed, and in districts under the directcontrol of the Bakufu the chief official was the daikwan. But no sooner hadhe been landed in Manila than he took passage in a Chinese junk, and,returning to Nagasaki, made his way secretly from the far south ofJapan to the province of Kii.

,--a conviction which, though notwidely held, contributed materially to the ultimate fall of theBakufu. With difficulty theCourt kept peace between them. It seems, also, that Xavier's zeal hadoutrun his discretion. and administrative metropolis; theother, to preserve the unity of the Minamoto clan in allcircumstances.