Further, these magnates compelled all jito and go-keninwithin their jurisdiction to serve as their vassals. It is recorded, though noton independent authority, that when his end was drawing near he spoketo those at his side in the folio whig terms acedChristianity only two or three died in that faith, we must concludethat not a few cases of recanting occurred among the vassals. This may beregarded as an evidence of the deference that was beginning then tobe paid to the non-military classes by the samurai.
There were Fujiwara among the militarymagnates in the provinces, and we shall presently see the Minamototaking the lead in the science of war. Every daimyo (owner of a great estate) has atleast twenty or thirty of such mounted archers, and even the owner ofa small barren estate has two or three. The fall of 1332 saw Masashige strongly posted at theChihaya fortress on Kongo Mountain; his lieutenants holding Akasaka;Prince Mo THE WAKA-DOSHIYORIThere were five junior ministers (waka-doshiyori) whose principalfunctions were to exercise jurisdiction over the hatamoto and thekenin.
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