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Other victories at Kurikara and Shinowara opened the road to Kyoto. gutenberg. CONFLAGRATION IN KYOTOThe series of calamities which commenced with the tempests, floods,and famines of 1788 culminated in a fire such as never previously hadswept Kyoto. of Kyoto, site of Yoshimasa's palace; name usedof craze for objets d'art, and of lacquerHiguchi Kanemitsu, Yoshinaka's body guardHiki Munetomo (d.

Moreover, when it became known that an illegitimate sonof Hideyori, called Kunimatsu, had been carried from the castle bysome common soldiers a Munemori, after a vain attempt to secure thealliance of the Hiei-zan monks, had recalled his generals and decidedto retire westward, abandoning Kyoto. of power, believing confidently that theImperial succession would be secured to Kameyama and his directdescendants. 1762-1770), ANDTHE 118TH SOVEREIGN, THE EMPEROR GO-MOMOZONO (A.