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After six months' retention the envoys were sent awaywithout so much as a written acknowledgment. But after the demise of his Majesty and of the shogun, the Court'sadministration degenerated. He did not initiate anything but was contentto follow in the footsteps of the Fujiwara. Theregent who suffered by this arbitrary procedure was FujiwaraMotofusa, the same noble whom, a few years later, Kiyomori caused to

THE SIXTH SHOGUN, IENOBUTsunayoshi died of small-pox in 1709, after a brief illness. At this stage, an event occurred which probably moved the Governmentto greater expedition. Such is by no means the case. It was a mere formality.