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e life seemed at that time tohang by a thread, but who, nevertheless, advanced unflinchinglytowards his goal. The Ashikagaangled with such valuable bait that they ultimately lost both fishand bait. In the extreme north were the Nambu who, however, lived too remotefrom the political centres to occupy historical attention. Thus, one of his earliest acts when heobtained the control in Kyoto was to appoint officials forimpartially administering justi

He had not even the imperturbability essential tomilitary leadership. But Nagamasa had always been on terms of closeamity with Yoshikage, and, indeed, had stipulated from the outsetthat Nobunaga should not make war against the latter. The first of these three was entrusted to Kasai Motochika; thelast two were placed in the care of Miyoshi Nagateru. s by whom hismovements had been so much hampered, namely, the Buddhist priests ofKii, the Chosokabe clan in Shikoku, and the Sasa in Etchu.