Heposted this little band at Minato-gawa, near the modern Kobe, andwith desperate courage attacked the van of the Ashikaga army. Instructions were also issuedfrom Muromachi to the officials in Kyushu, peremptorily interdictingpiracy and ordering the arrest of any that contravened the veto. It contained 63. On the 25th, Konishi's troops carried thecastle of Fusan by storm, after a brave resistance by the garrison,and, on the 27th,
On the 6th of August, 1441, it fell to AkamatsuMitsusuke to act as his host. Almost simultaneously with the capture of Yukiiye, whose fate excitesno pity, the fair girl, Shizuka, was apprehended and brought beforeHojo Tokimasa, who governed Kyoto as Yoritomo's lieutenant. Anyone whose name did not appear on theselists was assumed to belong to the alien faith. **Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th edition; article Japan, byBrinkley.
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