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on temple on Koya-sanKonin, 49th Emperor (770-81), formerly Prince Shirakabe; reformslocal administration; festival o In fact, the positionseemed impregnable, and as the Japanese could muster only some200,000 men for the attack, their chances of success appeared verysmall. He placed Hatakeyama Mitsuiye at the head of apowerful army, and on January 18, 1400, Sakai fell and Yoshihirocommitted suicide. Every law requires the consent of the Imperial Diet.

History says thatalthough his regular salary was only 3000 koku annually, he embezzled260,000 ryo of gold since the positionhe occupied required him to be an administrator of law, not anobstacle to its administration. There were other causes also at work. But he had now laid aside his transient suavity.