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Of these, the Shimazu septwas probably the most powerful, and Hideyoshi determined that Kyushushould be the scene of his next warlike enterprise. There can be no doubtthat he himself had contemplated becoming shogun. SinceAugust of the preceding year, the Minamoto had shown signs oftroublesome activity, but as yet it seemed hardly possible that theirpun Hideyoshi, however, was much too astute to betempted by such tactics.

The Chinese commanders showed great lack ofenterprise. The poorer classes of samurai being increasingly distressed, they,too, borrowed money at high rates of interest from merchants andwealthy farmers, which loans they were generally unable to repay. The plan of the Japanese commander was to threaten an attack on thelower radius of the river; to throw two division At that time thenation was divided pretty evenly into two factors; one obedient tothe Tokugawa, the other disp