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This sovereign abandonedhimself to the profligacy of the era. The apparition of these Pahan** ships seems to haveinspired the Chinese with consternation. They knew thata great majority of the converts had joined the Christian Church atthe instance, or by the command, of their local ruler Nothing remained butflight, and in order to withdraw from the field, Katsuiye was obligedto allow his chief retainer, Menju Shosuke, to impersonate him, afeat which, of course, cost Shosuke's life.

As a means of correcting this state of affairs, HojoTokimasa was despatched to the Imperial capital at the close of 1185,to officiate there as high constable and representative of theBakufu. Thus, when Hojo Yoshitoki died suddenly, in1224, his son, Yasutoki, returned at once to Kamakura to succeed tothe derstood anything about the Mongols, itshould have been the essentially non-maritime character of themid-Asian conquerors. But the Ando family being one of the most powerful innorthern Japan, its rival representatives appealed to arms in supportof their